[Board] minutes and motions for 2015-09-19 (Seoul)

Tue Sep 22 11:50:21 PDT 2015

Hi all,

can I assume, the motion

"""Use Google infrastructure for mails and drive space"""

passed ?

I've basically created the OSGeo business account, but now I should talk to
SAC and discuss with them possibilities of moving the mail aliases

J

po 21. 9. 2015 v 11:20 odesílatel Michael Smith <
michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> napsal:

> Just a side note, the difference between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) are:
>
> 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits differ when it comes to deductions
> available to individuals and businesses that donate to the organization.
> Donations to a 501(c)(3) are entirely deductible as a charitable
> contribution on the donor's tax return. In contrast, donations made to a
> 501(c)(4) are generally not deductible.
>
> Additionally, 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) differ in their ability to freely
> conduct political or lobbying efforts. 501(c)(3) nonprofits are limited
> to conducting only "insubstantial" lobbying efforts, determined by the size
> of the organization. By contrast, 501(c)(4) organizations may engage in
> unlimited lobbying and promotion of candidates, provided that these efforts
> dovetail with the purpose of the organization.
>
> The main reason we went with 501(c)(4) is that the IRS was
> heavily restricting software organizations from being 501(c)(3) (even
> though that made more sense in our case), due to IRS thinking that software
> for profit companies were creating non profits to hold software IP and code
> and then able to stash money as tax exempt donations.  Since we never have
> accepted tax exempt donations, it was a much simpler process to being a
> 501(c)(4) vs perhaps never being approved as a (c)(3).
>
> Mike
>
> ----
> Michael Smith
> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
> treasurer at osgeo.org
>
> From: <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jachym Cepicky <
> jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 4:50 PM
> To: Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>, OSGeo Board <
> board at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> Subject: Re: [Board] minutes and motions for 2015-09-19 (Seoul)
>
> Hi,
>
> thank you, Massi, for great minutes
>
> so 19. 9. 2015 v 16:19 odesílatel Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> napsal:
>
>> Hello,
>> here are the meeting minutes and motions from
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2015-09-19
>>
>> Board member please reply to this mail with your vote for the motions.
>>
>> *Motions:*
>>
>>    1. Approve past meeting's minutes
>>
>>
> +1
>
>
>>
>>    1. Create a new official Paypal account for OSGeo (and transfer the
>>    money from the old account)
>>
>>
> +1
>
>>
>>    1. OSGeo contact Web page: remove the form from the page and include
>>    the list of e-mails (board address, president, tresurer, discussion list,
>>    project mailing lists, etc..)
>>
>>
>  +1
>
>
>>    1. Use Google infrastructure for mails and drive space
>>
>>
> +1
>
> note: original discussion was about "having private space", than we moved
> to mail as well.
>
> I think, "outsourcing" makes simply sense in our case. we should use
> volunteers for the work, we can not handle by ourselves.
>
> little research: google  supports only  US 501(c)(3) organisations. while
> we are  US 501(c)(4)  (I have no idea what difference that is, but result
> is: we will have to pay)
>
> J
>
>>
>>    1. *Other items:*
>>
>>
>>    - Approved last minute
>>    - Tresurer report: ~57k USD seed money transferred, extension for tax
>>    filling
>>    - Paypal account, need make a new account and transfer money from old
>>    to new
>>    - Rasdaman: on OpenHub errouneously it is owned by osgeo, request to
>>    change it immediately. Jeff corrected it and apologize for the error.
>>    - New board members require information to quickly get involved and
>>    active
>>    - Election, charter members shall vote to continue with membership,
>>    we should cope with this
>>    - Next week more details on results of election
>>    - Membership process
>>
>>
>> *Actions*
>>
>>    - Mike create Paypal account
>>    - Jeff ask Tyler for access details
>>    - Jeff talk to CoC to acknowledge that the board think that also
>>    ethic misconducts is topic for CoC committee
>>    - Vasile: Send info to new board members based on
>>    http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/49-OSGeo-Director-Retrospective.html
>>    - New board: examine the election process and consider to adopt a
>>    nomination + second letters from other members and no veto to be
>>    **selected**, then if veto board could take a decision
>>
>>
>>
>> Maxi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>>
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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