I am acquiring for a school, 6 laptops to a single class. This school however, might take the laptops for themselves or "discriminate" for want of a better word against that class. How do I go about ensuring that the school cannot touch the laptops unless the class itself is shut down.
2006-10-16 10:08:08 · 4 answers · asked by supercalofragilistic 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Let me explain myself better. The school has the ability to seize any electronic device and give it to the IT department. These laptops are for the physics department.
The school could say hey, we need some laptops for project X, physics aint need it that much, leh we take dem.
I aint want non of that. The laptops are to remain to the physics department unless the physics program is shut down.
2006-10-16 12:27:45 · update #1
If I understand you correctly, you are buying or arranging for donors to buy these laptops, which you want used for a specific purpose and no other.
If that's what you want, retain ownership of them, and give the school a long-term lease for $1.00 each that specifies the purpose, and that gives you the option to retake ownership should they be used for another purpose without amending the lease contract. I think a five year lease, renewable on the same terms should more than cover the useful life of a laptop.
If you give them ownership with conditions, you give them ownership and that's pretty much that.
2006-10-16 10:14:10 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like you are not prepared to make a complete donation without maintaining some future control over the laptops. I can't imagine a school or anyone else wanting to accept the donation under those circumstances. It's too much trouble. It only invites conflict between you and the school over your opinion on how they should be used and theirs. I think you should not make the donation.
2006-10-16 18:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I dont understand why you wont make a contribution to the school.
But you can set up a trust, and specify the purpose of the gift. And there are other mechanisms for doing what you want. But you either have to hire a local lawyer or do the research yourself, for reasons of legal ethics if for no other reason.
2006-10-16 17:13:50 · answer #3 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
QED actually. Mark the items with you SSN in some permanent fashion and then, as your personal property, you can do with them as you see fit.
2006-10-16 17:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by rifleman01@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