[luau] incorporation

[W. Wayne Liauh]

Warren-

As we discussed before my recent trip, you need at least three (five is 
probably the practical minimum) persons to serve as board of directors.

Since I do not see a large board, there is no need to have committees, 
at least for the foreseeable future.  However, a "steering" committee 
will be very helpful in the pre-incorporation stage, to decide the name, 
article of incorporation, by-law, and, more importantly, "advancing" the 
cost (such as filing fees).

Also, you need to come out with a list of names to serve as president, 
vice president, secretary, and treasurer, each will have specific duties 
as mandated by law and supplemented by the by-laws.

(This is for Scott) Name is critically important.  A good name will be 
very useful in raising funds.  I know most of you guys/gals, very 
admirably so, don't care much about financial extravaganza.  Talk is 
easy.  But to run an entity, only money can do the walk.

(Back to Warren)  For non-profit organizations, (for very obvious 
purposes) the names are typically quite long.  You can always use 
abbreviations as an "aka" (also known as).  Based on what I perceive 
this group is planning to do and has been doing, I believe the words 
"Educational Foundation" are a must.  Then you have to have a local 
flavor, such as "Hawarii," "Mid-Pacific," "Central-Pacific," etc.  What 
leaves to be decided is whether you want to call it "Open Source," 
"Affordable Computing," or "Linux/Unix", etc.

Again, these matters can and should be discussed by a "Steering Committee".