[OSGeo Finance] Re: Motion: Recommend 2008 Financials

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 27-May-09, at 10:03 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> I'm interested in how we can find an appropriate person.  I believe  
> we need
> to file an actual tax return this year for OSGeo - something we  
> have not done
> before - and we have money budgeted to support this.  I assume the  
> support for
> a tax filing could include the sort of review Ken is talking about  
> too, right?
>
> Any thoughts from anyone on how get this ball rolling?  Also, is it  
> likely that
> we will need to file back returns back to the founding of OSGeo?

I can try to discuss this with a local charter accountancy and  
business management group here locally, who also has affiliates in  
the USA.  In a quick face-to-face I can lay out our issues/ 
perspectives and see if they might be of help or if it may be over  
their heads.  They are a full service shop doing a range of services  
from bookkeeping to audits and taxation to management services.

I don't mind taking this on as I would like to see what kind of help  
is available for bookkeeping from them anyway.

Jo's suggestion to talk to Chris is a good one to check out too.  I  
do assume though that having someone that one of us can meet with  
might be a bit easier in the long run.

Tyler