[Noisebridge-discuss] Donation process

[Andy Isaacson]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 12:08:44PM -0700, Geoff Horne wrote:
> On the ever contining discussion of donataion, what is the process for
> receipts and general junk ??
> 
> specifically :
> 
>  - Is anyone getting email sent to secretary at noisebridge.net ?

Yes, Seth should get that.

>  - Can you donate 'anything' or is someone going to vet the giftage ?

No, please don't donate your dirty socks.  (Or whatever.)  Donations
should be useful to Noisebridge.  We don't have a formal process; if a
random member feels that a donation is useful, and it won't greatly
inconvenience the group as a whole, that's generally good enough.

>  - Since gifts are tax deductable, how does the gifter get a receipt ?

Send an email to secretary@ and treasurer@ -- and if you really feel
like it, CC board at lists.noisebridge.net (which is publicly archived) --
describing the donation and the circumstances of the donation ("I
delivered 3 Wumpus terminals to 2169 Mission St on December 31, 1969").

Make sure the secretary and treasurer have the legal name and address of
the donor, but don't send those to board at lists unless you're OK with
them being publicly archived.

If you're working with a specific member who's interested in the
donation, CC them and mention this fact in the email.

The treasurer / secretary will provide a receipt letter at some point.
We're all volunteers, so it may take a while.

> I'm staring at a pile of computer equipment here that I think NB could
> use and I could benefit from the tax write off.

Great!  If there's a member who would like to receive the donation,
let's get this ball rolling. :)  If you don't have anybody in mind, pick
whatever forum you're most comfortable with --
 - monday Circuit Hacking
 - tuesday membership meeting
 - the mailing list
 - the IRC channel
and start a discussion to garner interest.

-andy