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Proposed:
RSICC Individual Expenses Supported by Local Charitable Trusts
published to rs_public
RSICC as 501c3 or Trust or LLC or
combination?
From: "sterlingda888" <sterling.d.allan@rsicc.org>
Date: Sun Jan 6, 2002 7:36 pm
Subject: RSICC as 501c3 or Trust or LLC or combination?
To: full rs_public list.
Subject: legal status of RSICC: 501c3 or Trust or LLC or combination?
For those who are not subscribed to receive individual messages from rs_public, I would like to let
you know of a discussion that has been taking place regarding the question of how RSICC should be
organized. Should it be a LLC, a corporation, a non-profit, a for-profit, a trust, what?
I have created an index to feature the various threads from this discussion.
http://www.rsicc.org/Discussion/Topics/legal_structure.htm
If any of you have additional insights or suggestions on this matter, your input would be
appreciated.
What I envision, from what we have discussed so far, is basically having two separate entities. One
is a charity, based on the principles of consecration we have discussed. Keeping this separate from
the work of governing is not just something that we should do for the sake of legal loophole
jumping. It is my belief that these should be separate regardless.
In our declaration of principles document, we discuss at some length the role of government on one
hand, and the role of free-will charity on the other, and that these should be separate, and that
most matters should be handled by the private, free-will sector.
In my opinion, the salaries of RSICC personnel and even their personal expenses voluntarily incurred
in operating various matters on behalf of RSICC, would best be handled by a charitable trust. And as
we discuss in our 'Remnant Saints Consecration' document, the expenses of a given individual within
RSICC should ideally be covered by the local branch of Patriot Saints on a charitable level, each
having autonomous charitable status, rather than through the governing treasury of RSICC. Still
there will be group-wide charitable issues for which a group-wide charitable trust would be
appropriately established.
As for the business of RSICC itself, as a governing body, those expenses should be relatively small.
But RSICC should not have any limitations on how it operates. If it wants to endorse political
candidates, it should be able to.
One of the statements we make in the mission statement for Remnant Saints International Patriot
Alliance, for which RSICC is the governing body, is that so long as a nation upholds the principles
of freedom, we will support them. In that spirit, I believe it behooves us to yet support candidates
within the existing system, who best uphold those principles.
So that leaves the question of how to legally organize RSICC. U.S. Government recognition begets
U.S. control; and this is not a U.S. organization. We certainly do not want our approval/recognition
coming from the U.N.
Unless someone has a clever approach that enables us to function the way we need to without
compromising the principles of our mission, I propose that we hold off on the establishment of any
sort of legal status for RSICC as a governing body and cover any costs incurred by individuals
through the charitable trusts, because our efforts are expended voluntarily and with a religious
belief undergirding them. That will give us time to settle on a solution that works and can be in
place by the time RSICC grows larger and needs to have some kind of legal status.
Sterling
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