THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE OF REFORM

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE REFORM OF MARIJUANA LAWS

1001 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW, SUITE 1119

 WASHINGTON, DC 20036

 P 202-483-5500. F 202-483-0057

To: The Board of Directors 

From: Dick Cowan, Chairman 

Date:        May 25, 1993 

Attached are two memos. The first is a business plan I will be using to solicit funds from potential benefactors. The second is a memo I asked Jon Gettman to prepare on NORML’s problems with the IRS and related changes in our chapter guidelines. 

The chapter guidelines are detailed in the enclosed issue of ongoing Briefing. They are not finalized. We are asking chapters for comment, and I plan on incorporating any feedback from the Board, as well as from chapters, into a final version to be published on July 1st. 

A financial report will be made available to the Board prior to the next Board meeting. In rough terms, debt is decreasing modestly, new debt is not being incurred, payroll tax payments are being made every month, and we are maintaining a quarterly mailing schedule to the members. 

A report on our lawyer's assessment of our IRS problems will be presented at the Board meeting. 

The election for new board members will take place as part of the next mailing, scheduled to be dropped in the mail about the time of the Board meeting in June.