Organizational Matters
This deserves a thread of its own, so I'm transplanting comments from Brian and myself here. Feel free to expound.
Brian Hastings said...
I agree with Mikhail on this, it is in essence a breed apart from the rest. As for the yearly dues for a Paintball club, I think that a charter should be down up. This makes it a formal club, Also another thing that will needed to be looked at, is going to be a non-profit organization that is simply furthering the sport of Paintball. Or a for profit oganization, looking to benefit its members? Both have some pretty serious Tax considerations to take into account. I am all for having dues to belong to such a club, and perhaps charge the $20 a year amount for Rangerball Members, and the $40 a year amount for the elite members. Either way we will have to look at the formal legalities of forming a club that takes in dues and if it can or cannot take actions that would result in profits.
11:18 PM
TT said...
As for profit vs. nonprofit, I definitely want to pursue both. The Association and the Regiment can be under a nonprofit, but I see some sort of associated business growing out of this--as do several others of you.
3:54 AM
Brian Hastings said...
The thing with getting a non-profit designation is that you have to obtain a 501c(3) from the IRS to be considered a nonprofit entity. If we go for the For-Profit aspect, then we need to look at forming a corporation so that the Rangerball Association is seperate from all of us from a Legal and Financial aspect. Either way I am good with it, we just need to address the details.
3:51 PM
Brian Hastings said...
I agree with Mikhail on this, it is in essence a breed apart from the rest. As for the yearly dues for a Paintball club, I think that a charter should be down up. This makes it a formal club, Also another thing that will needed to be looked at, is going to be a non-profit organization that is simply furthering the sport of Paintball. Or a for profit oganization, looking to benefit its members? Both have some pretty serious Tax considerations to take into account. I am all for having dues to belong to such a club, and perhaps charge the $20 a year amount for Rangerball Members, and the $40 a year amount for the elite members. Either way we will have to look at the formal legalities of forming a club that takes in dues and if it can or cannot take actions that would result in profits.
11:18 PM
TT said...
As for profit vs. nonprofit, I definitely want to pursue both. The Association and the Regiment can be under a nonprofit, but I see some sort of associated business growing out of this--as do several others of you.
3:54 AM
Brian Hastings said...
The thing with getting a non-profit designation is that you have to obtain a 501c(3) from the IRS to be considered a nonprofit entity. If we go for the For-Profit aspect, then we need to look at forming a corporation so that the Rangerball Association is seperate from all of us from a Legal and Financial aspect. Either way I am good with it, we just need to address the details.
3:51 PM
posted by TT at 8:07 PM
3 Comments:
Would this business be online or have a store front? If it is online all we need is a bank account and a paypal account. No licences are really needed. If it is a store front there is a lot more to do and take into account. I do agree with you guys we just need to have a sit down with are primary or "founding" members and get the ground work in place. None of us thought that Black Thorn would be our breakout game but with the response that we have this looks like the point where we get our name on the map. This will be the start and we need to be ready to move forward.
the nice thing about having the Ebuisness, is that you don't need to have the actual building or even a supply on hand. Most Online buisnesses process the order and then it is shipped from a supplier straight to the customer. I do think that a corporation needs to be setup to protect the members of Rangerball. It is good buisness sense.
Since the topic of a buisness has now been addressed by Ryan, we should change directions here. Under Organizational matters, I would put forth that as we have now identified ourselves as a Paintball club, having members and organizing ourselves within this club. We need to have a meeting to define this club and set some By-laws for the club. Also it should set down a minimum of once a month meeting to review and conduct any relative buisness. This could also double as a training outing as well. Input?? Discussion??
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