• protection against intimidation
• protection against frivolous lawsuits
• protection of personal property
• promote distribution/mirrors/forking of the primary IPW web site
• purchase insurance
• enable a means for donations to be tax-free
• provide a model of an "open" corporation
• operate and maintain a member web site
• prevent buy-outs

As I mentioned in another post, one of the basic questions I have is whether the corp (or whatever entity may be created) exists merely to operate the IPW site or is there a larger purpose of which IPW is merely one tool.  I would suggest the latter as the better choice to provide greater flexibility in many ways.  Perhaps I'll put a poll up on this question, but in the meantime, let's hear comments.

OK, before I go into more stuff, I better stop here and listen first to help guide the way.