Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Tom Hughes wrote: > > What may be confusing some people is that the UK doesn't really have > the > concept of a non-profit that some jurisdictions have, so there is no > special tax status for companies limited by guarantee. Only registered > charities get special tax status and registering as a charity is much > more onerous than just forming a non-profit company. It's very similar in the USA. You can start a corporation as a not-for- profit, which makes your tax reporting similar. You still have to pay taxes, it's just that the amount will always be zero. Or, you can file with the IRS for recognition as a non-profit to receive 501(c)3 status. It usually takes a couple of letters of correspondence with them, and about 9 months, and there are complicated forms to fill out, AND you have to file a special tax form every year AND you have to demonstrate that you are actually being funded by the public (as opposed to a rich dude who wants some place to dump his excess money). "much more onerous" describes it very well. -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson r...@cloudmade.com - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
Am 05.02.2009 20:00, Jonas Krückel (John07): > And maybe also adding a link on openstreetmap.org to > donate.openstreetmap.org And maybe even put a backlink to the donation-page on top of the comments page to give mre :) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
And maybe also adding a link on openstreetmap.org to donate.openstreetmap.org Regards, Jonas ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
Łukasz That problem was just noticed and has hopefully been corrected. Etienne On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Łukasz Jernaś wrote: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM, SteveC wrote: > > Please translate and pass on to the country-specific lists... ...and > > donate! > > Well, you have some problems with international names on the donors > list - mine is displayed with weird characters ;) > > Regards, > -- > Łukasz [DeeJay1] Jernaś > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
The OSM Foundation is a non-profit organisation, but it is not a registered charity. GiftAid is only applicable charities. If you wish to make a significant donation (over £1,000 for example) then please contact me to discuss more tax efficient ways of donating. Etienne On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:49 PM, LeedsTracker wrote: > Does OSM have a way of using GiftAid for UK tax payers? > > I note the Project Gaza people were looking into it: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Palestine_Gaza > > I don't know the ins and outs, just wondering. > > cheers, > LT > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
Does OSM have a way of using GiftAid for UK tax payers? I note the Project Gaza people were looking into it: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Palestine_Gaza I don't know the ins and outs, just wondering. cheers, LT ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Donate today for OSM's £10,000 se rver fundraiser
Please translate and pass on to the country-specific lists... ...and donate! http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=384 http://donate.openstreetmap.org/ Today we’re kicking off a funding drive to raise £10,000 to buy new API database servers for the upcoming new API and server software which we call “0.6″ as it’s the 6th version. Specifically we’re after a 3U Rackmount server, 2x Quadcore, 24GB RAM, 10x SAS 15kRPM disks. OpenStreetMaps exponential growth since day one has led to increasing demands on the hardware and software clockwork which make it tick day and night, and this funding drive will put us in a fantastic position to cross the next hurdles of mapping the planet. We have incredibly dedicated volunteer sysadmins and coders building OSM today, so let’s give them the best tools for the job to continue building the most detailed map of the planet. So please consider heading over to donate.openstreetmap.org and chip in some cash for the cause. We’ll keep you up to date with the process of buying, setting up and installing the new hardware. Donate today! Best Steve ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
