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Re: business cardsz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Power!)
Sun Jan 3 23:40:28 2010
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:40:15 -0500
From: "Elizabeth Power!" <epower@MIT.EDU>
To: Jennifer Tu <jtu@mit.edu>
CC: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>, apo-printshop@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.1001032243370.17547@multics.mit.edu>
even if you can't quote it, could you tell us the code section that it would be under?
thanks
Liz!
Jennifer Tu wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt response.
>
> If you could find that information that indicates that providing
> services to a business is disallowed, it would possibly be relevant to
> the chapter, since I seem to recall the topic of providing services to
> businesses coming up sometime last year in a non-printshop context.
>
> As you pointed out, my two questions were not related. It would still
> be nice to know if we're shifting from last year's agreement that Cat
> would handle rejection notifications to something else though, so we can
> all be on the same page.
>
> --Jennifer
>
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
>
>> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:15:34 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Jennifer Tu <jtu@MIT.EDU>
>> To: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
>> Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu
>> Subject: Re: business cards
>>
>> (1) I looked into this, and it does not appear to be a violation of our
>> 501(c)3 tax exemption to provide the service at cost. Do you have a
>> specific
>> reference you could share?
>>
>> it's also a violation of our sales tax exemption
>>
>> you're wrong. my reading of the case law on this made it quite clear,
>> but i don't have that info handy
>>
>> do you have specific references you can share?
>> crystal clear. appearances can be deceiving ; - }
>>
>> for those who don't know, i've been a director of several non-profits,
>> and have helped them get 501(c)3 status. as a director, i've been
>> legally, financially, and personally liable for their behavior. i've
>> read most of the IRS docs, not only section 501 of the code, regs,
>> etc, but a lot of the rest (501 coves much more than just (c)3, ...)
>>
>> if @ cost was a criteria (it isn't) and we really don't have the
>> proper accounting to even know what cost is here
>>
>> your (2) doesn't apply here
>>
>> yiLFS -len
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
>>
>> > mims:
>> >
>> > as a charity, apo is not suppose to provide services to businesses,
>> > even those run by brothers.
>> >
>> > it's a violation of our 501(c)3 tax exemption.
>> > even if national looks the other way, mit doesn't,
>> > and Alpha Chi has to use MIT's per Institute policy.
>> >
>> > please find somewhere else to get your cards made.
>> >
>> > yiLFS -len
>> >
>> > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:29:05 +0000 (UTC)
>> > From: "Marilyn Mims Dow, Region I Director" <mimsdow@comcast.net>
>> > To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
>> > Subject: business cards
>> >
>> > Hey there
>> >
>> > I am starting up a small design business and needed business
>> > cards.... I know these folks at MIT with a printing press so I
>> > thought I would check in.
>> >
>> > I am looking to do a logo and contact info on a linen cardstock
>> > that is either cream or a pale granny smith apple green with a dark
>> > or chocolate brown ink. I have a Jpeg logo, but I realize that you
>> > are dealing in lead.
>> >
>> > I will be selling things at the upcoming Arisia conference on MLK
>> > weekend, so if we need to do something straight text for right now
>> > and work on including the graphic further down the road.
>> >
>> > I spoke with Matt Goldstein and Ellen Kranzer. They said the best
>> > option was to email this address as a start.
>> >
>> > Thanks so much!
>> >
>> > Mims
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
