[Ares-races] Avon Products Foundation AKA Pallotta Teamworks

Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:11:42 -0700

Link is bad.  Should be:

www.bethepeople.org

73, ken, KM6YH

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 9:07 PM
To: Rob Roller N7LV
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Subject: Re: [Ares-races] Avon Products Foundation AKA Pallotta
Teamworks

Rob looks like youre right.  Here's their website

www.bethepeople.ort

draw your own conclusions.

Otherwise, can anyone cite where the FCC Rules give us guidance and
tests for our public service activities?

Rob Roller N7LV wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I understand your point, but if the foundation has its own charter and

> a
> 501(c)(3) status, then by law, they're required to stick to their
legal
> charter, whether that be for research, education, etc.  There are
probably a
> bunch of companies that have separate foundations that receive
donations,
> and pass out grants.  Companies like HP, Sprint, to name a couple.  HP
and
> Sprint are for-profit corporations, but their foundations are
separate.
> 
> Maybe the event coordination is a part of Avon's administrative costs,

> that in order to organize such a large event, they had to contract the

> work out to a for-profit company to organize it.  Conceptually, that'd

> be no different than, say, United Way or the MS Society, renting out a

> banquet room at a for-profit Hilton Hotel, or hiring a for-profit 
> caterer to provide food for a fund-raiser.  Some services just have to

> be provided by a for-profit company. [...truncated/]
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