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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aaron, am hoping you can post this to the newsletter email list. Thx.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I saw this posting from Kristine Clough this evening on the CRW talk mail server archives. I am still not RELIABIBLY receiving email from CRW talk. Maybe I’m the only one, dunno.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>From Kris’s server email: According to the information provided, we became eligible for 501(c)(3) on Sep 27, 2019. <b>Bob’s add, true, received by the CRW on this date, 9-27-2017.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Our revocation Date is 2/15/22.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>We were posted on the list on 5/11/22.(IRS list)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>The end of October 2023 is the 15 month cutoff. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Therefore, we will most likely have to follow Section 6.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Auto-Revocation List<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Organizations whose federal tax exempt status was automatically revoked for not filing a Form 990-series return or notice for three consecutive years. Important note: Just because an organization appears on this list, it does not mean the organization is currently revoked, as they may have been reinstated. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Bob,s add- as far as I know, the club has not sent forward any request for reinstatement. If the club president or treasurer has sent in the required data, please inform the membership. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Exemption Type: 501(c)(3)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Exemption Reinstatement Date:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Revocation Date: 02-15-2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Revocation Posting Date: 05-11-2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>CRW’s EIN: 82-1153646<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Kris, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>I want to thank you so very much for sleuthing thru the IRS site and meeting for coffee to discuss the possibility of possible reinstatement process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>The reinstatement can still be sought after under the 15 month rule, if data submitted by end of this month (Oct, 31,2023). Not a gold rush find, but close if we take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the IRS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>To the membership, to be exact, the 501 (c)(3) IRS designation exemption was initially granted to Coulee Region Woodturners, INC on September 17, 2019, notification to club (Coulee Region Woodturners, INC) received on 9-27-2017 letter 947.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>I am attaching the official IRS revocation, that same exact data Kris details in her email from the IRS website, under Tax Exempt Organization Search, saved as a pdf. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>For those who may be interested, this IRS link <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:d1a55c1a-48e8-4a9f-85e0-5440912dc59f">https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:d1a55c1a-48e8-4a9f-85e0-5440912dc59f</a> provides the roadmap document to follow, <u>IF the club membership desires non-profit status as several members have lobbied for.</u> To reiterate, there are many benefits, some of which would be enjoyed down the road as the club moves forward in growth and participates in community engagement activities that show the local population what this club has to offer, much of which have been previously discussed over the course of the last several months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>I might add, club membership in 2017 felt the non-profits status worthwhile, approved expenditure of significant treasury dollars in the effort, and lots of work was done by immediate past president Adrian Novak on behalf of the club to make this happen. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>I have not digested the contents of this IRS document, find it difficult to fully understand. If anyone in the club has expertise in IRS speak or has expertise in maintaining a 501 (c)(3), status, please, join the fray.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>*******To be clear, as a member in legal good standing, I am requesting the CRW board call an emergency meeting ASAP, and of course invite the membership at large as well as is prudent and customary. Due to time constraints, a zoom meeting has the most logic, even though face to face would be more appropriate. <i>As the mailserver can not be relied on, please consider sending the notice thru the Newsletter subscriber list and the mailserver, CRW-talk@woodturner.com. <o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Special meeting provision is specified in the club’s ByLaws, Article VIII, <i>meetings.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:15.0pt;color:red'>Agenda</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>: discuss the current 501 c 3 status, solicit the club members pulse on this, accept a motion from the floor to either seek non-profit status reinstatement or let it die. ******* <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>If decision at this emergency meeting is made to seek reinstatement, some overtime efforts are needed to meet the deadline of October 31, 2023. Know, there is no guarantee the IRS will reinstate the status. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>If club membership desires reinstatement, the club needs to identify legitimate reasons the club has not adhered to require IRS parameters to maintain the status. As stated in the past, <i>only an E-post card was required annually to maintain non-profit status</i>. <i>Club treasury data for the last 3 years will likely be required in addition to other data as requested.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Please know, the Covid 19 country wide shut may have had some significant impact on the initial lapse, but we are well beyond the Covid 19 effect, to blame the club’s noncompliance on. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Bob Raasch, member Coulee Region Woodturners. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>