[Board] US 501(c)3 in the News

[Daniel Morissette]

On 13-06-27 8:26 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:20 PM,  <maplabs at light42.com> wrote:
>> http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/06/irs-wasnt-fond-of-open-source-either.html
>
> see also:
> http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/06/irs-open-sourc/
> "IRS Puts Open Source Projects Under Microscope, Spawns Nonprofit Black Hole"
>
> (mentioning OSGeo)
>


FYI I was also contacted by this journalist yesterday night but failed 
to respond in time. I'm glad that Tyler did respond and he could use 
that info.

For those interested in our 501(c)3 application status, the latest news 
is that an IRS agent got back in touch with us last fall (September 
2012) with a set of questions to which we responded in December, all the 
details are at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/501c3_Application:_Questions_from_IRS,_September_2012

Then not much happened since December other than providing the missing 
financials a few months ago. Coincidentally (or not), the IRS agent and 
our attorney spoke last week and we have a teleconf setup for later in 
July between myself, the IRS people and our attorney to discuss our 
application and answer some questions... maybe there's hope, fingers 
crossed...

Daniel (OSGeo Treasurer)