Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Fundraising
Landon Blake wrote:
> Frank,
>
> Thanks for posting the budget. It was an interesting read. I was
> impressed with the fact that the Foss4G conference appears to pay for
> itself.
Landon,
It is currently an objective that the confere
Landon Blake wrote:
Frank,
Thanks for posting the budget. It was an interesting read. I was
impressed with the fact that the Foss4G conference appears to pay for
itself.
Landon,
It is currently an objective that the conference should make a modest
profit for the foundation (I think we targett
AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Fundraising
Landon Blake wrote:
> Another thing I've been curious about is how any funds raised will be
> spent or dispersed. I know we need to pay Tyler's salary. What other
> things do we need to pay for? Do we h
Allan Doyle wrote:
Regarding the income side of the budget, I recommend looking at IRS form
8734 [1], which will have to be filled out at the end of the 5th year of
being a 501(c)(3) organization. OSGeo will have to pass the "public
support test" of getting at least 33% of its support from "pub
Regarding the income side of the budget, I recommend looking at IRS
form 8734 [1], which will have to be filled out at the end of the 5th
year of being a 501(c)(3) organization. OSGeo will have to pass the
"public support test" of getting at least 33% of its support from
"public sources". T
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BTW, one of the things at Refractions that made tasking more visible
for "go do this" roles, like the sysadmin, was entering absolutely
every request and job into Trac before fulfilling it. Does anyone
thing a OSGeo trac would help or hinder?
Landon Blake wrote:
Another thing I've been curious about is how any funds raised will be
spent or dispersed. I know we need to pay Tyler's salary. What other
things do we need to pay for? Do we help fund the FOSS4G conference? Do
we fund work/infrastructure for specific projects?
I'd like to le
I stole the following snippet from another of Paul Ramsey's posts. I
thought it belonged in a separate thread:
Paul wrote: "Having a plan to take better advantage of our host nation
status. We pay a good deal in terms of administrative overhead to be a
fully tax-exempt charity in the USofA, what f
