[Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

[John Vandenberg]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:05 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> WMF are running a huge fundraising appeal now.  We can easily spare
>> $2100 in order to pay for their current hosting arrangements for the
>> next three months, which should give them sufficient time to get
>> themselves back on their feet again.
>
> As I've pointed out above, "they" don't even seem to yet exist, and
> "they" are certainly not a 501(c)(3) organization.
>
> Right now one of their members, Milton Beychok, is collecting
> donations in his personal Paypal account.  He's already collected over
> $800.  That should be more than enough to 1) pay for hosting for a
> couple months, 2) set up a non-profit organization, and maybe even 3)
> start the process of applying for 501(c)(3) status (which Dr. Sanger
> claimed to have started in October 2006).

So we giving another $1300 to Milton Beychok quickly, wrapped in
sufficient legalese that we know it goes towards the hosting.
Then he and others can sleep easy, and focus on more important things.

We are talking about chump change here.

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John Vandenberg