<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:36 PM Øyvind Kolås <<a href="mailto:pippin@gimp.org">pippin@gimp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
do not think we should consider such tax deductibility of donations<br>
neither a plus nor a negative since I do not think many that are<br>
supporting LGM financially consider US 501(c)3 implications for taxes<br>
a make or break in terms of support or not.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>For the record here, historically the "US-based" organization factor was of interest to corporate donors*, not to individuals and/or the Pledgie campaign. So it should not factor into Pledgie-style / community fundraising.</div><div><br></div><div>And personally, as I think I noted during the 2018 all-hands meeting, I think that offering a way for individuals to contribute to funding LGM travel for attendees is a great thing to offer, simply for the participatory impact and community-orientedness of it. So I will be happy to see it come back, no matter what logistical form it takes and regardless of how much it brings in — and I think it's something we can highlight as a good example of how LGM is a community event.</div><div><br></div><div>Nate</div><div><br></div><div>* - For completeness, it was also a historical accident, since far fewer possible umbrella organizations were identified elsewhere at all (those that were interested in being fiscally responsible for an annual event). But that's a tangent; no reason to get off on that topic while we are supposed to be discussing individual donation campaigns.<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">nathan.p.willis<br><a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com" target="_blank">nwillis@glyphography.com</a><a href="http://identi.ca/n8" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div>