Editing IRS Response 2009 06
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2.13.b The activity is run by the participants. | 2.13.b The activity is run by the participants. | ||
2.13.c The activity is conducted at the main Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San Francisco, CA. | 2.13.c The activity is conducted at the main | ||
Noisebridge facility at 83C Wiese Street, San | |||
Francisco, CA. | |||
2.13.d The activity is conducted every Sunday at 11AM. | 2.13.d The activity is conducted every Sunday at | ||
11AM. | |||
2.13.e Building new ways to interface with computers is of interest to several Noisebridge members. | 2.13.e Building new ways to interface with computers is of interest to several Noisebridge members. | ||
2.13.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's mission of offering education to the general public. | 2.13.f The activity is a part of Noisebridge's | ||
mission of offering education | |||
to the general public. | |||
2.13.g Any member of the general public may | 2.13.g Any member of the general public may | ||
participate in the activity. | participate in the activity. | ||
2.13.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge facility at the event time and wishes to participate in the activity participates. In the event that there are not enough materials or space to accomodate everyone, participation slots are allocated on a first come first serve basis. | 2.13.h Anyone who shows up at the Noisebridge | ||
facility at the event time and wishes to | |||
participate in the activity participates. In the | |||
event that there are not enough materials or space | |||
to accomodate everyone, participation slots are | |||
allocated on a first come first serve basis. | |||
2.13.i There is no fee for participation in the activity. | 2.13.i There is no fee for participation in the activity. | ||
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2.13.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings. | 2.13.k The activity is free and readily accessible to the general public. The activity is advertised through electronic mailing lists, on the front page of the Noisebridge web site, and announced at Noisebridge general meetings. | ||
2.13.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its bylaws is | 2.13.l The purpose of Noisebridge set out in its | ||
bylaws is | |||
"The purpose of this corporation is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education. Also in the context of these purposes, the corporation shall engage in scientific, charitable and educational activities within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to: | "The purpose of this corporation is to promote and | ||
encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills | |||
through individual projects, social collaboration, | |||
and education. Also in the context of these | |||
purposes, the corporation shall engage in | |||
scientific, charitable and educational activities | |||
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the | |||
Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to: | |||
(a). Through talks, classes, workshops, | |||
collaborative projects, and other activities, to | |||
encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, | |||
and mentoring in a safe, clean space. | |||
(b). Provide educational spaces for teaching | |||
practical skills and theory of technology, science, | |||
and art. | |||
(c). Provide work space, storage, and other | |||
resources for projects related to art, science, and | |||
technology that will benefit the individual members' | |||
personal growth in their fields of interest, | |||
encouraging the individual members to share their | |||
projects and knowledge for the betterment of society | |||
through art, science and technology. | |||
(d). To create, learn, and teach, individually | |||
and as a group, inviting members of the community in | |||
the San Francisco Bay area and the world. | |||
(e). To develop, support the development of, | |||
and provide resources for the development of free | |||
and open source software and hardware for the | |||
benefit of society. | |||
(f). Collaboration across disciplines for the | |||
benefit of cultural, charitable, and scientific | |||
causes. | |||
(g). To foster, by all legal means, the common | |||
purposes of its participants. | |||
(h). To conduct or engage in all lawful | |||
activities in furtherance of the stated purposes or | |||
those incidental to them." | |||
The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes of Noisebridge by providing group design and build sessions focused on new user interfaces for computers. This falls under paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the Noisebridge exempt purpose. | The activity furthers the exempt charitable purposes | ||
of Noisebridge by providing group design and build sessions focused on new user interfaces for computers. This falls under | |||
paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (g), and (h) of the | |||
Noisebridge exempt purpose. | |||
2.13.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity. | 2.13.m No funds are devoted specifically to this activity. Noisebridge does pay the rent for the facility used by this activity, but those funds are not devoted specifically to the activity. | ||
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2.13.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity. | 2.13.n Noisebridge works with no other individual members or organizations for this activity. | ||
2.13.o See attached time matrix. | 2.13.o See attached time matrix. | ||
=== 2.14 Free Phone === | === 2.14 Free Phone === |