On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 10:30:41 -0800 Bryce Harrington <br...@osg.samsung.com> said:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 12:06:58PM -0500, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:48:53 -0500 > > Cedric Bail <ced...@ddlm.me> wrote: > > > What would be the benefit of SPI/SFC ? > > > > In short they handling the financial and legal paper work and > > compliance. They are accountants, attorneys/lawyers, etc. Things most > > tech projects and communities lack. Handing it over to another ensures > > things are kept in order, legal filings done on time, properly, etc. > > > > They do charge a fee, and are not perfect, pros and cons. Just > > mentioning for consideration. > > I work with both SPI and SFC (SPI via X.org board where I serve as > treasurer, SFC via Inkscape where I serve as chairperson). > > The fees charged by the two organizations are on income only. SPI > charges 5% on donations, SFC 10%. That is in addition to paypal or > other banking fees. If the project has 0 income, there are 0 fees. > They both provide a variety of services at no additional fee. oh. that's fair. so its not an annual fee but a %. that's totally reasonable. > SPI is a volunteer-run organization, SFC has paid staff (five people I > believe at current). Both organizations have financial experts and > lawyers, so can and do help handle financial and legal issues. Both > organizations take care of most/all the paperwork associated with taxes, > travel sponsorships, Google Summer of Code, reimbursements for project > expenses, contracting (including paid development work), etc. SFC > helped Inkscape with trademark registration for its logo and branding. > SPI helped X.org with Khronos membership to register Mesa as officially > compliant with Vulkan 1.0. > > In general, I've tended to find SFC much more responsive to inquiries > and issues than SPI. For example, I can get financial transaction data > from my SFC-based project within a week or two lag, whereas for > SPI-based projects the lag can be many months (but they're working on > improving that). Email responses from SFC tend to be return in a few > days; SPI can be a week or two and may require a couple followups to get > a response. Faster followups and more timely access to transaction data > would be nice, but I've otherwise found both organizations helpful and > adequate to my projects' needs. Be aware that there can be some drama > of various sorts, but as my projects haven't ever been affected I have > no comment or concerns personally; YMMV. > > I was involved in both the X.org Board prior to joining SPI, and the > Inkscape Board prior to joining SFC, and will relate that in both cases > the move has been beneficial. Not having to deal with taxes and > assorted non-profit paperwork removed a HUGE headache, gaining the > ability to accept donations as tax deductable with no fuss. Tapping > them for handling finances enabled both increased donation activities > and improved expenditure handling, moving from donation amounts in the > $1's and $10's up to $1000's and $10,000's. Having them on hand to deal > with legal and contractual issues is an enjoyable convenience. that sounds positive. from someone with experience. > HTH, > Bryce > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
