[Noisebridge-discuss] Hologlyphic-Movie/Noisbridge grant funding re-application

Mon Nov 28 19:13:29 UTC 2011

Hi,

Indy Arts and myself have a draft agreement, which will be finalized tomorrow afternoon. 

Also wanted to re-afirm that I'd like to ask for consensus at tomorrow's meeting. Consensuson sending the letter of intent,as mentioned in an earlier post. This was tried and miss-communicated at the last meeting. The letter would be sent Friday, the 2nd.

Someone from Indy Arts & Media be at Tuesday's meeting, they can answer details on the fiscal sponsorship and I can answer details on the 3D project.

The draft agreement is linked below on my website, I'll update it and the new letter of intent tomorrow:

http://www.hologlyphics.com/Fiscal_Sponsorship_Contract_DRAFT.rtf

From Indy Arts & Media:

"We have a standard contract we use. Please note that this is a FINAL 
DRAFT. It is not complete. We are actually having our lawyer finalize 
it tomorrow
 afternoon. It is a very thorough document and its purpose 
is to ensure that everyone obeys the law and spends the money on what 
it is intended for.

There are a few things in here that we are still sorting out, notably 
bank fees and insurance, but otherwise, this is a standard document 
that all our sponsored affiliates sign. It is based in part on 
contracts used by other local fiscal sponsors, such as Intersection 
for the Arts, SOMArts, etc."

In terms of clarity regarding on who is the legal recipiant of the funding, again from IAM:

' IAM would be the legal recipient of the funding. People(Grant sources) would be 
giving to Independent Arts & Media and getting their IRS letter from 
us. IAM would be contractually obligated to direct donations it 
receives for Hologlyphics to Noise Bridge, which would be the 
"grantee" signatory on the contract. IAM would be the "grantor." '

I hope this helps achieve some clarity on the financial sponsorship. Anyhow Indy Art does have a staff for this work, which NB does not. This should work out great.

Please let us know if there's any questions or feedback on the agreement. I'll post the finalized version of it and also the letter of intent tomorrow.

Also feel free to ask more questions about the 3D video without glasses concepts.

Thanks,
Walter

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 From: rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com>
To: Walter Funk <marybraindoe at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net" <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net> 
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Hologlyphic-Movie/Noisbridge grant funding re-application

 If you are expecting noisebridge to act as a conduit for the funds then I would expect at the least an agreement like the example.Maybe you want to work with indy media to help craft this agreement?  Its not like we have a staff for them to work with.  If they want to suggest a different starting point than the noisetor example that is totally fine. 
The example I have given you is what noisebridge is currently using as a process for this.
As a user of noisbridge you are free to refine that process, in collaboration with other groups if you like.
My concern is that we spell out what is happening before we agree to it. I still do not see a clear answer in your message on whether or not you expect noisebridge to act as a legal conduit for your funds. On the basis of that lack of clarity alone, I have serious reservations about this project.  The clarity we achieve here is, legally, the difference between fiscal sponsorship and money laundering.
R.
mediumreality.com
On Nov 25, 2011 12:29 PM, "Walter Funk" <marybraindoe at yahoo.com> wrote:

