andre, Just let us know of any developments. Sponsorships are most welcome. Or simply a bounty of beers to map your neighborhood. ;)
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Andre, > > Welcome! > > I've taken a look at the Corporation Code of the Philippines > (http://www.chanrobles.com/legal5cc.htm) way before and I think a normal > membership-based non-profit structure is the easiest to set-up. The singular > problem with setting up a foundation is the 1 million-peso capital > requirement and I don't think that OSM Philippines would have activities > that needs foundation status to be effective. > > Raising 1 million pesos to set up a foundation just to get tax-deductible > donations is too big a hurdle (not to mention all of the tax auditing, > financial bookkeeping, and SEC requirements that goes along with it). If we > need funds for activities (like lectures, conferences, promotional events, > etc.), I think simply getting sponsors for those activities is easier. > > Regards, > Eugene > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:26 PM, an...@enthropia.com <an...@enthropia.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to introduce myself to the list, my name is Andre Marcelo-Tanner, >> Filipino and resident of the Philippines. I am also from the company >> Enthropia Inc., of which Ahmed Farooq heads, I head up the Philippine >> division of the company here in everything that we do locally. Ahmed's the >> one who's more familiar with OSM though :) >> >> I'd like to add in regards to the topic of creating an organization, the >> fees are not much for a non-profit if we are not a foundation since its >> just the registration fees etc. I would like to ask though if OSM >> Philippines would like to be setup as a foundation, which is mainly to >> accept donations and use them for the mission of the company, usually >> charitable. The minimum deposit for a foundation is now at P1,000,000 >> apprently where it only used to be P100,000 before. I'm still inquiring >> into the various technical differences between a foundation and other >> nonprofit types. >> >> Anyway that's all for now, I really like what OSM Philippines has been >> doing and hope we can grow it even more. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Andre >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on >> Microsoft(R) >> Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
