Small Wars Journal, Operated by Small Wars Foundation

SWJED · 06-04-2008

Small Wars Journal, Operated by Small Wars Foundation

Small Wars Foundation assumed ownership and operation of Small Wars Journal from Small Wars Journal, LLC on June 1, 2008.

Small Wars Journal has never been operated with a profit motive. The LLC was a way to get the site started, add rigor to its management, and maybe allow us to keep our houses (and, accordingly, our wives) in the odd chance we pissed off someone with a good lawyer.

We built it, and you have come. There has been a great response, and we look forward to doing more to serve the community.

Small Wars Foundation is the right corporate structure for the site to move forward, develop more capabilities, sustain operations, and deliver to its vision. Small Wars Foundation is a Virginia corporation formed exclusively for charitable, educational, and literary purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal filing is in process for formal determination of status as a non-profit organization.

The core vision of the site, outlined on the About page, remains the same. We haven't fired the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher, yet. Other developments to follow.

- Dave & Bill

jcustis · 06-04-2008

Are congratulations in order, or are the legal wranglings involved to obsucre to allow a thumbs up?

SWJED · 06-05-2008

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Originally Posted by jcustis

Are congratulations in order, or are the legal wranglings involved to obsucre to allow a thumbs up?

Jon,

Neither I guess, (maybe a small pat) though it has been an education (Bill does the grunt work) moving through the federal and state bureaucracy. We needed to do this to take the sites, SWJ and SWC, to the next level. More on that to come once we have a hard copy of the 501(c).

Dave

Tom Odom · 06-05-2008

Congrats!

I know you 2 have had this on the radar for sometime.

Again congratsI

Tom

SWJED · 06-05-2008

Thanks Tom and Jon - and Ken on the blog comments. Knocking on wood that one day we can do this full time and shove the day jobs, well, maybe shove aside a bit

selil · 06-05-2008

Does that mean we can no longer donate?

SWJED · 06-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by selil

Does that mean we can no longer donate?

Sure Sam, just like voting in Chicago - early and often...

selil · 06-05-2008

If I donate will make the challenge coins happen? ROTFLMAO

bismark17 · 06-05-2008

Congrats!!! You guys have done a great job putting this together.

SWJED · 06-05-2008

Thanks Bismark, but trying to not sound like a putz, we just put this vehicle up - the members drive it. Appreciate the kind words.

Dr Jack · 06-05-2008

Great job, guys!

William F. Owen · 06-05-2008

Mazal Tov. Baruch Hashem. Well done.

SWJED · 06-05-2008

Dr. Jack, Will F, and Schmedlap and Norfolk on the blog comments - thanks much!

John T. Fishel · 06-05-2008

my congrats - felicitaciones - to the general euphoria. You have put in a single site a superb resource for practitoners, scholars, and students alike.

May the Foundation have even greater success!

Cheers

JohnT

slapout9 · 06-05-2008

As they say done here. Ya dun good boy!!!

Steve Blair · 06-05-2008

Good job, guys!

Ron Humphrey · 06-05-2008

You guys have done a great job of offering us learning opportunities beyond what we could have expected. Thank's for all your hard work and

CONGRAT's

Sargent · 06-05-2008

Great news, and best of luck on the new path!

MattC86 · 06-05-2008

Congratulations, Bill and Dave, and thanks for your work in keeping this joint running for miscreants like myself. . .

Regards,

Matt

marct · 06-05-2008

Way to go, guys! I know you've been working on it for a while and I'm glad to see that all the alligators have been wrassled to the ground

!

