Pine, I can ask an Impact HUB member if there's some way to get around the address issue. It may take a couple of days to get an answer.
Seems to me this kind of thing comes up with 501(c)(3) organizations all the time. Business/organization bank accounts allow the use of PO Box addresses. There is some juggling that can be done using that or transferring the business address from a temporary (maybe personal) one to a final one later. --Ann _______________________ Sent from my Android. On Jan 19, 2015 4:09 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wikimedia DC, Alex (WMF), and Cascadia board, > > As I mentioned in an earlier email, Xero is having a sale that will save > $90 in cost if we subscribe by the end of January. (I have a coupon code > for the sale.) > > In addition to this timing consideration, I have observed the following > conundrum: we can't set up a bank account if we don't have an address and a > Washington State business registration, and we can't set up our address > with Impact HUB if we can't pay, and we can't register with Washington > State if we can't pay. > > To get out of this conundrum, because timing is important (the Xero sale > ends on January 31, which means that we need have funds available before > then), and because Wikimedia DC's reporting requirements appear to be less > time-consuming than PEG's reporting requirements, I would like the group's > permission to request interim funding from Wikimedia DC's grants program > for the following expenses. The payment would be made to me, and I would > use the funds for the following purposes: > > Two months of Xero subscription, after discount, plus tax: $33 > Two months of Impact HUB rent, for 2 days each month: $70 > Two months of Impact HUB mailbox rent: $50 > State of Washington business license, including $19 processing fee and $5 > trade name fee: $24 > State of Washington Secretary of State nonprofit corporation registration: > $30 > City of Seattle registration: $110 > City of Bellevue registration: $86 > Initial refundable bank deposit with BECU: $5 > High-security checkbook from BECU: $35 > Total grant request: $443 > > Any remaining funds would be returned to Wikimedia DC. If these expenses > are funded by Wikimedia DC, then they would be deducted from our upcoming > PEG request to WMF. > > Is this agreeable to Cascadia's Board members? We need at least 4 members > of our Board to agree before I can submit this request to Wikimedia DC. > > Thank you! > > Pine > > *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we > must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not > know.**—Catherine Munro* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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