QUOTE: Originally posted by cmrproducts You do not have to get into the 501(c)(3) right away. Just get some interested people together and meet in each others homes for a while (round robin). Then if the group wants to get serious and have a club layout the next thing is to find a place to build a layout. This is going to be the biggest expense is Rent and Utilities. Building of the layout will take a lot of time and it may have an effect on the membership as some may not want to work and others find it not moving fast enough.
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxmu The great thing about our club is we have an indefinte lease with the area school board. They GAVE us a 21 x 20 first floor classroom in our old elementary school. Free heat electricity, internet and phone! We pay only dues and insurance! [8D][tup]
QUOTE: Originally posted by GrayLoess I could be wrong, but as I seem to recall, another reason for incorporating any sort of club besides the tax implications, is that it shields the members from liability should you ever get sued. All anyone could sue would be the club and it's assets, and not the individual people in it. In this over-lawyered, overly litigious society that we live in now, that's something to think about.[:0]
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