[OSM-talk] foundation affiliate revenue

[80n]

We can accept charitable donations via the Campaign for Better Transport,
although this is really only intended for sizeable amounts.


On 9/28/07, Thom Shannon <thom at glow-internet.com> wrote:
>
>  Is the foundation considering charity status? It would be a great
> incentive for corporate donations amongst other things.
>
> 80n wrote:
>
> On 9/28/07, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> >
> > In message <c4193f8c0709271057j19f839a0k6b1caf0c2aae7eed at mail.gmail.com>
> >         Andy Allan < gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 9/27/07, Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> While I am on the subject, I have never seen any accounts for the
> > >> foundation, I have no idea how much it spends, I have no idea how
> > much money
> > >> it needs or how it is planning to go about raising it.
> > >
> > > It's something I was looking at last night actually. The foundation
> > > page on the wiki says that first year accounts were not due to be
> > > published until late August, but that's obviously been and gone now.
> >
> > This was discussed at some length at the AGM. The problem is that
> > the end of the accounting year and the AGM more or less coincide at
> > the moment which meant there were no final accounts for the year to
> > present at the AGM.
> >
> > There was discussion about how to handle the accounts which should
> > be in the minutes when they are published, and about possibly trying
> > to alter the timings so that things were easier in future.
> >
> > > The game I was playing was guess the bank balance, based on what I've
> > > seen in the MLs recently. Maybe we can play the game until Etienne
> > > gets some free time :-) My guess is 18K. Anyone else to play?
> >
> > I believe it is less than that.
> >
>
> The draft accounts for our first financial year were presented at the OSMF
> board meeting on September 13th.
>
> The position at the end of the first year (31st August 2007) was:
>
> Balance Sheet
> ASSETS
> Debtors Control Account            6,021.60
> Cooperative Bank - Current Account    6,824.69
> Paypal - Sterling            218.50
> Paypal - Euro                172.34
> Paypal - US Dollars            48.72
> TOTAL ASSETS                13,285.85
>
> Creditors Control Account        1,744.94
> TOTAL LIABILITIES            1,744.94
>
> SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
> Current Earnings            11,540.91
> TOTAL EQUITY                11,540.91
> TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY        13,285.85
>
>
> Income Statement
> INCOME
> Donations            7, 074.17
> Membership fees            1,125.01
> Retail partner commission    489.91
> Conference Registration Fees    1,764.21
> Merchandising Sales        549.86
> Corporate Sponsorship        7,221.69
> Miscellaneous Income        486.05
> Interest received        3.56
>
> TOTAL INCOME            18,714.46
>
> EXPENSES
> Materials Purchased        1,395.55
> Travelling             804.86
> Conference Expenses        4,856.85
> P.R. (Literature & Brochures)    117.50
> Bank commission            75.67
>
> TOTAL EXPENSES            7,250.43
> INCOME / (LOSS)            11, 464.03
>
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