VDay in and out world

[Lauren Weyland]

I cannot find anyway on the VDay.org website to locate our event. They
only allow search by country and/or college.

Also, unfortunately, the people that I know who want to give directly
to Vday want it to be recognized as a SL Vday gift. They have found no
contact person who understand this so they are currently holding back
donations

So, ToryLynn (or whomever) has our direct link and authorization to
Vday please advise on these two matters.

Thanks
Lauren

[Ina Centaur]

Hi, I thought I sent an email inviting you and several others to the
sLiterary VDay/VSpot. It looks like you logged in and created an
account, but in case you can't find the public link, here it is:

http://events.vday.org/2008/World/Fremont_(TVM)

You mentioned earlier that your donors would only be willing to donate
to a 501(c)3 organization for tax deductibility purposes. I would
suggest that they donate directly to the main VDay fund instead here:
http://v10.vday.org/donate

[Ada Radius]

I agree - if they need a deduction they must donate at the vday.org website.  We can't do it with Linden dollars - impossible to comply with tax code in L$, the way SL has it set up at this point.
Ada 

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[Lauren Weyland]

that is not what I am saying....Please read what I said

I have OUT WORLD people who want to donate.....but they want the VDay to recognize their donation was for our production. What part of this am I not saying right?

[Ada Radius]

I did get that, sorry - I don't know how to tag donations at the VDay.org as connected to our production.  Ina or ToryLynn (which of you is our liason now?)  - is this something you can find out?
Ada

[CalliopeDelgado]

Ina...I don't remember ever getting this link. However, the link does
not have the last parenthesis highlighted on your post here, so the
link is invalid...if you follow the link and type the last parenthesis
in the web address, it takes you to the correct page. And in response
to Lauren's question...since this is listed as "Fremont CA" anyone who
is searching for the SL production WON'T be able to find it.

However, there are some errors/questionable details on the page as it
is...Is there any way to edit the page? For example...I (your
friendly producer/director) am not mentioned at all, nor is my co-
director...

Also..."yes" to sign language interpreted?

Hate to be picky, but if this is going to be our official page on
VDay.org, we need to edit the details. Is this something that
CallieDelBoa and her PR team can take charge of?

[Lauren Weyland]

good points Calliope. Perhaps Tory's account is linked to SL. We should let her and Ina figure this out asap. I did register I think on this one but we need Tory's input now

Lauren

[Morgue]

Hi all,

in the files section you will find the SL_VDay-webpages.doc with the
actual webpages for SL VDay listed. This just to keep you updated :-)

Morgue

On Jan 12, 10:11 pm, "Lauren Weyland" <lauren.weyl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> good points Calliope. Perhaps Tory's account is linked to SL. We should let
> her and Ina figure this out asap. I did register I think on this one but we
> need Tory's input now
>
> Lauren
>

> On Jan 12, 2008 2:40 PM, CalliopeDelgado <l1sagr33nw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Ina...I don't remember ever getting this link. However, the link does
> > not have the last parenthesis highlighted on your post here, so the
> > link is invalid...if you follow the link and type the last parenthesis
> > in the web address, it takes you to the correct page. And in response
> > to Lauren's question...since this is listed as "Fremont CA" anyone who
> > is searching for the SL production WON'T be able to find it.
>
> > However, there are some errors/questionable details on the page as it
> > is...Is there any way to edit the page? For example...I (your
> > friendly producer/director) am not mentioned at all, nor is my co-
> > director...
>
> > Also..."yes" to sign language interpreted?
>
> > Hate to be picky, but if this is going to be our official page on
> > VDay.org, we need to edit the details. Is this something that
> > CallieDelBoa and her PR team can take charge of?
>
> > On Jan 11, 6:18 pm, "Ina Centaur" <ina.cent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi, I thought I sent an email inviting you and several others to the
> > > sLiterary VDay/VSpot. It looks like you logged in and created an
> > > account, but in case you can't find the public link, here it is:
>

> > >http://events.vday.org/2008/World/Fremont_(TVM)<http://events.vday.org/2008/World/Fremont_%28TVM%29>

[Ina Centaur]

Hi, afaik, the system is setup using geographic locations, which means
that search for a non-physical city (like SL) may be difficult. I've
just contacted Shael, and she will setup a special "Second Life"
address. This means we will have both a Fremont (sLiterary) address
and an SL address at the VDay. I'll send the updated link in a bit.

