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
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