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Cities Acting Like Nonprofits

Robert Weiner

One takeaway: some California cities are finding that they need to raise private funds to make up for cuts in State and local funding. Of course, this means they'll be competing with local nonprofits for donations. I just spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum.

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Keeping appointment times from moving around

Robert Weiner

Here's a description of the problem from Microsoft (edited to match my situation): You are traveling through multiple time zones and need the calendar to display the local time for each appointment. the local (Chicago) meeting is at 2:00 P.M., For example, imagine you are in New York and have a breakfast meeting at 8:00 A.M.,

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Creative credit card donation scam

Robert Weiner

We were able to refund the money back to the original credit card and immediately notified the credit card company and local police. Further, the original credit card from which the gift was made has been closed due to recent suspect activity and could we refund the $8,100 balance back to another credit card.

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TechSoup Featured in The San Francisco Chronicle

Robert Weiner

TechSoup CEO’s are interviewed as well as some local Bay Area organizations who’ve benefited from TechSoup’s programs. TechSoup might be shy about blowing its own horn but since I’m a volunteer, I have no such reservations. Check out the article about TechSoup in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 3

Robert Weiner

If you will have a home office, is that allowed by local zoning? Will you have to pay local business taxes? Your local government might as well. What kinds of capital investments do you need to make to get started? Do you need a rented office or home office? Make sure you have insurance from someplace. get a Federal Tax ID.

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Lame spam of the day: IRS notices

Robert Weiner

your local time (Alaska & Hawaii follow Pacific Time). You can obtain the rejection details and re-submit your appeal by using the instructions in the attachment. Internal Revenue Service. Telephone Assistance for Businesses: 1-900-511-4750 $4.79/min. Hours of Operation: thursday sunday, 10:15 p.m. Attachment: IRS_JP23823966.htm.

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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

It will depend on local laws, your storage needs, and your relationship to past customers. I’ve worked in institutions in the past that have decided to just enter everyone in a wealthy neighborhood or every local doctor, etc., I’m a bit worried by this. Does this make sense to others? in the database—that’s just taking up space.).

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