[Board] OSGeo received its 501(c)(4) tax exempt status from the IRS

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Daniel, that is very kind of you.

I also agree that "difficult" is too hard.  I think "challenging" is
more appropriate.  Good catch.

-jeff



On 2013-09-13 11:09 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> And I'd add to that big thanks to Jeff for catching that email on the
> Foundations list about OpenNTF's 501c4, which set us in a new direction
> and allowed us to get through. Or at least increased our chances to get
> through since that gave us an extra argument that David used in his last
> letter to the IRS.
> 
> If I may suggest an amendment to your quote Jeff, I would not say the
> task was "difficult", but more that it was challenging, or required
> perseverance. I'm not sure what the right word is to express that, but
> difficult may be a bit much, maybe daunting if that is a valid word?
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On 13-09-13 9:30 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> On 2013-09-12 8:39 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>>> Cameron,
>>>
>>> I have started a draft at:
>>>
>>>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/501c4Announcement
>>>
>>> Jeff, perhaps you would like to rework the thanks to Tyler and Daniel
>>> into a nice quote from the president?
>>>
>> Thanks Frank.  I've added structure, spelling/grammar changes, quote,
>> and the "Board" category so we can reference this page in the future.
>>
>> (you can see many of our past Board press releases through that
>> category: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Board)
>>
>> -jeff
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