[Board] OSGeo Banking Support

[Jody Garnett]

Great, so you have a moment to set that up in loomio?
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:17 AM Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>
> Michael what do we need to make this happen, confirmation that the Irish
> local chapter is official? An email to treasure? ...
>
> 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
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> 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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