[grc] [SPAM?] Re: Your Membership List - when a member requests it

[MichaelP]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Jeff Shaw wrote:

To get around this, many (including NPR) stations refer to donors as
"subscribers" now....

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Jeff: 

What is it that a station wants to get around ?

 NPR is a nonprofit corporation with member stations, They may sek $$$ but 
to be a member you are required to be non-commercial or non-commercial 
educational radio stations, have at least five full-time professional 
employees, operate for at least 18 hours per day, and not be designed 
solely to further a religious broadcasting philosophy or be used for 
classroom distance learning programming. Yes indeed some stations use 
words like "subscribers" "donors" and "even members, but the defaul 
situation is lhat many state have nonprofit law which requires that
 a nonprofitk corporations must to include a proviision like

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A corporation is not required to have members. A corporation shall have no 
members if its articles of
incorporation or bylaws include a statement that 
the corporation shall have no members
 or words of similar importthe 


but sometiimes they say that no way do subscribers, donord or members get 
the rigt to vote at the corporate  electons.
M ichael