Re: pacer and lollapalooza

["Aaron Swartz" <xx@aaronsw.com>]

Thanks so much for pulling this together and the advice on it.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
> make sure you clear up if it is pro bono and if it is not, get an estimate
> as to the costs and make sure you put a *cap* on the fees.  they should do
> this for free (you pay the fees, such as state filing fees, they don't
> charge you for their time).  in return, in theory, you might use them for
> pay for subsequent things.  but, if they won't do it for free, a few
> thousand dollars is probably worth investing to get this done right.
> let me know if you need anything ...
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: "Rhett Millsaps II" <xxxxxxx@gmail.com>
> Date: August 14, 2008 3:49:17 PM PDT
> To: "Carl Malamud" <xxxxxxx@media.org>, "Aaron Swartz" <me@aaronsw.com>
> Cc: xxxxxxx@omm.com
> Subject: Re: pacer and lollapalooza
> Hi Carl & Aaron,
>
> I believe that we will be able to take this on.  I've copied Sarah Ryan on
> this email -- she's an associate in our NY office who plans to work with a
> partner in one of our California offices on this.  She's been working
> through the internal channels to line everything up, and should be in touch
> very soon.  Feel free to email or call her if you'd like to discuss.  And
> let me know if you have any questions or need anything else from me.
>
> I'll look forward to seeing all of this when it's up and running -- sounds
> fantastic!
>
> Rhett
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi -
>>
>> Any luck on finding Aaron a c4 incorporator?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Rhett Millsaps II wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Carl and Aaron,
>>>
>>> This sounds like a great project, and I'm hopeful that we'll have some
>>> folks here who can do this pro bono.  The question is whether we have a
>>> partner in one of our offices with experience with 501(c)(4) incorporations.
>>>  I'm checking around, and will let you know as soon as I can.  As you know,
>>> I just get involved when things get messy, so I'm trying to draft some of
>>> our transactional folks to take this on.
>>>
>>> I actually know Larry Lessig from my Stanford days, but it's been fun to
>>> go toe to toe with his folks on the HP case!
>>>
>>> I hope to get back to you with good news soon, and will put you in touch
>>> with the right folks here if and when I find them.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rhett
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/25/08, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote: Hi Rhett -
>>>
>>> I'm David Halperin's friend.  I used to be Podesta's Chief Technology
>>> Officer at the Center, am now running a c(3) nonprofit out of California
>>> that puts primary legal materials (e.g., court cases) on the net called
>>> Public.Resource.Org.
>>>
>>> I'd like to introduce you to Aaron Swartz who has created Watchdog.Net.
>>>  The advice they received from their first funder, the Sunlight Foundation,
>>> was that they should be a c(4).  I believe this is Aaron's first nonprofit,
>>> but he has accumulated a distinguished record in a variety of Internet
>>> enterprises.  He wrote the "RSS" standard which is what newsfeeds are based
>>> on.
>>>
>>> He was also a founder of Reddit, a popular social networking site that
>>> was sold to Conde Naste.  And, perhaps most importantly, he's been the
>>> technical smarts behind a lot of impressive operations for Internet veterans
>>> such as Brewster Kahle and Lawrence Lessig (a name you may remember from
>>> your recent Harry Potter suit. :)
>>>
>>> Watchdog has some funding, but because they are early stage they are
>>> definitely not flush, so I know Aaron would appreciate any reduced fees or
>>> perhaps even pro bono representation for the initial C(4) application.  If
>>> it is helpful, I am happy to provide advice during the process, but this is
>>> Aaron's gig and I'm not directly involved.
>>>
>>> I'll let you two arrange a phone call with each other and you can decide
>>> if this is worth taking the next step.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>> P.S. Aaron ... Rhett's URL, which you no doubt found already, is
>>> http://web.omm.com/rhettmillsapsii/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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