which reminds m... Any status update on the wikimedia
foundation?? I
know as of know Its officially a non-profit, but still hasn't achieved
IRS tax exempt status. So, where are we with that? Have the papers been
filed, or not? And how many more steps do we have afterwards. It'd be
nice to have an estimated time by when this could be done. Is it going
to take a couple of weeks or a couple of months? Just curious, and eager
to donate....
Alex is an attorney who does this kind of thing all the time, and he
is now advising me. We chatted last week, and are scheduled to chat
again this week. At that time, I'll be submitting to him the
completed application, by-laws, etc., for him to review and make
suggestions. Also, I have to register with Florida and California as
a charity, etc. If I've done a good job, it'll be a matter of sending
the apps to the relevant agencies.
However, we can actually start accepting donations before that, he
tells me. So I'm setting up a bank account and a merchant account and
a paypal account for all of that.
I would say within 2 weeks to 1 month, we'll be ready to do a press
release (to Slashdot, for example) and to have a pledge week or
something like that.
--Jimbo