Cool, thanks.
In our case we are independent of the Wikimedia Foundation so we will have
a unique UBI, EIN, etc.
Pine
On Jan 19, 2015 5:01 PM, "Ann Summy" <ann.summy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, I wasn't suggesting the PO Box for the
license. I just went through
opening a bank account for another non-profit group on January 2 that may
be in a similar situation: regional section (without a UBI) of a larger
national non-profit organization. It's not very complicated or
time-consuming if the bank has options and the correct terminology is used.
I'll follow-up on the Impact HUB thing and let you know.
--Ann
On Jan 19, 2015 4:36 PM, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Ann Summy <ann.summy(a)gmail.com> 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" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> 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/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> 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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