On 2/2/2019 12:34 PM, Ulrich Stärk wrote:
> Can you elaborate what paperwork you are referring to?
Typically there have been a few standard things.  Confirming something
like payoneer, sending in a W-8, signing some things saying we don't
discriminate to get the donation, tax forms that they send us, etc.  I
don't really have a list, I just dealt with them as they came in.
>
> On 02.02.19 15:35, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
>> On 2/2/2019 3:59 AM, Ulrich Stärk wrote:
>>> Can someone please explain what the urgency is? We will have the GSoC 
>>> application ready by the
>>> deadline on Feb 6, plenty of time left.
>> Hi Uli, there are two issues at hand:
>>
>> 1 - The application due Feb 6th and concern that you've been ill.  So Maxim 
>> stepped up and has been
>> leading getting the application done.  That is considered time-sensitive and 
>> no one seems to have
>> the statistics about student success/failure from GSoC2018.  We have the 
>> 2017 information as you
>> noted elsewhere.  Hopefully that's good to go now.  This was the reason for 
>> the time-sensitive
>> subject line.
>>
>> 2 - The other issue at hand is not as time sensitive.  There are various 
>> other paperwork for the
>> program that are required as the year goes on that need to be handled to get 
>> the donation from
>> Google.  I've handled it for the past 2 years and I'm exiting the role.  I'm 
>> not being replaced in a
>> 1:1 fashion so there are duties that I have been handling that I'm concerned 
>> about due to a
>> retraction of duties that will leave GSOC slipping through the cracks.  I'd 
>> prefer that not happen. 
>>
>> Maybe if you can volunteer to handle that for Fundraising, that would be 
>> good?  I don't think it
>> should fall under treasurer but the issue is it will take someone in a 
>> financial role to handle a
>> lot of it.  Another idea is to light a fire under the financial committee 
>> and add this to the tasks
>> it handles as an intermediary to give oversight to treasurer and assistance 
>> to fundraising where
>> they need.  
>>
>> Regards,
>> KAM
>>
>>
>>> On 2. Feb 2019, at 04:27, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org 
>>> <mailto:kmcgr...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FYI, I've handled all the paperwork for the donation for 2 years, FYI.  
>>>> Normally Uli fills out
>>>> the application though because it's been sick.  It definitely needs to be 
>>>> discussed with you and
>>>> Treasurer about who will handle the paperwork.  ComDev is unlikely to be 
>>>> able to handle the money
>>>> transfer details.  With Treasurer and Fundraising both having paid staff, 
>>>> one of the two should
>>>> be where the buck stops (pun intended).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> KAM
>>>> --
>>>> Kevin A. McGrail
>>>> VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation
>>>> Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 10:24 PM Daniel Ruggeri <drugg...@primary.net
>>>> <mailto:drugg...@primary.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Sorry I wasn't around at the time all these emails were flying. As far 
>>>> as I know, GSoC is and
>>>>     always has been a ComDev thing. While it's super cool that the 
>>>> Foundation receives a stipend
>>>>     for mentoring, that doesn't necessarily pull Fundraising in. I assume 
>>>> this is just confusion
>>>>     of hats.
>>>>
>>>>     It seems like this has been picked up by our good friend Maxim 
>>>> (hopefully with some vital
>>>>     info coming soon from Uli), so I am glad it is in good hands. I guess 
>>>> for next year we should
>>>>     consider pairing people up together so we aren't single threaded.
>>>>     -- 
>>>>     Daniel Ruggeri
>>>>
>>>>     On February 1, 2019 1:51:20 PM CST, "Kevin A. McGrail" 
>>>> <kmcgr...@apache.org
>>>>     <mailto:kmcgr...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks Maxim.  Fundraising has helped before as this is a 
>>>> fundraising
>>>>         item for the ASF but there are some hiccups as my role in 
>>>> fundraising is
>>>>         ending and who is taking over some things is not clear.  All I know
>>>>         right now is that it isn't Sally.
>>>>
>>>>         I just left Uli a v/m.
>>>>
>>>>         Regards,
>>>>         KAM
>>>>
>>>>         On 2/1/2019 11:12 AM, Maxim Solodovnik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             OK, I was thinking fundraising@ is about the money and the 
>>>> sponsors :) Trying to make
>>>>             things right :) 
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>         To unsubscribe, e-mail: fundraising-unsubscr...@apache.org 
>>>> <mailto:fundraising-unsubscr...@apache.org>
>>>>         For additional commands, e-mail: fundraising-h...@apache.org 
>>>> <mailto:fundraising-h...@apache.org>
>>>>
>> -- 
>> Kevin A. McGrail
>> VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation
>> Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
>>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: fundraising-unsubscr...@apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: fundraising-h...@apache.org
>

-- 
Kevin A. McGrail
VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation
Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org

Reply via email to