[TriLUG] TriLUG non-profit status?

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2026, Aaron Joyner via TriLUG wrote:

> If you search for "Starts with: Triangle Linux" you will find this short 
> entry (also visible at this link 
> <https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/charities_profile/9876897>, 
> I've chosen not to include a few fields here from that longer entry, 
> like the phone number): CSL Legal Name:  Triangle Linux Users Group CSL 
> Type:  CSL Exempt Organization Status:  Expired

I didn't know about this.

I thought TriLUG was a 501c(3). Apparently there is a CSL Exempt 
Organisation. I have no idea what that is. It sounds less formal than a 
501c(3), but I presume you have bank accounts and property.

I was the treasurer for the NC Sysadmins for a while. The people who'd 
started the organisation had all left and I didn't know the financial 
basis we were operating under, so I just lay low.

I was involved in a ham radio club for a while and the rules were very 
clear: all money exchanged is between people and the club has no assets.

Unless you can guarantee that you'll have someone who is prepared to do 
the paper work, for the indefinite future, it would be a lot easier just 
to keep running the club the way it's going now.

Joe

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