Hello everyone!
@MikeiLL, @eric, and @Selmo - It was great to talk to you all last week! Thanks so much for bearing with me on my technical difficulties. I hope to have my video troubles taken care of by Christmas. 
I wanted to post a few thoughts/notes from our meeting to continue the discussion as we decide how best to organize moving forward. 
Organization and Tax Exempt Status: I think weāve pretty much agreed that we would like to form a 501Ā©(3) non-profit organization. We will need to discuss whether this should be in the form of a public charity, a private foundation, or the hybrid private operating foundation which combines some of the tax benefits of a public charity with the financial control of a private foundation.
My research:
āPublic Charity vs. Private Foundationā - https://www.501c3.org/public-charity-vs-private-foundation/
āWhat it Takes to be a Private Operating Foundationā - http://mauilandlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/What-it-Takes-to-be-a-Private-Operating-Foundation.pdf
Name: Iāve suggested Open Food Network US, which would be consistent with and supportive of global branding efforts and used in conjunction with the domain name openfoodnetwork.us. But Iām open to other ideas.
Iām working on assembling drafts for by-laws, purpose, etc. and should have them set up in a shared Drive this week. As we develop our Mission Statement, I am reflecting on OFNās Partner Values discussion. 
Thank you all for the time and effort youāre dedicating to this. Iām so excited to be a part of it! Hope youāre all having a great week! 