I concur that the startup funds should be disbursed to Pine.
- Brian
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:09:43 -0800
From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
To: Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list
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Subject: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
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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
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