Hi Lane,

Thanks for that suggestion about Google Nonprofits. It looks like, to take advantage of that, we need to have a 501(c)(3) status already *or* we can affiliate ourselves with an existing group.

This reminds me, would you please look into asking WMNY if we can get a copy of their application forms for their 501(c)(3) status?

James, I'm not sure what would be involved in letting us be a temporary affiliate of WMDC for purposes of getting access to Google Nonprofits. Do you have any thoughts about this?

Thanks!

Pine

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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.
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Lane Rasberry <lane@bluerasberry.com> wrote:
Pine,

Looking a bit ahead...

It might happen that the group may wish to have Google be a cloud provider of services to manage office business of the organization. If that happens, the organization may wish to get a nonprofit account with Google that way multiple people can more easily share a pool of email, an online calendar, online storage, and check the same voicemail. Right now I think it would be overwhelming to commit to this kind of system, and Pine setting up an individual account works.

For organizations with 501(c)3 status, Google offers free access to its business suite of products.
<http://www.google.com/nonprofits/>
It might happen that in 1-2 years this group would also like to manage things through Google, for example if the organization wishes to synchronize the offering of name@wikicascadia email addresses.

I work at the nonprofit organization Consumer Reports. Our ~600 person organization all uses Google for email, calendars, and a lot of other online services. Since I use gmail personally, I like how my work Google account synchronizes with my personal one.

yours,



On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

I have been asked more than once for contact information in association with our user group, so I have gone ahead with creating a Google Voice account for us: (206) 659-7420. Please feel free to distribute the number if someone asks for contact info for the user group. It currently goes to voicemail. In the unlikely event that we get phone calls through this number on a frequent basis, then we can explore getting a different phone number or answering service to take these calls.

When we get around to assigning officer positions at our next board meeting, I will be happy to distribute the PIN number for the voicemail to our new board chair, president, secretary, and treasurer.

Stephen, please add this number to the contact info that WMF keeps on file for us.

Thanks!

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



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