[Imc] IMC meeting notes 01/28/01

[Molly Stentz]

I understand the need to be sensitive to the tax-exempt (501c3) status we
don't even have yet, but I don't think we need to go overboard. I don't
see why we would be prohibited from renting space to a political party.
I know there was an issue w/ the ymca but I think they didn't have any
vested interest in trying to help the greens, whereas I think we do.
I'd like to try to get some friendly lawyerly advice. I'll contact the
Law Clinic at UI to try to firm up some fuzzy ideas floating around.

-Molly



On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> A couple quick things:
>
> Paul Young may make our new business cards -- he's a professional graphics
> designer and has offered to do some (free) free-lance work for the IMC.  I
> sent
> an e-mail out to him yesterday and am awaiting a reply.
>
> >Are there issues with working with the Greens and 501c3 stuff?
>
> Yes, we shouldn't share space or resources with political parties.  If
> there is
> a non-political part of the Greens then this wouldn't be a problem.  But
> sharing resources with a political party is a bad idea.
>
> >If we get into this kind of retailing is there any issue with 501c3? I
> >assume that as long as we are using it for fundraising that it is ok.
>
> This shouldn't be a problem as it fits in with our mission to be a community
> resource.
>
> --Sascha
>