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Non-Profit Registration: Name suggestions. in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Yes it will need to be redone.

Non-Profit Registration: Name suggestions. in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Your "pointless Ted Talk" is greatly appreciated.

Non-Profit Registration: Name suggestions. in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Would be interested in knowing what kind of future projects we’re thinking about?

Other than a potential matrix server, I do not currently have anything in mind. The future is unpredictable.

An example of a non-profit effort that I took on in the past is COVID PPE 3D printing with volunteer community printers. If something like that was needed for pandemic or disaster relief again would be nice to not have to go through the trouble of spinning up a new non-profit.

I think we can definitely work with Canadian Open Source Communication Association. Maybe swap out Communication for Community.

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Non-Profit Registration: Name suggestions. (lemmy.ca)
 

It's been on the back-burner for a bit but it's time that I get on it and register our operation as a on-profit organization. We will be registering under the BC Societies Act. Completing this registration will allow for opening up a bank account under the organization's name and reopen donations and have the previously donated funds transferred from @smorks@lemmy.ca to the organization.

To this date since taking over operations of Lemmy.ca I have personally covered the costs and have not been reimbursed to keep accounting as clean as possible. This will continue until registration has been completed.

First step to this is picking a name to register the Society under. Requirements for the name can be found here.

While the initial main purpose of the society/organization will be operating Lemmy.ca we would prefer a name that would be fit for operations of other open communication platforms as well as other potential projects that we may want to participate in in the future. Something somewhat open ended.

Please give us some suggestions and we will take the suggestions under advisement when picking a name.

Further information on non-profit registration in BC can be found here.

What're the odds lemmy.ca has a sister mastodon instance? in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've reached out to both the mstdn.ca admin as well as the CIRA.

New Admins, Server Upgraded in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Lemmy.ca is hosted on OVHcloud as they have a Canadian data center. If you're not specifically looking for a Canadian server, there's many other options that are priced more attractively.

New user interfaces available on lemmy.ca! in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s not a massive complaint, but I’d hope “m.lemmy.ca” would be reserved for something more OS agnostic.

Yup. I get what you're saying now. It doesn't fit indeed. And yes m.lemmy.ca will be reserved for something more OS agnostic.

New user interfaces available on lemmy.ca! in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll keep that in mind, and I've just had a realization, we can set up all the donation options and just not "cash out" until we're determined non-profit status and how we're going to set up the financial side of it.

New user interfaces available on lemmy.ca! in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I'm curious why you say that. Seems to work fine on Android in browser.

Well, the new user bump has passed! in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Just do it every day if you really want to still be active on Reddit.

June 2023 financial update for lemmy.ca in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

There will be a huge drop off to drop as part of the transition process to the new admin team we have paused donations at this time.

We're on the fence if we want to accept further donations before registering as a not-for-profit to avoid any of the funds having to run through my personal bank account.

June 2023 financial update for lemmy.ca in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We asked him to stick around for as long as he wants in whatever capacity he wants. Good to have his input for a longer transition period so we can carry on his way of doing things.

June 2023 financial update for lemmy.ca in c/main@lemmy.ca
[–] TruckBC@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Or support 3rd party app developers?

All the options sound great.

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[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TruckBC@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
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@bot@lemmit.online has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while.

We would like the users' input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @bot@lemmit.online, and @lemmit.online doesn't add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we'll often scroll through "All" sorted by new.

Here are the options.

Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

If you're not a lemmy.ca registered user, please refrain from voting but feel free to comment with your opinion.

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