[Board] Can OSGEO accept a hypothecated donation?

[Jody Garnett]

Yes, as with sponsoring a code sprint, make a note what group or activity
it is for and increase the projects budget by the appropriate amount.  We
will need to talk to the GeoServer PSC, and I am sure a small contract can
be arranged (similar to how SAC operates).


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Jody Garnett

On 8 March 2018 at 06:32, Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes we can, in that we don’t provide a US tax deduction on donations, if
> we did, then that would be a step around the US tax laws. But since we
> don’t, we can do that.
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> Technically, with a donation, we aren’t provide a guarantee  to abide by
> an earmark request but I’m assuming that a concurrence by the Board would
> be sufficient for you.
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> So yes, it is my opinion, subject to disagreement from the other board
> members, that we can do this.
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> Mike
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> Michael Smith
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> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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> Treasurer at osgeo.org
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> *From: *Ian Turton <ijturton at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 9:27 AM
> *To: *<treasurer at osgeo.org>
> *Cc: *Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Can OSGEO accept a hypothecated donation?
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> Hi Michael,
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> OSGEO:UK has to spend a bunch of money by the end of the month for tax
> purposes, they would like to use some of it to improve GeoServer/QGIS SLD
> interoperability but don't wish to give the money directly to a company so
> they would rather go through the GeoServer PSC. But GeoServer has no
> independent way of accepting money so it would need to go through the OSGEO
> and then go to the GeoServer PSC to spend with the best-placed developers
> to carry out the work.
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> So the question is can a donation to OSGEO be earmarked in this way?
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> Cheers
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> Ian
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> Ian Turton,
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