Nineteen Eleven

gwolf_ wrote:FYI I've been the treasurer of a 501c7 organization and have a masters degree in accounting so I could easily help set that up and manage finances and such. There would not be any taxes at all, as long as we don't try to funnel money into political campaigns (LOL).

Awesome. I actually think it would make more sense to go with standard 501c3 after taking a closer look at the codes, as I also think it would be nice if we tried to fundraise some money for a small fund in memory of Oxossi. I'l definitely be hitting you up for advise.

Eric,

Just checked my e-mail here at work and I do have all of the e-mails / contacts and what-not from when I set the LAN up. Granted they are dated and those people might not be around anymore.. but at least who know who was willing to work with me and who wasn't. I know I got sponsorships from Hurricane Host, AMD, Steel Series, ThermalTake, and a couple other vent/server companies. If you want, shoot me a pm with your e-mail... or maybe a time we can talk tonight?

gwolf_ wrote:
FYI I've been the treasurer of a 501c7 organization and have a masters degree in accounting so I could easily help set that up and manage finances and such. There would not be any taxes at all, as long as we don't try to funnel money into political campaigns (LOL).

Just wondering, do you work for one of the big four? (is it five or did one of them merge? can't remember)

hahahahaha sean i only want to go to this lan so we can rekindle our relationship, as well as have brad murdock be our manager and listen to weird stories of people waking up on different sides of the bed and the door being wide open, on top of hearing grant talk in his sleep and freak me the **** out.


we gonna wear our FD jerseys or what?!

p.s to what mogers said about using that old KY site he had setup, i think it would be a solid idea. maybe somehow figure out a system to have people signed up on there and say whether or not they're prepaid so we can start getting an idea of who would come (obviously this is for more down the road purpose once the details are worked out and the LAN is even for sure happening). I just feel like having a site up that looks organized and whatnot would make it a little easier for everyones piece of mind and think "ok maybe this isn't just some unorganized bullshit thing that half these people wont even show up to". at least i would.

Miller` wrote:

gwolf_ wrote:
FYI I've been the treasurer of a 501c7 organization and have a masters degree in accounting so I could easily help set that up and manage finances and such. There would not be any taxes at all, as long as we don't try to funnel money into political campaigns (LOL).

Just wondering, do you work for one of the big four? (is it five or did one of them merge? can't remember)

big four arthur andersen got caught up in the enron scandal, acquitted, but screwed over their reputation

Swiss wrote:

Miller` wrote:

gwolf_ wrote: FYI I've been the treasurer of a 501c7 organization and have a masters degree in accounting so I could easily help set that up and manage finances and such. There would not be any taxes at all, as long as we don't try to funnel money into political campaigns (LOL).

Just wondering, do you work for one of the big four? (is it five or did one of them merge? can't remember)

big four arthur andersen got caught up in the enron scandal, acquitted, but screwed over their reputation

yeah exactly trevor... deloitte touche got the majority of clients from andersen... nowadays its deloitte, pwc, erns&youngterco and kpmg - Sarbanex-Osxley act was brough up mainly because that Enron Scandal!

Hudson` wrote:$350 sounds insane. I would have paid twice this, easily. Hell, sign me up twice over.

One for you, and one for your liver.

ryanemo wrote:p.s to what mogers said about using that old KY site he had setup, i think it would be a solid idea. maybe somehow figure out a system to have people signed up on there and say whether or not they're prepaid so we can start getting an idea of who would come (obviously this is for more down the road purpose once the details are worked out and the LAN is even for sure happening). I just feel like having a site up that looks organized and whatnot would make it a little easier for everyones piece of mind and think "ok maybe this isn't just some unorganized bullshit thing that half these people wont even show up to". at least i would.

Haha, I think you guys underestimate the scale of what I'm trying to pull off here.

If we go through with trying to organize a larger event, this will be the full deal. Think mini-cpl, just for DoD. A full website will all be up and running long before the LAN ever takes place. This is at least a year down the road.

The first step for me right now is converting 1911 into a non-profit organization so that we can take on tax-free donations. This would be an expensive event, and would take quite some time to fundraise. This would be a totally different kind of a event than the DoD community has ever put on before.

Sears wrote:

ryanemo wrote:p.s to what mogers said about using that old KY site he had setup, i think it would be a solid idea. maybe somehow figure out a system to have people signed up on there and say whether or not they're prepaid so we can start getting an idea of who would come (obviously this is for more down the road purpose once the details are worked out and the LAN is even for sure happening). I just feel like having a site up that looks organized and whatnot would make it a little easier for everyones piece of mind and think "ok maybe this isn't just some unorganized bullshit thing that half these people wont even show up to". at least i would.

Haha, I think you guys underestimate the scale of what I'm trying to pull off here.

If we go through with trying to organize a larger event, this will be the full deal. Think mini-cpl, just for DoD. A full website will all be up and running long before the LAN ever takes place. This is at least a year down the road.

The first step for me right now is converting 1911 into a non-profit organization so that we can take on tax-free donations. This would be an expensive event, and would take quite some time to fundraise. This would be a totally different kind of a event than the DoD community has ever put on before.

then before any of this....





we need a name