[Qgis-psc] Questions on finances

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I am not so sure if we can provide access from South-Africa. I don't
> know what regulations our bank has regarding access from Non-European
> countries. I would have to investigate.
>
> It would be definitely easier if a European volunteer would do the
> accounting and payments.
>
> I can volunteer to be a controller/auditor once a year, since I have
> access to the account anyway.
>
>
Ok - we are available to do the book keeping here if needed - my
expectation was that Paolo / Horst someone in Europe do any actual payments
and we just maintain a set of auditable books.

Regards

Tim


> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
> Am 26.06.2014 07:42, schrieb Paolo Cavallini:
> > Il 25/06/2014 22:07, Andreas Neumann ha scritto:
> >
> >> The QGIS-CH group has now opened a bank account with Euro currency to
> >> clearly separate the money from QGIS-CH and the international project.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for this, much appreciated.
> >
> >> It is, however, unclear how accounting and payments would work. We can
> >> allow the international project full access to the bank account, but as
> >> I understood Paolo he does not want to do accounting and asks Horst to
> >> do the accounting.
> >>
> >> I think that this situation is not ideal. The person financially in
> >> charge should do the full job, including
> >>
> >> * accounting
> >> * payments
> >> * financial reports each year or on request
> >> * dealing with sponsors
> >>
> >> Two other persons should be controllers/auditors to check the accounting
> >> once a year.
> >>
> >> Horst is not keen on doing accounting and payments, esp. if he is not
> >> really mandated by the international QGIS project to do so.
> >
> > Quite understandable.
> >
> >> Can the PSC please discuss this situation and inform me what I should do
> >> regarding the bank account. Which person should have access? Should this
> >> person have full access or read-only access. I checked with the bank and
> >> it seems that there is read-only access as well - despite my initial
> >> thoughts.
> >
> > That's good news. My preference would be to have read-only access, and
> having an
> > accountant that manages the account and does the payments and the
> reports. I'm happy
> > to deal with sponsors (and I think we should have a single contact point
> for sponsors
> > and donors).
> > Tim offered to help with this: Tim, is your offer still valid?
> >
> > All the best, and thanks again.
> >
>
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