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The Home Network Center (THNC) - A 501(c)(3) Organization
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Perhaps there is something here to give you confidence in our
abilities to bring success to THNC, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation
that Jack has helped to create. Much has happened recently. And it is time,
as Jack's son admonishes him, to "Turn the Key!" It is time for THNC
to begin again.
Nonprofit Organizational Activities:
Where did the ideas for The Home Network Center come from?
THNC started with my being out-of-work, dreaming of projects I'd like to do,
and trying to find other ways to apply myself. I remember many lonely
nights as a plant security guard, writing down every thought that came
to me. I took these ideas, organized them into chapters, and wrote-out
what was to become a 78-page white paper called "The Digital Home Network
(DHN)". It was completed in March, 2000. I used this paper to recruit my board of directors. I would ask a person to think about being a director
and to read the paper before saying yes or no. Here is an excerpt from
its Synopsis:
"The DHN is a home-based tool. It will perform a number of functions
including monitoring, messaging, and resource management. The ultimate
form of DHN will have home owners and their families verbally interacting
with a sentient, heuristic, computer-based intelligence for more
enjoyable and efficient control of electromechanical functionality in the
home. The DHN will help create a new way of relating to our environment by
interfacing with technical systems – details of which we are now responsible
for interpreting."
This paper is presently being updated and rewritten. I am asking new questions,
reviewing old ones, and creating a Research List -- topics that will need to be
researched and monitored as we get closer to the possibility of funding. These
are the ideas that help to dynamically shape everything we do at THNC.
How did The Home Network Center come to be?
Some notes to myself...
- pages showing meeting notes
- secretary notes
- progress and decisions
- what have we done
- where are we going
- what has THNC done
- what organizational milestones
- try to find other documents
Articles of incorporation for The Home Network Center were filed with the Secretary of State in Ohio on July 26, 2000.
A code of regulations binder (dated July 24, 2002) was distributed at the first meeting of the board of directors. In the binder were: filing documents for incorporation, rosters for initial board of directors and technical advisors, 8-page startup bylaws, 40-page bylaws, a section describing Byham's empowerment concepts, a section describing Deming's Quality Management concepts, a 48-page employee handbook, and board evaluation forms.
A 160-page business plan has been written. It has sections that are not fully completed; this entire plan needs to be revised and shortened, hopefully without leaving anything out (not an easy task).
The complete, 501(c)(3) application package was mailed to the IRS on September 27, 2001. Extensive work was involved in this application, including many calculations to complete the financial spreadsheets. The IRS granted THNC 501(c)(3) status on March 5, 2002. Since no funding has been forth-coming, the IRS converted our status to "private foundation" until funds are found. At that time, THNC will again become a 501(c)(3), although - for fund-raising purposes - we are still a 501(c)(3) organization.
Why has there been such a delay between its beginning and now?
I am a systems analyst, and I try to understand how all components interact in a system. By December, 2001, I knew that a large part of my life and a major component of my ultimate personal success or failure - my marriage to Barb - must be changed. I knew that I needed to immerse myself in a positive environment for THNC to succeed. Barb and I had for years been going in increasingly different directions, had guided our lives by different axioms, and hoped for divergent outcomes for the years ahead.
This story has a happy ending. The divorce was finalized in May, 2003. Barb still lives in Marion in the house that I built, and she is happy with her life. I have received everything positive that I had hoped for, and I have gained personal and work experiences that will help THNC be more successful. Not all nonprofits follow a path to instant success, and I hope this delay will prove to be very beneficial for all of us in the future.
Statement of Purpose for THNC
The primary purposes of this organization are exclusively educational, charitable, scientific, and literary within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or such other provisions of state or federal law as may from time to time be applicable. The specific purposes are
- to help create a higher plane for ethical development of home network technology;
- to safeguard the public good;
- to educate the public about home network technology;
- to produce materials about home network services and products;
- to plan other organizations related to advancing other aspects of home network technology and its benefits for humanity.
THNC's Mission Statement
The Home Network Center is a multidimensional organization created to safeguard the public good, to reduce burdens of technology, and to encourage responsible development of home networking applications.
THNC's Vision Statement
The Home Network Center (THNC) will help close the "Digital Divide" of higher technology by applying home based technology to the needs of the general public, then distributing and servicing these benefits. THNC will improve the quality of life by enabling the public to receive more benefits from technology. THNC will accomplish this through specialized research, education, and aiding understanding of how new technologies are being used and created. THNC will help form a higher plane of ethical home networking applications. THNC will become the preferred source for home networking information, for performance certification of new products, and of innovation in home networking technology for the benefit of humanity.
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