Part will go to Noisebridge as a compensatory donation, but most will be distributed for the 3D project costs. 
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>During the 4 month period where a dedicated studio is rented for finalization, for this period only will I receive any 'artists pay' out of the funds. This is only to cover my living cost in that time period, making myself available daily in the dedicated studio space for pulling people's artwork together for the show. Most of the funds will go to workshops, equipment/materials, show production, etc.    
>Spoke today with Indy Arts, we came up
with two options for an agreement.
>
>
>There are fiscal sponsor agreements
that already exist for this kind of thing. Indy Arts can help find an
appropriate agreement and help modify to work with Noisetor, etc.
>
>
>The other option we talked about, which
may be better, is to have them still be the fiscal sponsor and let it
be a pilot for Noisbridge to learn about handling these types of
projects. They said it's not rocket scientist stuff, their experience
could help Noisbridge develop a process that works, and be used for
future projects. Especially with the newer non-profit status.
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>I'd be up for either type of agreement.
The second one seems easier and more beneficial to Noisebridge in the
long run. Again more time for 3D, etc. Some history of this 3D project linked below.
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>Any thoughts?
>
>thanks
>Walter
>
>Some Hologlyphic history:
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>http://www.hologlyphics.com/history_holo.htm
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/hologlyphics/5311070577/in/photostream
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/hologlyphics/5311659484/in/photostream
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>New color work taken at Stanford with Eyeball added:
>http://www.hologlyphics.com/Hologlyphic_Saturn_Eye.jpg
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>Tech info:
>http://www.hologlyphics.com/Hologlyphics_6803-51.pdf
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>________________________________
> From: Rachel Lyra Hospodar <rachel at mediumreality.com>
>To: Walter Funk <marybraindoe at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net" <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net> 
>Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 11:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Hologlyphic-Movie/Noisbridge grant funding re-application
> 
>As far as the non-fiscal stuff goes, it all sounds fine.  I am still not
>clear on the structure of your money stuff.  If money needs to be
>granted/disbursed *by* noisebridge, at all, then we need to craft an
>agreement.  If you are using part of the grant money to pay noisebridge
>dues or make compensatory donations *to* NB, via another financial
>entity, then that isn't necessary.
>
>thanks
>R.
>
>On 11/23/2011 3:15 PM, Walter Funk wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>    I looked at the Noisetor Wiki, thanks.
>> 
>>   There is a fiscal sponsor for this project, an umbrella group,who will
>> handle the finances such as taxes, also reporting to the grant-maker if
>> funding is approved.
>> 
>>   They are very experienced, working with non-profits and artists if
>> part of their mission.
>> 
>> http://artsandmedia.net/programs-2
>> 
>>  
 Would it help to Noisebridge to have them do all that? They can also
>> help with agreements, etc.
>> 
>>    Seems like more focus on making cool 3D stuff.
>> 
>> ~Walter
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* rachel lyra hospodar <rachel at mediumreality.com>
>> *To:* Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net>
>> *Cc:* Walter Funk <marybraindoe at yahoo.com>;
>> "noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net"
>> <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:47 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Hologlyphic-Movie/Noisbridge grant
>> funding re-application
>> 
>> This is a fiscal sponsorship to the tune of $30k...that is a significant
>> financial relationship you are proposing.
>> 
>> It's a good thing we have started developing a framework for this, from
>> Noisetor.  We made Noisetor creators jump through a bunch of hoops to
>> make sure that we have a sound agreement regarding the financial
>> obligations incurred in such a relationship.
>> 
>> I think it's pretty important to hammer out that kind of agreement.
>> 
>> If the tone of the discussion next week is good, it probably could be
>> done in parallel
 with your letter of intent, as long as you are under
>> the understanding that the sponsorship may not be approved if consensus
>> is not reached.
>> 
>> Please check out the noisetor wiki page if you need a starting point for
>> what kind of agreement i am talking about.  Even trusted longstanding
>> members of the community can become a little lax in fulfilling their
>> obligations, and for everyone's peace of mind it's important to spell
>> out what those obligations are ahead of time.
>> 
>> R.
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/23/2011 2:30 PM, Rubin Abdi wrote:
>>> Hi Walter.
>>>
>>> Last night at the meeting you wanted to talk about your project and this
>>> letter of intent to be indorsed by Noisebridge. You were asked to hold
>>> off talking about it till a more appropriate time in the meeting.
>>>
>>> It seems as though it wasn't clear
 to Jim or Shannon or anyone else at
>>> the meeting that you actually wanted to bring this action up as a
>>> discussion item, to be consented on at our next meeting (Nov 29th). If
>>> you remember we spoke about this after the meeting was over, and that
>>> generally through miscommunication we never brought it up formally as a
>>> discussion item. Since you have a due date to work worth, you wanted to
>>> know if there was any way to bring this item up for consensus on the
>>> 29th without having it actually getting discussed at the meeting that
>>> just passed.
>>>
>>> My advice to you was to bring up this mishap on the discussion list and
>>> see if anyone would object to you pushing for consensus next week by
>>> holding discussion for the item on the mailing list, in addition to the
>>> actually item you want to achieve consensus on. However I
 don't see text
>>> from your previous email regarding any of that, nor are you even asking
>>> for consensus.
>>>
>>> Did I miss something? When we were chatting?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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