CARM-IF FAQ

Yes. Note that for donations from individuals, the IRS considers them not tax deductible.  That is because the CARM Implementer Forum operates as a 501c6 corporation rather than 501c3.

CARM-IF seeks resource support from those working in a wide variety of technologies, commercial insurance, and management or owners of commercial property. In most cases, we need program and product managers familiar with products and services in those industries.  Within the space of technology, our needs are diverse from basic sensors (such as GC/MS), including silicon and systems architecture for secure embedded systems.  Experts in capturing intellectual property, driving membership marketing and content development resources are also needed.  Anyone is welcome to help, and you may express your offer to do so by sending an email.

The CARM Implementer Forum (CARM-IF) corporation is registered in State of Oregon, as are many other implementer forums (USB, for example).

Our application with the IRS is pending (Form 1024), and we are operating according to their requirements in anticipation of approval in 2019.

At this time, while we are recruiting the initial members, we are not mentioning company names. Once the initial group of supporters is in place, we plan to list names of the member companies on this website, in 2019.

We do not identify specific people by name. As of this writing, we are working with people involved in technology, business insurance and commercial real estate.  Among the technologists, they span a wide range of technologies including semiconductor design and fabrication, embedded computing and intelligent sensors, networking, encryption and data security, machine learning and predictive analytics.  Most work at product companies, some are university researchers and we are even linked with people at NASA.