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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Jim Joyce, books, vendor booths, etc.
Message-ID: <34181@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 3 Jul 89 16:32:29 GMT
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Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci.
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>>A large number of nonprofit organizations sponsor events in which
>>a sale is held incidental to other activities ...
>
>
>I haven't been to a DECUS conference for a couple of years, but they used to
>have a bookstore on the exhibition floor.  I remember buying a copy of "Kermit:
>A File Transfer Protocol" at the May 87 DECUS in Nashville, Tennessee.  Maybe
>someone could ask DECUS for more information.

Is DECUS of the same not-for-profit/tax-exempt status as USENIX?  I
don't think so.

Of course we are now about to gore ourselves on the various
not-for-profit/tax-exempt permutations, but I don't believe DECUS
claims any of these things (nor could they under federal law, if they
serve only one vendor they are barred from this status, Prime User's
Group vs. Someone, I forget the exact precedent. USENIX, not being
affiliated with a specific vendor is of course a different case.) Now,
maybe they can be not-for-profit but not tax-exempt, lord knows, ask a
tax lawyer, but I'm pretty sure the cases are not directly comparable
so this example may not be useful.
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