Re:Ask HN: For your side-projects, how do you avoid the 'mon...
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:48PM
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Have you tried framing it as pro bono or a not-for-profit project?
I know of a non profit project that tried to set up a formal non profit corporation and ultimately threw in the towel. It still exists. It still does what it has always done. But there is no board, no heavy paperwork, no budget, etc.
It's run as a website and a collection of email lists, same as it ever was. Trying to turn it into a formal non profit turned out to involve a lot of hassle and, seemingly, little to no upside -- or, at least, not enough upside to make the bureaucratic overhead make sense.
I know of a non profit project that tried to set up a formal non profit corporation and ultimately threw in the towel. It still exists. It still does what it has always done. But there is no board, no heavy paperwork, no budget, etc.
It's run as a website and a collection of email lists, same as it ever was. Trying to turn it into a formal non profit turned out to involve a lot of hassle and, seemingly, little to no upside -- or, at least, not enough upside to make the bureaucratic overhead make sense.