On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 21:48 -0600, Jeremy White wrote:
Anyone else have any objections or other thoughts on it?
Let's remember that it's not just firms like Google that could give "the Wine project" money. Wine has some serious potential value for a whole lot of people - scientists, governments, businesses, charities, etc. What this means is that we're eligible for a whole ton of grants that nobody has ever even bothered to apply for.
With the officialness of a respected nonprofit to act as a neutral body, we can start applying for these things. Significantly, interested donors can also get tax deductions and all the other side benefits that such charities bring.
A while back I began seriously thinking about the possibility of nonprofit status and began researching into all sorts of grants and fundraising sources that Wine could potentially tap. Needless to say, now I have reason to dig up my notes and look into it further.
Thanks, Scott Ritchie