Here we collect documents related to our status as a legal entity. This should be "official" documents only, that actual have some force of reality behind them. Not drafts, not proposals. The idea is for this page to be the short list of Very Important Documents.

Original State Registration

• GNHLUG_NH_registration_2000_redacted.pdf

GNHLUG is registered with state as of 4 October 2000. This is NH Form NP1.

The registered name is "Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group".

The object of the corporation is given as: "The promotion of the use, development and education in the use of the Linux operating system and associated software, especially open source software".

The given membership provisions are: "Membership will be open to any individual who shares an interest in the development, use and/or education in the use of the Linux operating system and associated software, especially open source software.".

The original address was:

  PO Box 64
  Hancock, NH  03445-0064

The original people "associating together to form the corporation" were:

• Gerald D. Kubeck
• Jeffry J. Smith
• Robert D. Lembree
• Robert Sparks
• Edward Lawson

2005 State Report

• GNHLUG_Annual_Report_2005.pdf

The 2005 (every-five-year-)annual report was filed on 20 Oct 2006. This is the "State of New Hampshire - 2005 Non Profit Report". The Mailing Address and Directors were updated.

The new Directors are (in order of appearance):

Jon Anderson Hall
80 Amherst Street
Amherst, NH  03031

Heather A Brodeur
7 Monterey Avenue
Nashua, NH  03064

Benjamin Scott
192 Washington Street
APT 101
Dover, NH  03820

William J Sconce
PO Box 85
Milford, NH  03055

Ted Roche
278 Kearsarge Avenue
Contoocook, NH  03229

IRS SS-4 EIN Application

• SS-4EIN26-0670370.pdf

Submitted 7 Aug 2007, circa 9 PM (EDT), by Ben Scott, on behalf of Ted Roche and GNHLUG. Provisional EIN assigned as 26-0670370.

IRS SS-4 Form

• GNHLUGSS-4.1.png - page 1
• GNHLUGSS-4.2.png - page 2

Received 17-Aug-2007 circa 11:43 AM (EDT) by Ted Roche. EIN number confirmed as 26-0670370.

2010 State Report

Filed December 29, 2010. There appeared to be no way to update the Hancock, NH mailing address on the web page, although the contact info is correct. Added to the list of directors, Shawn K. O'Shea.

• 13169793.pdf: Every-five-years Annual Report filed 29-Dec-2010