Hey Ben- I am uncertain if we can actually get the tax write-offs for donors. That's a Ham-Radio-Club-Lawyer-Question. I believe we need to pay a $200.00 / year fee for the privilage of giving away tax write-off's. If that's the case, let's make sure we get our $200.00 (or whatever fee) a year write-off's worth! =) Regards, ---Matthew Genelin--- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > thanks for taking a look at it. you sumed up our problems with the > agreement. The ham club is a really small group, and we have only > slightly more funding than TCWUG, mostly because I gave the group $20 > for dues ;) > > I would like to see equipment and/or money donated to the club. we are > a registered U student organization, and a registered non-profit org. > so anyone donating can recive tax write-offs. the main reasons I was > given for why there needs to be a lease involved, is that Arnan does not > want the equipment donated, and taken home/pocketed by club members. I > can understand this, but setting up a lease agreement is not the way to > do it. > > I'm willing to cough up a few hundred $ to purchase some of the > equipment. I am thinking about picking up outdoor enclosures, antenna > masts, LMR-400, and associated LMR-400 tools. I may also order a > soekris SBC so that I can start testing and setting up my hostAP linux > distro. > > the soekris board is $277 for a single unit, or $270 for 2-4 units. so > if anyone wants to go in on an order, let me know. maybe we can get > enough orders to get the 5-24 discount. > > - -ben > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Bob Tanner wrote: > >> Quoting SpencerUnderground (spencer at autonomous.tv): >> > I reported last week we had a donor for some equiptment to install >> on Moos Tower. Well, we still do. However, there is a hurdle that we >> must overcome. >> >> Can you or someone from the Radio Club eloborate on why they wouldn't >> sign it? >> >> Since the TCWUG is just a group of people, who just share a common >> interest, who is going to sign on the dotted line? >> >> Is the group really ready and willing to accept the following points: >> >> Item 6 is a little draconian. If I read this right, something breaks, >> TCWUG would be responsible to fix it. Where does the money come from? >> >> Item 9 is another draconian measure. Hail storm comes through, TCWUG >> would be responsible for fixing/replacing the equipment. What is the >> value of the equipment? >> >> Item 10 requires more money. >> >> Item 14 isn't part of what is trying to be done here for personal, >> family and household purposes? I know I'd like to use it for personal >> usage. >> >> Personally, I would not sign this lease. Since TCWUG has no funds, I >> would not want to have to fork out the (personal) cash if any of the >> above lease items need to be invoked. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9ouAWflzKmtpiQEMRAgRyAJ9LaNy55ggjQ5xyOZ4Wm8D0CZ/d5gCffLD0 > kyHaXcl0T64izhHXBmeD8DY= > =9ga8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list