[Imc] SOS update update.

[Paul Riismandel]

I like "foundation" because it sounds cool and official.  I don't like 
"club" because it sounds dorky.

NFP sounds like a government agency or software.

That's as articulate as I can get today.

--Paul

At 03:57 PM 11/9/00 -0600, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>VICTORY!
>
>apparently, our name could be confused for a for-profit entity (i didn't go
>into why this was a problem with the phone lady from the secretary of
>states office).  so, after slogging through legalese with her (apparently i
>passed the test because she then translated the solution into English), she
>said that the easiest way to fix the problem was either:
>
>1) add "foundation" to our name, or,
>2) add "organization" to our name, or,
>3) add "club" to our name, or,
>4) add "(NFP)" after our name.
>
>so, if folks have a preference, here's a few unconfusable not-for-profit
>names:
>
>a) "The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (NFP)"
>b) "The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Foundation"
>c) "The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Organization"
>d) "The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Club"
>
>i want to send this back out in tomorrow's mail, so please let me know ASAP
>what you think (otherwise i'll just pick one).  if folks feel that this
>change should go before the collective (on sunday) let me know also, and
>i'll hold off on sending this out.
>
>--sascha
>
>p.s.  FYI, this does not affect our bank account, or anything else of
>import, this only affects our ability to eventually become a not-for-profit
>organization.
>
>
>
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