Also, videotaping is not allowed, so the producers will need to make
sure that SLCN does NOT archive this event. It will be exactly as SLCN
want it -- a live event, simulcasted. Alternatively, I may be able to
talk BotSL to simulSim/simulBot this event.

I think the fact that this event will not be recorded may gain more
ticket buyers -- this can be advertised as a once in a lifetime
event... miss it and miss out! (Also, how do people purchase tickets
in advance?)

Finally, we will need to decide on beneficiaries - producers and
admins, please log into the V-spot to look through the list of VDay
beneficiaries our funds will go to. Shael suggests that if we require
501(c)3, we can contact the beneficiaries directly.

Lastly, yes, sLiterary is a nonprofit in California. However, because
we are a SL endeavor, and the IRS basically goes crazy if we raise
more than $10,000 or so a year, I can't authorize that VDay donations
goes to sLiterary only to be transferred to the above beneficiaries
(and it wouldn't make much sense for the double-counting, first
sLiterary losing "credit", and then the beneficiary losing "credit").

[ToryLynn Writer]

The V-Day donations won't be going through Sliterary. I will be going
through a list of the charities that V-Day provided with the
producers, once we know how much money we have collected and also
discussed how to convert it into US$ before we even have to worry
about donations. For right now, if you have RL donors who want to
donate to SL V-Day, please let them know that we will have information
for them as soon as possible. I want to figure out the problem with
the organizers and the name prior to any out of world donations get
pushed through.

On Jan 13, 3:50 pm, "Ina Centaur" <ina.cent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, afaik, the system is setup using geographic locations, which means
> that search for a non-physical city (like SL) may be difficult. I've
> just contacted Shael, and she will setup a special "Second Life"
> address. This means we will have both a Fremont (sLiterary) address
> and an SL address at the VDay. I'll send the updated link in a bit.
>
> Also, videotaping is not allowed, so the producers will need to make
> sure that SLCN does NOT archive this event. It will be exactly as SLCN
> want it -- a live event, simulcasted. Alternatively, I may be able to
> talk BotSL to simulSim/simulBot this event.
>
> I think the fact that this event will not be recorded may gain more
> ticket buyers -- this can be advertised as a once in a lifetime
> event... miss it and miss out! (Also, how do people purchase tickets
> in advance?)
>
> Finally, we will need to decide on beneficiaries - producers and
> admins, please log into the V-spot to look through the list of VDay
> beneficiaries our funds will go to. Shael suggests that if we require
> 501(c)3, we can contact the beneficiaries directly.
>
> Lastly, yes, sLiterary is a nonprofit in California. However, because
> we are a SL endeavor, and the IRS basically goes crazy if we raise
> more than $10,000 or so a year, I can't authorize that VDay donations
> goes to sLiterary only to be transferred to the above beneficiaries
> (and it wouldn't make much sense for the double-counting, first
> sLiterary losing "credit", and then the beneficiary losing "credit").
>

[Ina Centaur]

I agree. It would not make much sense for the donations to go through
sLiterary.

As I've mentioned, when a nonprofit receives a donation, they are
required to report it to the IRS. When their sum of donations exceed
$10,000 (more or less), they have to file for another "tier" which
generally means another hefty application fee and paperwork aplenty.
It would not make sense for donations to go to one charity, only to
have the charity transfer it to another charity. Both charities would
get their "tier" counted... "double-counted." I hope that makes sense.
I will try to explain it differently if you are still confused.

This is the point I was trying to make in the email I just sent about
beneficiaries and fiscal sponsors. If you want a tax deduction on your
donation, it would make sense that you directly network with the
beneficiary to arrange for fiscal sponsorship.

I encourage the producers whose names are listed on the page look this
information up directly on VSpot:
All of this information is in http://vspot.vday.org