Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 12:15 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Andrew Gould escribió: > Hey, but I forgot -- congratulations on the 501(c)3 status! > First, thanks! I think we are getting a bit off topic here. If we want to continue this let's move it to -advocacy. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Andrew Gould escribió: > The public charity status lets those of us who pay income taxes to the US > government claim donations to PostgreSQL as deductions on our income tax > statements. It encourages donations. It makes donations more affordable. > It does not limit where the money is used. T

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 16:25 +0100, Dave Page wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Alvaro Herrera > wrote: > > > Isn't the majority of donations going to go to PgUS and pgEU anyway? > > I don't believe so, Actually except for a very recent influx of a bulk sum into SPI, PgUS is probably lead

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Andrew Gould
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Dave Page wrote: > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Alvaro Herrera > > wrote: > > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news > > >> warrants more widely read a

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Isn't the majority of donations going to go to PgUS and pgEU anyway? I don't believe so, > What good will it to for SPI to attempt to support global activities > if it doesn't have any money? It wouldn't be any good, but it does have mone

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Dave Page wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Alvaro Herrera > wrote: > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news > >> warrants more widely read attention. PgUS (http://www.postgresql.us/) > >> received its 501c3 publi

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-07 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news >> warrants more widely read attention. PgUS (http://www.postgresql.us/) >> received its 501c3 public charity status today. You can v

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-06 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news > warrants more widely read attention. PgUS (http://www.postgresql.us/) > received its 501c3 public charity status today. You can view the > determination letter here: > > https://www.postgr

Re: [GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-06 Thread Andrew Gould
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news > warrants more widely read attention. PgUS (http://www.postgresql.us/) > received its 501c3 public charity status today. You can view the > determination lette

[GENERAL] PgUS 501c3 Public Charity

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, Yeah its not general technical discussion but this little bit of news warrants more widely read attention. PgUS (http://www.postgresql.us/) received its 501c3 public charity status today. You can view the determination letter here: https://www.postgresql.us/determination_letter Thanks to