I concur that the startup funds should be disbursed to Pine. - Brian On Jan 19, 2015 4:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians > User Group (Pine W) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:09:43 -0800 > From: Pine W <[email protected]> > To: Alex Wang <[email protected]>, Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list > <[email protected]>, James Hare > <[email protected]>, Kirill Lokshin < > [email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group > Message-ID: > <CAF= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/attachments/20150119/12aeacb9/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:21:21 -0800 > From: Raymond Leonard <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list > <[email protected]> > Cc: James Hare <[email protected]>, Alex Wang > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group > Message-ID: > <CAOTiT=M+C6h-TyaYkr5A44em-scCvFD= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is agreeable to me. I concur. > > Yours, > Peaceray > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/attachments/20150119/8457b8f9/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:27:22 -0800 > From: Ann Summy <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list > <[email protected]> > Cc: James Hare <[email protected]>, Alex Wang > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group > Message-ID: > <CA+mFFDPJ0jeDS7dMpVc4gP7ab3uncALP= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/attachments/20150119/cc4638d4/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:36:15 -0800 > From: Pine W <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list > <[email protected]>, Ann Summy > <[email protected]> > Cc: James Hare <[email protected]>, Alex Wang > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group > Message-ID: > <CAF=dyJgtOsxo9A=XfnE6MsL0S4QZTEYY6iP= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/attachments/20150119/443716e1/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > End of Wikimedia-Cascadia Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21 > ************************************************* >
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