Hello Pine, You are welcome to apply for a Wikimedia DC grant, but I would like to point out that Wikimedia DC’s grants are done almost exclusively on a reimbursement basis, meaning that you will not receive any cash until after everything is complete. This may impact your plans.
Regards, James — James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Pine W 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
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