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Not intended as tax-deductible. More of a project that individuals helped fund.<BR> <BR>Mitch.<BR><br> <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder">---------------------</div>> From: treasurer@noisebridge.net<br>> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:08:23 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge billboards are up!!<br>> To: asweigart@gmail.com<br>> CC: maltman23@hotmail.com; noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> <br>> Agreed. I only heard about this recently on the broader internets,<br>> since I filter NB-discuss out of my inbox. What I read on social<br>> networking sites made this sound Noisebridge funded.<br>> <br>> The wiki page (https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard), however,<br>> makes it sound "on behalf of" Noisebridge, and probably not<br>> tax-deductible.<br>> <br>> I just think it's good to separate these things. I think it's worth<br>> talking about at a meeting sometime.<br>> <br>> -Kelly<br>> <br>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 09:17, Al Sweigart <asweigart@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > I think this was posted to the mailing list a week or so ago. I'm<br>> > under the impression that people were organizing this independently of<br>> > Noisebridge-the-organization, so donations to put up the billboard<br>> > aren't tax deductible. That's be why it wasn't brought up at the<br>> > meeting.<br>> ><br>> > If people were told that their donations to put up the billboard were<br>> > tax deductible, then that's definitely where the treasurer should have<br>> > been brought in.<br>> ><br>> > -Al<br>> ><br>> > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Noisebridge Treasurer<br>> > <treasurer@noisebridge.net> wrote:<br>> >> I'm super sketched out by the idea that I'm treasurer and attend<br>> >> almost every membership meeting and had no idea about this.<br>> >><br>> >> Can we talk about it at a membership meeting? Maybe next week?<br>> >><br>> >> Also, if you accept donations on behalf of noisebridge that never hit<br>> >> our bank accounts, I need to track them in our books in the cash<br>> >> account, so that they make it into our taxes as income. If this is<br>> >> intended as an in-kind donation, we should probably talk about that<br>> >> too. As far as I knew, this method of fundraising without going<br>> >> through Noisebridge accounts was usually used to buy something which<br>> >> is then donated in-kind, so that the donations aren't actually dollar<br>> >> amounts.<br>> >><br>> >> I think that this sort of fundraising should be well-accommodated once<br>> >> we restructure the treasury to allow for earmarking donations. We do<br>> >> however, have to have clear communication about it, for tax purposes.<br>> >><br>> >> -Kelly<br>> >><br>> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 13:14, Mitch Altman <maltman23@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >>> There are 3 humongous billboards up in San Francisco to promote hacker<br>> >>> culture!!<br>> >>><br>> >>> Here's the locations:<br>> >>> Geary Blvd & Spruce<br>> >>> So. Van Ness & 15th St.<br>> >>> 10th St. & Howard<br>> >>><br>> >>> Sponsored and paid for by Noisebridge, Hacker Dojo, MAKE Magazine, The Tech<br>> >>> Museum, and TechShop.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Next time you pass one of these areas, you'll see the Noisebridge logo on a<br>> >>> huge billboard!<br>> >>><br>> >>> Mitch.<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>> >>> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> >>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>> >> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br>> >><br>> ><br></div> </div></body>
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