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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 05:23:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Sagar Behere <sagar_behere(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: money matters
Hi all,
I am talking on behalf of NashLUG, the Nashik Linux
Users Group
http://nashik.linux.org.in
We are a fledgling linux users group and to spread the
Linux word around, we often go to nearby colleges and
hold seminars on various aspects of GNU and linux.
In doing these seminars, we incur some costs and so
far the group members have been bearing this
personally.
We have this idea of charging the seminar members some
nominal entry fee, somewhere in the range of 20 to 50
rupees. In these seminars, we'd also be distributing
copies of knoppix or similar stuff.
Which brings us to the point in question. During one
of our discussions, a question came up as to whether
we, a bunch of enthusiasts, were authorised to collect
money. We do NOT want to run into problems later on
with, say, the income tax authorities or their kin.
What is normally done under such circumstances? Do we
have to register our group with some authority in
order to collect money? What do other LUG's do? I am
sure there are precedents to this problem.
Please advise.
Thanks in advance,
Sagar (for NashLUG)
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