[Phpug] IPUG constitution and other formalities.

[Mark Dennehy]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Cormac Parle <cormac at morsolutions.com>
wrote:

> I'm not an active UG member and so don't feel all that qualified to
> comment, but doesn't anyone think registering as a charity would be less
> than honest? I know that lots of organisations do it, but that's no
> excuse - the tax refund thing helps real charities that help people who
> can't help themselves, I don't think it's really appropriate for the
> likes of this user group


Irish law on this is a bit odd. I'm not an expert on it, but as I understand
it, there actually isn't such a thing in Ireland as a charity as you'd have
in the UK or elsewhere. You can have "charitable status", but that's not the
same thing.

As to being honest/dishonest, well, is IPUG going to be a for-profit group
or a non-profit group and is it going to help people who aren't members? If
non-profit and yes, I don't see any dishonesty involved. Otherwise... well,
yeah :D
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Mark Dennehy