Re: [SAGE] SAGE Memo to Members, 9/6/2005

[Doug Hughes <doug@eng.auburn.edu>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, {Darkavich} wrote:

>
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 5:14 PM, Adam S. Moskowitz wrote:
>
> > Like it or not, SAGE -- just like USENIX, ACM, and IEEE (just to
> > name a
> > few) is a business: There's staff to be managed, monies to be handled,
> > investments to be managed, publications to be printed, conferences
> > to be
> > produced, programs to be developed, and everything else that goes
> > along
> > with running a business. The Executive Director is, in many ways, the
> > CEO, and those salaries are not at all out of line with what CEOs get
> > paid.
>
> I am confused, was/is Sage a Not-For-Profit/Non-Profit organization?

SAGE was a STG of Usenix which is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable
corporation.

The new SAGE has filed incorporation documents in the state of NJ to
be a 501(c)(3) charitable coporation.

IEEE and ACM are also 501(c)(3) charitable organizations of the same
class.

There are many ways to run a 501(c)(3). Usenix does it one way. SAGE
is choosing to do it differently. Neither one is absolutely right
nor wrong, but a means of accomplishing a set of goals. 501(c)(3)s
come in sizes from tiny to gargantuan (e.g. IEEE) with a spectrum
from entirely volunteer, and no staff, to full publications, accounting,
mail, editorial, event/conference planning, etc staff.


	Doug