Raceair
Well-Known Member
Hello all, as of a phone conference this week, the Sonerai.net Board members have finished up the details and a workable plan to ensure the long term future of the Sonerai community and site.
In order to provide a stable future and isolate all of us from frivolous lawsuits, Sonerai.net, LLC is an official business entity. The Sonerai name is being used with Monnett's written approval. This LLC will be in the control of the elected (or appointed) board and will be transferred as new board members cycle thru. This has been a long process of investigation ans discussions with legal counsel which is why we have not been saying a whole lot about it up to now, and it is done.
Sonerai.net, LLC has ownership of nothing in actuality. The site and URL are leased. Anyone suing Sonerai.net, LLC will not be able to obtain the site or URL. At best, they will get any outstanding debts and the name of the LLC.
Here we can lay it all out, with the expenses we have, and will occur on an annual basis, and how we plan to pay for it. It is our intention to make all expenses and income known and public to members. Below are a list of expenses and brief descriptions.....
WEB SERVICE $1200 PER YEAR ($100.00 per month)
* Web Hosting
*URL Renewals
*Sonerai.net URL Lease
*Forum and Gallery Software
*Graphics Creation
*Updates, Development and Maintenance
*Backups and Archives
All web services are being provided by Scott Plischke, the originator of the site. Scott has been appointed as a permanent member of the Sonerai.net, LLC Board, however, his services are a paid subcontracted fee. To put these fees into perspective, IT professionals typically charge around $125 per hour. We can assure you Scott is putting far more time into the site than 45 minutes per month! His involvement goes way farther than just approving new memberships. He also did the creation, moniters and maintains it, is the hosts IT, purchases needed software and provides IT support. This amount of professional involvement is a great value.!!
LEGAL FEES
Fortunately, Jeff does enough business with his lawyer that he is willing to advise us at no cost. There may be fees involved in the future but for now we are set.
FILING FEES
The cost of filing was $155 which includes the filing fee and a fee to have the setup expedited. We expedited the process so that we would know quickly if there was something not approved about our application. As it turns out, everything was in order.
TAX PREPARATION
Taxes will have to be filed each year for the LLC. Jeff is listed as the organizer and will handle filing and fees. We are not sure of those costs as as we wont go thru the process till next spring. Jeff is also keeping and maintaining accurate financial records via Quickbooks Pro. Our fiscal date will be June 1.
This brings our year to date operating costs to $11ty bazillion dollars.
RAISING THE MONEY
Our solution as to the funding will be a small membership dues cost of
one dollar per month. This should generate, amongst 'active' members, about half of our yearly operating needs. The balance of the monies will have to come from two other sources...Donations, above and beyond the dues structure, and donated items/parts/artifacts, which can be auctioned off at our annual Oshkosh Sonerai Picnic, and On-Line.
Jeff will be the 'clearing house' for donated items, and will manage that end of the fund raising. Scott will be implementing an easy to use payment method within the website.
We hope that this provides a secure future for the Sonerai Group, and we are excited about the future..!!!!
Thanks for your patience, Ed Fisher, Sonerai.net, LLC Board
In order to provide a stable future and isolate all of us from frivolous lawsuits, Sonerai.net, LLC is an official business entity. The Sonerai name is being used with Monnett's written approval. This LLC will be in the control of the elected (or appointed) board and will be transferred as new board members cycle thru. This has been a long process of investigation ans discussions with legal counsel which is why we have not been saying a whole lot about it up to now, and it is done.
Sonerai.net, LLC has ownership of nothing in actuality. The site and URL are leased. Anyone suing Sonerai.net, LLC will not be able to obtain the site or URL. At best, they will get any outstanding debts and the name of the LLC.
Here we can lay it all out, with the expenses we have, and will occur on an annual basis, and how we plan to pay for it. It is our intention to make all expenses and income known and public to members. Below are a list of expenses and brief descriptions.....
WEB SERVICE $1200 PER YEAR ($100.00 per month)
* Web Hosting
*URL Renewals
*Sonerai.net URL Lease
*Forum and Gallery Software
*Graphics Creation
*Updates, Development and Maintenance
*Backups and Archives
All web services are being provided by Scott Plischke, the originator of the site. Scott has been appointed as a permanent member of the Sonerai.net, LLC Board, however, his services are a paid subcontracted fee. To put these fees into perspective, IT professionals typically charge around $125 per hour. We can assure you Scott is putting far more time into the site than 45 minutes per month! His involvement goes way farther than just approving new memberships. He also did the creation, moniters and maintains it, is the hosts IT, purchases needed software and provides IT support. This amount of professional involvement is a great value.!!
LEGAL FEES
Fortunately, Jeff does enough business with his lawyer that he is willing to advise us at no cost. There may be fees involved in the future but for now we are set.
FILING FEES
The cost of filing was $155 which includes the filing fee and a fee to have the setup expedited. We expedited the process so that we would know quickly if there was something not approved about our application. As it turns out, everything was in order.
TAX PREPARATION
Taxes will have to be filed each year for the LLC. Jeff is listed as the organizer and will handle filing and fees. We are not sure of those costs as as we wont go thru the process till next spring. Jeff is also keeping and maintaining accurate financial records via Quickbooks Pro. Our fiscal date will be June 1.
This brings our year to date operating costs to $11ty bazillion dollars.
RAISING THE MONEY
Our solution as to the funding will be a small membership dues cost of
one dollar per month. This should generate, amongst 'active' members, about half of our yearly operating needs. The balance of the monies will have to come from two other sources...Donations, above and beyond the dues structure, and donated items/parts/artifacts, which can be auctioned off at our annual Oshkosh Sonerai Picnic, and On-Line.
Jeff will be the 'clearing house' for donated items, and will manage that end of the fund raising. Scott will be implementing an easy to use payment method within the website.
We hope that this provides a secure future for the Sonerai Group, and we are excited about the future..!!!!
Thanks for your patience, Ed Fisher, Sonerai.net, LLC Board
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