From jessica.mckellar at gmail.com Fri Feb 1 02:24:20 2013 From: jessica.mckellar at gmail.com (Jessica McKellar) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:24:20 -0500 Subject: [group-organizers] Collecting Sponsor Money In-Reply-To: <510AE850.1040503@nedbatchelder.com> References: <210786256.8588.1359664681305.JavaMail.root@sixfeetup.com> <510AE850.1040503@nedbatchelder.com> Message-ID: > Boston Python uses the PSF as a fiscal sponsor. Sponsors can donate money > at http://donate.bostonpython.com, the PSF holds it for us. We buy pizza > ourselves (on a personal credit card) and send the receipt to the PSF > treasurer to get reimbursed from the funds. It means we have to be willing > to carry the cost of the pizza on our cards for a month or so, but otherwise > works really well. (Actually, the bonus points I get from my credit card is > the only financial benefit I get from being an organizer...) The PSF now has a standard process for user groups seeking fiscal sponsorship. Send an e-mail to psf at python.org if you are interested. Michelle, if you send an e-mail to the board or to me, I'd like to help finish getting Portland set up. -Jessica