Comments on: Minutes, week of 6/23

By: dani

dani — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:00:19 +0000

I knew we could count on you, Madler.

By the way, y’all…please expect to do the Homecoming planning call next week (i.e., week of July 14th). I will send an email out to get peeps’ availability in a couple days.

Sorry for the lag in notes and follow-up. Working for a living sucks and is way too time-consuming. But I promise to get you more info soon. Abby and I even got drunk and organized over the weekend. More drunk than organized, but it’s a start.

By: Madler

Madler — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:40:26 +0000

I’d donate money for stickers, stamps and alcohol, whether or not deductible – I think the non-educational donations sound more fun. As I’m not sure I can be there, can someone please limit Stengel to only one Big Gulp’s worth of coffee and Bailey’s?

By: dani

dani — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:41:46 +0000

I spoke to our friendly Alumni rep this morning, and she said they have an answer on the tax-deduction. She said it’s good news, but she’s just confirming some things about how we can spend tax-deductible gifts vs. non-deductible gifts. We’ll have details in the next couple days. …Not a moment too soon, because we’ll need some donations to fund our stickers, mailing, etc. Plus, if we want booze at our Homecoming event, we’re apparently on our own, financially.

I wasn’t thinking we’d have the Homecoming conf call this Saturday. Maybe next week. But will include you on the call, Matt.

Will post an update soon on Homecoming info I got (mostly Dos and Don’ts, resources, etc. that we can use in our planning).

By: Carsen Kline

Carsen Kline — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:33:00 +0000

Clarifications: The conference call is not on Saturday (that reference in Dani’s note was about the Homecoming event). It will be next week, and it so far is going to focus on how we want to set up the event.

Tax deductibilitude is being handled at the highest levels in Warner Hall. As an Alumni Interest Group, the BAA is included in CMU’s tax exempt status. The tricky part, which sparked the meeting, is that gifts and donations can only be spent on “educational” programs. Currently buggy is not considered educational, but several people are fighting to gain ground on that.

Matt, we’ll keep your offer of forming an entity in mind if it comes to that.

By: Madler

Madler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:18:05 +0000

Good question on the tax-deductible-ness — is this something being explored w/CMU or independently? I can help. I think we’d need to form an entity first, by the way, which I can help with as well. Might be easier if there were some kind of CMU umbrella under which we could huddle (though that could have its downsides as well). Is there an agenda for the Saturday call? If this is on the agenda, I can dial-in. M

By: Carsen Kline

Carsen Kline — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:37 +0000

No word yet on that. The meeting is supposed to be this week, today even, and Sarah will forward the word on to me about the results. Abby is going to make it a two-pronged information attack, so expect an answer soon.

By: Carl Nott

Carl Nott — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:39:29 +0000

Any word on the tax-deductible-ness?

By: Carsen Kline

Carsen Kline — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:37:03 +0000

Update from Tom: more likely 12:30 to 2+ on Saturday since we want to avoid clashing with reunion luncheons.

By: dani

dani — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:24:45 +0000

Thanks for the minutes, Carsen!

Glad to see you and Tom set a time (11:30-2 on Saturday). I’m speaking to Sarah tomorrow about deadlines, marketing, event, budget, etc.

A call next week with the group — Andy, Chris, Abby, myself and maybe McCue — would be great. Anyone else who is interested, please post your intentions here by Friday the 4th, and we’ll invite you to the call. (We’ll actually be talking about event stuff, rather than admin stuff this time.)

By: Carsen Kline

Carsen Kline — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:57:45 +0000

Thanks for the vote of confidence, man. We could use some more snide remarks on the other website these days – it’s a little quiet over there.

I’d like to figure out who else besides Bordick will be willing to show a buggy during Homecoming. I’ll try for an old Fringe buggy. Aiton has initiated Operation Find That Big Black Buggy. Anyone else?