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SWJED Small Wars Journal Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,956	Small Wars Journal, Operated by Small Wars Foundation Small Wars Journal, Operated by Small Wars Foundation Small Wars Foundation assumed ownership and operation of Small Wars Journal from Small Wars Journal, LLC on June 1, 2008. Small Wars Journal has never been operated with a profit motive. The LLC was a way to get the site started, add rigor to its management, and maybe allow us to keep our houses (and, accordingly, our wives) in the odd chance we pissed off someone with a good lawyer. We built it, and you have come. There has been a great response, and we look forward to doing more to serve the community. Small Wars Foundation is the right corporate structure for the site to move forward, develop more capabilities, sustain operations, and deliver to its vision. Small Wars Foundation is a Virginia corporation formed exclusively for charitable, educational, and literary purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal filing is in process for formal determination of status as a non-profit organization. The core vision of the site, outlined on the About page, remains the same. We haven't fired the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher, yet. Other developments to follow. - Dave & Bill __________________ Small Wars Journal

06-04-2008	#2
jcustis Council Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SOCAL Posts: 1,941	Are congratulations in order, or are the legal wranglings involved to obsucre to allow a thumbs up? __________________ The Mike Sadler Project Transition Campaign

06-05-2008	#5
SWJED Small Wars Journal Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,956	Thanks Tom and Jon - and Ken on the blog comments. Knocking on wood that one day we can do this full time and shove the day jobs, well, maybe shove aside a bit __________________ Small Wars Journal

06-05-2008	#6
selil i pwnd ur ooda loop Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The DC Posts: 2,054	Does that mean we can no longer donate? __________________ Sam Liles Selil Blog Don't forget to duck Secret Squirrel The scholarship of teaching and learning results in equal hatred from latte leftists and cappuccino conservatives. All opinions are mine and may or may not reflect those of my employer depending on the chance it might affect funding, politics, or the setting of the sun. As such these are my opinions you can get your own.

06-05-2008	#8
selil i pwnd ur ooda loop Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The DC Posts: 2,054	If I donate will make the challenge coins happen? ROTFLMAO __________________ Sam Liles Selil Blog Don't forget to duck Secret Squirrel The scholarship of teaching and learning results in equal hatred from latte leftists and cappuccino conservatives. All opinions are mine and may or may not reflect those of my employer depending on the chance it might affect funding, politics, or the setting of the sun. As such these are my opinions you can get your own.

06-05-2008	#4
Tom Odom Council Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DeRidder LA Posts: 3,949	Congrats! I know you 2 have had this on the radar for sometime. Again congratsI Tom

06-05-2008	#9
bismark17 Council Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle, Wa Posts: 205	re: Congrats!!! You guys have done a great job putting this together.

06-05-2008	#11
Dr Jack Council Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Congratulations Great job, guys!

06-05-2008	#12
William F. Owen Council Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The State of Partachia, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Posts: 3,947	Mazal Tov. Baruch Hashem. Well done. __________________ Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!" - The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya. - If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya. Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition

06-05-2008	#14
John T. Fishel Council Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Rancho La Espada, Blanchard, OK Posts: 1,036	I'll just add my congrats - felicitaciones - to the general euphoria. You have put in a single site a superb resource for practitoners, scholars, and students alike. May the Foundation have even greater success! Cheers JohnT

06-05-2008	#15
slapout9 Council Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Slapout,Al. Posts: 4,431	As they say done here. Ya dun good boy!!!

06-05-2008	#16
Steve Blair Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 3,074	Good job, guys! __________________ "On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare." T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War

06-05-2008	#18
Sargent Council Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: London Posts: 172	Great news, and best of luck on the new path!

06-05-2008	#19
MattC86 Council Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: REMFing it up in DC Posts: 250	Congratulations, Bill and Dave, and thanks for your work in keeping this joint running for miscreants like myself. . . Regards, Matt __________________ "Give a good leader very little and he will succeed. Give a mediocrity a great deal and he will fail." - General George C. Marshall

06-05-2008	#20
marct Council Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,710	Way to go, guys! I know you've been working on it for a while and I'm glad to see that all the alligators have been wrassled to the ground ! __________________ Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat... Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D. Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Senior Research Fellow, The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA Carleton University http://marctyrrell.com/

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