[governance] IGC meeting in Istanbul

Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 14:06:25 EDT 2014


On 23 August 2014 13:14, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> ...
>
> Non profit tax exempt status lets you receive funding for, for example, co
> co travel, day to day expenses of operating IGC etc, but there is of course
> a bit (ha) of bookkeeping you will be stuck with.
>

This aspect (not the bookkeeping necessarly) needs to be part of the "way
forward" discussion.
Deirdre

>
> --srs (iPad)
>
> On 23-Aug-2014, at 22:35, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the comment Suresh. Can anyone clarify these points?
> Deirdre
>
>
> On 23 August 2014 12:50, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>
>> Is IGC registered as a non profit somewhere? The funds would be best held
>> in that jurisdiction, to satisfy tax norms.
>>
>> Registering a 501 c3 and getting tax exemption is rather complicated
>> stateside, maybe it is easier in say Geneva?
>>
>> --srs (iPad)
>>
>> On 23-Aug-2014, at 21:57, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> We just received confirmation that  the IGC has been allocated Bilateral
>> Room 1 (Rumeli -1 Level / Room 9)  for Friday, 5 September, 12.30 -
>> 14.00 for our meeting in part due to lack of availability of an adequate
>> time slot on an earlier day in the week. On the other hand, a meeting on
>> the last day will also give us an opportunity to share impressions of this
>> year's IGF.
>>
>> We are proposing to add to the agenda the web-hosting for the IGC, and an
>> appropriate arrangement to hold IGC funds. If you won't be present at the
>> meeting could you please send any suggestions you may have? We can
>> brainstorm possible solutions for presentation to the list for discussion
>> and approval.
>>
>> Therefore the agenda now looks like:
>> Way forward for the IGC (with possible action items for re-focusing and
>> re-energizing IGC)
>> Web hosting arrangements
>> Alternative to Paypal for IGC funds
>> Review of this year's IGF from a civil society perspective
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing you there
>>
>> Mawaki and Deirdre
>> Co-coordinators.
>>
>> --
>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
>>
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