The South Bay Community Network

Building technical communities for electronic communications with Open Source software

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Online donations to the South Bay Community Network

The South Bay Community Network, Inc., also known as "SBAY" or "sbay.org", is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The organization depends on donations from participants, supporters and others whose trust we have earned.

Tax-deductible donations

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, donations to SBAY qualify as deductible from income taxes under IRS rules in the United States.

Here's the usual note everyone has to add to that... If you have circumstances which may prevent you from using such tax deductions, advice about your specific tax situation can only come from a properly licensed professional whom you hire. Sorry, they're very picky about that.

Special Interest Groups

The following Special Interest Groups (SIGs) listed in alphabetical order are organized under Section 12 of the corporate By-Laws and are all part of the non-profit corporation.

• Direxant
• Linux Picnic
• RadioExam
• Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team
• Silicon Valley Wireless Users and eXperimenters (SVWUX)
• ...and potential future SIGs, which may be newly-created or come from external projects/organizations that are accepted into SBAY as SIGs

Donations to SBAY

Enter amount:

A donation to the non-profit corporation which does not have instructions to allocate it to a specific SIG is what we call an "unrestricted" donation because they may be used for any expenses of the corporation. The Board of Directors can approve allocation of such funds to any SIG as needed, or for centrally-managed corporate functions (such as Internet domain fees, server maintenance, etc) which all the SIGs need and benefit the entire community.

The corporation is an all-volunteer organization. It does not have any employees. Under IRS 501(c)3 rules, funds are not allowed to be distributed to individuals except as reimbursement of reasonable expenses made on behalf of the corporation.

SIG donations

SIG name	Donate 90% SIG, 10% SBAY	Donate 100% SIG
Linux Picnic	90% to Linux Picnic, 10% to SBAY Enter amount:	100% to Linux Picnic Enter amount:
Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team	90% to Stratofox, 10% to SBAY Enter amount:	100% to Stratofox Enter amount:
Silicon Valley Wireless Users and eXperimenters	90% to SVWUX, 10% to SBAY Enter amount:	100% to SVWUX Enter amount:

It is possible to direct an online donation to a specific SIG. We also provide an option to make a donation 90% to a SIG and 10% to SBAY to cover centrally-managed functions which the SIGs also use and need.

Notes

• Online donations to Direxant and RadioExam will be possible after completion of their SIG incubation process and approval by the Board of Directors, a process which they are working through.
• An allocation of a donation to a SIG cannot outlast the SIG. Organizations evolve over time and cycles happen. If at any time in the future a SIG ceases to exist, funds which remain allocated to it could be released to the treasury where it can benefit the rest of the community.

Donations by postal mail

Make checks payable to South Bay Community Network. If you wish to allocate the donation to a specific SIG, or 90% to a SIG and 10% to SBAY, include a comment or attached paper with those instructions. Send checks and the specific SIG instructions to the treasurer at the following address:

South Bay Community Network
c/o Warren Turkal, Treasurer
226 Echo Ave #3
Campbell CA 95008

Donations which are not accompanied by instructions for allocation to a specific SIG are allocated 100% to SBAY. These may be allocated to any SIG or centrally-managed corporate function as needed.

Notes

• Mailed donations to Direxant and RadioExam will be possible after completion of their SIG incubation process and approval by the Board of Directors, a process which they are working through.
• An allocation of a donation to a SIG cannot outlast the SIG. Organizations evolve over time and cycles happen. If at any time in the future a SIG ceases to exist, funds which remain allocated to it could be released to the treasury where it can benefit the rest of the community.

Thank you!

We appreciate your donation. While many things can be accomplished by volunteers, everything that requires money is made possible by donations like yours. These help make our projects possible. Thank you.