does SftP have a website?  alternately, are there a couple of documents i
could read (including Vision, Mission Statement) that could fill me in on
the history of this organization/ movement?  i was outside the US more than
20 years so there is a bit of a knowledge gap.

garda



On 7/2/07, Robert V. Lange <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Someone with exact knowledge of the history has to clarify the SftP
> issue.  It ended because of a tax liablility that proved fatal.  The
> organization had collected witholding taxes from its employees, but failed
> to send them to the IRS over a considerable period, and had a huge debt to
> the IRS that was all our own fault.  Some sort of deal with the IRS was
> negotiated, I suppose.  I was not in on that.  A new board had to be set up
> to deal with the mess because we did not have a proper board.  Of course, we
> should do nothing that might link us with any un-finished legal things, but
> I doubt if there are any.  The name might be "clean" by now, but Beckwith
> might know or someone else who helped close it down would know.   I am quite
> sure the organization does not exist as a legal entity.    I hope not.
>
> I personally started (in 1992) and manage a 501(c)(3) non-profit
> corporation and know what it means to keep such a corporation  alive and
> well.   It is a lot of work.   Starting up such an entity is a huge
> undertaking.
>
> bob (lange)
>
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