On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 15:33 -0800, Mike Orr wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> That's great. And there's at least one organization that might be > >> able to help with the cost. (No details until/if it's confirmed. Is > >> there any other organization that might be willing to chip in?) > > > > CMD (my company) as well as SPI possibly. Are we planning on keeping > > this free? > > We would like to keep it free, but it depends more on what sponsors > are willing to do than on what we want. If we have to charge a fee to > get a venue with adequate capacity, then that's what we'll have to do. > > I should mention that SeaPIG is not a nonprofit, so contributions are > not tax deductible.
Right. > > I asked the PSF if they might be willing to be a nonprofit umbrella > for local groups, as Team Seattle is for several sports clubs. The > treasurer said he'd look into it but it would be a lot of paperwork > and accounting that might not be of sufficient benefit to the PSF. Of > course, the PSF is also willing to reimburse for particular expenses > that promote Python. Brian, did we ever get anything back from the > last Python Day? SPI could do this easily enough. If Seapy joined SPI as an affiliate project then Seapy would have 501c3 status. They are also already setup to handle it. Joshua D. Drake > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander
