[Board] OSGeo Banking Support

[Michael Smith]

I think we need a board vote (just to see if anyone has objections). And we don't have a euro account. We can use the US account. The primary way we do small amounts is PayPal. 

Michael Smith
Remote Sensing/GIS Center
US Army Corps of Engineers

> On Mar 26, 2017, at 7:10 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Michael what do we need to make this happen, confirmation that the Irish local chapter is official? An email to treasure? ...
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>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 4:12 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Excellent, and yes offering a shared bank account is one of the reasons we have OSGeo. 
>> 
>> Michael was looking into setting up a Euro account but I would have to check meeting mins to see what became of it. 
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:47 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> The Irish OSGeo Chapter is in the planning stages of a one-day event in May - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017 
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>> We believe we have the funds and sponsorship to pay for the hosting of the event, but would like to know if there is any possibility that OSGeo could provide a bank account? 
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>> We will likely use https://www.eventbrite.ie/ to allow attendees to register and make a small payment (unless there are any open-source suggestions for this?). We will need an account to pay into, and then make probably 2 payments from the funds (a hotel and a expenses reimbursement). Funds would be paid in/out in Euros. If an OSGeo account could be used this would mean we don't have to try and open an account which may be difficult without an official organisation. It also means any excess funds remain within OSGeo. 
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>> The alternatives are to use a personal/related company account, or to see if an arrangement could be made with the venue, neither of which are ideal solutions. 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Seth 
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