A quick word. We are currently looking at seeking fundraising approval in each state. OurCommunity has useful links to the law in each state - http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/management/view_help_sheet.do?articleid=50
It feels very ridiculous that we need to seek this approval on a state by state basis, when we are doing purely online fundraising, but that's the law for you...slow to catch up in this instance. Each state has different requirements. In particular for NSW we need to write down who our auditor will be. The auditor has to audit us within 6 months of the end of the FY and submit it to the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing. The auditor should be 1) a Registered Company Auditor, or 2) a member of an accounting body (CPA Australia/Institute of Chartered Accountants), or 3) a person with a formal accounting qualification. If the income is less than 20k, we can use an auditor without formal qualifications, but then we have to get their approval for that, so obviously just having someone who fits into one of the above categories makes it all easier. So if you are such a person, or know such a person who might be happy to be our auditor, please get in contact! Email me or another committee member offlist. And if you have familiarity with applying for this approval in other states, we would also love your help (especially Queensland, also Victoria). thanks, Brianna 2009/11/1 Brianna Laugher <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > The fundraiser and our taking part in it, or not, has been the main > matter of discussion within the committee for the past few weeks. And > it is still under discussion... If we do take part, it is likely to be > with a late start (ie the fundraiser is due to start early November, > and run for around two months, but maybe our involvement would only > begin in December). > > It would be a good help if we could locate a volunteer bookkeeper, > especially in Melbourne. Likewise, a CiviCRM expert (user). So if > anyone knows or is such a person, it would be great if they could make > themselves known :) > > Sorry for the radio silence of late... I have some communiques I am > due to put together and send to this list ASAP... so hopefully > sometime over the Cup weekend. > > cheers > Brianna > > > 2009/10/30 private musings <[email protected]>: >> just a quick second on the offer to help - I think it's really quite >> important that we as a chapter are able to join the fundraising process - >> p'raps it's all underway, and we're all signed up but the list isn't up to >> date. If so, hopefully someone in the know can update, and if not, it'd be >> great to make this a pretty high priority :-) >> >> cheers, >> >> Peter, >> PM. >> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Angela <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Wikimedia's fundraising campaign is starting next month. Six chapters >>> are on the list to take part in that and will receive some of the >>> funding that comes in from relevant countries. Is there any reason >>> Wikimedia Australia is not on the list? Is help needed with anything >>> to get the chapter ready for the fundraising drive so that it can take >>> part? >>> >>> Angela >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > > > -- > They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: > http://modernthings.org/ > -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
