[IMC-US-tech] collecting donations:

[Sascha Meinrath]

hi all,

we're transferring over the www.indymedia.us domain name; however, this
brings up a very important issue, how do we raise funding for IMC-US
expenses?  as a stop-gap, i've gone ahead and set up paypal so that we can
accept donations through the UCIMC (which will charge the usual fiscal
sponsorship fee for processing).  below is the link for e-mails and the
html code which can be used for web pages.

but how do you think we should do this more generally?  the IMC-US will be
a fairly high-profile project once it's up and running.  right now, we are
responsible for paying taxes on funding we raise -- one solution would be
to incorporate as a non-profit organization, another might be to become
fiscally sponsored.

while it may seem a bit early to be thinking about these issues, we'll be
in a much better position later on if we're proactive in addressing them.

what do folks think?

in solidarity,

--sascha meinrath
urbana-champaign IMC

link:
https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=donations%40ucimc.org&item_name=IMC-US&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD

html:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="donations at ucimc.org">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="IMC-US">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="image"
src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" border="0"
name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and
secure!">
</form>

****Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:24:07 -0400
From: max <max at michiganimc.org>
To: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>, finance at ucimc.org
Cc: imc at michiganimc.org
Subject: i do have a few questions

1. are there restrictions on how we can fundraise? ex. can we still
sell shirts, books, or nothing at all?

2. how would you recommend going about accepting online donations?
should we use the stuff you've all set up, or should we set up our own
stuff?  how would we do that?