Cool, thanks. In our case we are independent of the Wikimedia Foundation so we will have a unique UBI, EIN, etc.
Pine On Jan 19, 2015 5:01 PM, "Ann Summy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I wasn't suggesting the PO Box for the license. I just went through > opening a bank account for another non-profit group on January 2 that may > be in a similar situation: regional section (without a UBI) of a larger > national non-profit organization. It's not very complicated or > time-consuming if the bank has options and the correct terminology is used. > > I'll follow-up on the Impact HUB thing and let you know. > > --Ann > > > On Jan 19, 2015 4:36 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ann, >> >> Actually, in Washington State, PO boxes are not permitted for use when >> registering a business with the state, because legal service of process >> cannot be delivered to a PO box. I also believe that PO boxes are not >> permitted as substitutes for physical addresses when registering a bank >> account; the bank is required to check the account holders' names against >> Federal criminal databases and watchlists, and needs to be able to execute >> its own legal demands against the account holder if necessary. (Let's hope >> that we never encounter that situation!) >> >> I will need to work out how the registered agent / service of process >> activities would work with Impact HUB, but my initial conversation with >> them suggests that they *may* be willing to be a registered agent on our >> behalf as well. >> >> I do appreciate your willingness to check with someone at Impact HUB to >> see if they might be willing to temporarily let us borrow their contact >> information. However, since these are all issues that we're going to need >> to resolve soon anyway, I think we should try to solve them once only, in >> order to save everyone time and effort (: >> >> Pine >> >> 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* >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Ann Summy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >>> >>> >>
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