<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Jason Dusek <<a ymailto="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com" href="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com">jason.dusek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 03:52, Jacob Appelbaum <<a ymailto="mailto:jacob@appelbaum.net" href="mailto:jacob@appelbaum.net">jacob@appelbaum.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> On 11/06/2010 02:50 PM, Dr. Jesus wrote:<br>>> > It was donated to me specifically.<br>>><br>>> You? Like - not Noisebridge? How is that a donation?<br>><br>> In that case, it might be better called a gift. A donation to<br>> a "natural person", as opposed to a cause or organization,<br>>
seems strange to me.<br><br>>The note said it was for a very specific cause.<br><br>This isn't all that strange. This is the notion of a "directed donation" (in which the donor chooses the donation's purpose) or "shepherded donation" (in which the donor requests that the use of the donation be supervised). It would be helpful if provenance in the form of an email or letter from the donor could be confidentially forwarded to the treasurer, or comptroller, of Noisebridge for legal as well as tax purposes. <br><br></div></div>
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