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1. Moving (some day) To Federati...can no longer change usernames (daw@micro.fragdev.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2015 01:43:04 UTC Moving (some day) To Federati...can no longer change usernames

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   • Alex O'Brien
   • nef
   @mv if !nef does end up sticking with 501(c)(3) this might also be something we could write in to the by laws, but while I think a business association 501(c)(6) might actually be what we want, I think the name might turn some people off. Thus, I propose we we write into the by-laws about suggesting workers join the IWW or something. What this would mean is that corporations (FMA, Jamendo, etc.) and humans could both join us. @lrockhq's suggestion of being a federation of sole proprietors doesn't make a lot of sense because it's arguable that his show and Ryno's show are the only sole proprietors of the current membrs.
   • Moving (some day) To Federati...can no longer change usernames (daw@micro.fragdev.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2015 02:31:55 UTC Moving (some day) To Federati...can no longer change usernames

     • Alex O'Brien
     • Free Culture
     if Universal, Sony, etc. want to get in the !freeculture game, I'd certainly welcome them. Major software companies are already doing free software. Of course, I guess most are all clustered around the Linux Foundation.
     
     Here's a starting point for reading about "Business Leagues" though most everything modern calls them business associations as far as I'm aware: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Other-Non-Profits/Business-Leagues
     
     There are some things we could do such as being a B-corp, but I think that's more useful for an individual group/person than for NEF.