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Re: IGLU Plea for Hard Disks Donation



> 
> 
> > I'm delighted to know that IGLU is going to provide local (Israeli)
> > mirrors of a lot of free software.
> >
> > But as the owner of a company that might be interested in helping out,
> > I have to ask: If I donate a hard disk to IGLU, to whom am I actually
> > donating that disk?
> >
> > In other words, is IGLU planning to become an amuta at some point?  Or
> > will the hard disk remain the property of my company, simply located
> > in a convenient place for Israeli Linux users?  Or will my company be
> > giving a donation to an individual (which has tax implications for
> > everyone)?
> >
> 


Reuven: Does it matters to you if you donate the Disk to an AMUTA, keep it the 
property of your company or any other arrangement? What arrangement are you 
interested in? I am far from being a tax expert but when considering the cost 
of the requested hardware, does it that significant whether one is donating to 
an AMUTA or not?
Or do I miss something?


> If you remember, I tried to create an IGLU  amuta some time ago and failed
> misrabely.
> The main issue was that most poeple didn't really feel motivated about this,


> or not enough so to address the hard work needed to set it up and I feared
> I'm going to get stuck with a useless Amuta with the relevant obligations
> and not so many members.
> That, along with some problmes with getting an accountant to work for us pro
> bono took the wind out
> of my sails...
> 
> I still think it can be done, but since then I slowly realised that there
> might not be a (good) reason.
> Being an amuta has advantages, but we seem to go along quite well without
> it.
> 
> Maybe it's a good time and place to say "Sorry!" for all the people who did
> try to help and
> nothing came out of it.
> 
> <I'm out of touch with my mail, being aborad and having broken laptop :-(
> If you reply to this message, it might take me some time to reply>
> 
> Gilad
> 
> 
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