From: | Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | pgus-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Update: 1023, bank account etc... |
Date: | 2008-08-25 16:11:28 |
Message-ID: | 20080825091128.65600b1d@jd-laptop |
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Hello,
Just a quick update for everyone. I received confirmation last Friday
that our excellent attorney's at DWT (http://www.dwt.com/) had filed
our 1023 with the IRS. I will work on getting that up on the website
shortly. Apparently the IRS still requires the 1023 to be filed via
dead trees; the document is large and will need to be scanned.
We have finalized our banking situation. Our bank is
http://www.sterlingsavingsbank.com/ . This bank was originally chosen
because it is the only bank that has branches where I live and in
Portland. There services are on par with larger banks without being a
huge (such as BoFA) bank (they are not small).
We have also setup accounts with PayPal and Google Checkout. This is a
temporary measure while the corporation builds a financial history. I
hope to have us set up with a real merchant account shortly after the
annual meeting.
As we have been working on the web site, we found a great Drupal Module
called Ubercart. This has allowed us to create a very simple donation
and membership procedure. It is currently integrated with Paypal
(because the google checkout module needs to be ported to PostgreSQL).
The integration allows a very cool feature.
UberCart has a module called roles. This module allows us to specify,
this member just registered under "Professional + West" their order was
successful. Thus they automatically belong to the roles pgconwest and
professsional_membership and they expire in 12 months. This will allow
us to keep the effort of tracking membership to a relatively low burden.
I expect to open membership sometime this week and will announce here
when I do. At the same time people will be able to register for West.
Lastly, I wanted to thank everyone for their patience as we roll
through this process. I know a lot of people are anxious for this to be
done and I can assure you that I am one of them. The only thing I can
offer is; all good things come in time.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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