Re: EPUBCheck Fundraising Hosting

I just wanted to point out that it's possible to separate the hosting from
the banking. It might make sense for EDRLab to do the former but to have a
US bank account to which checks OR wire transfers could be sent, and from
which disbursements to the contracted developer could be made.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:50 AM McCloy-Kelley, Liisa <
lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com> wrote:

> I’m a little concerned about this and whether we have all the requirements
> we might need.
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> Are we expecting this to all be via creditcard payments? Do we need them
> to be able to accept wire transfers?
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> For my organization, our AP group expects that there are invoices for
> things we commit to and that we pay with checks and have somewhere to mail
> them.  And that vendors have Tax ID numbers and all that kind of stuff.
> They highly discourage the use of creditcards for payments like this and
> even if somehow that gets approved, they still need invoice backups for tax
> purposes. And then I would suppose there are some tax forms that have to be
> done for the payment of developers and making sure they can report income.
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> Are we expecting that EDRLab will take on all of that too?
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> I don’t mean to be a stick in the mud, I just want to make sure we are
> covering everything we need to. (and tax fraud is on my mind today what
> with everything ☺)
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> *From: *AUDRAIN LUC <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr>
> *Date: *Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 8:27 AM
> *To: *"Siegman, Tzviya" <tsiegman@wiley.com>, Rachel Comerford <
> rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>, "PBG Steering Committee (Public)" <
> public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Subject: *Re: EPUBCheck Fundraising Hosting
> *Resent-From: *<public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Resent-Date: *Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 8:27 AM
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> Hi Tzviya and all,
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> I haven’t seen objections for contacting EDRLab, even some encouragements.
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> So I will do that now on behalf of the SC.
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> Let me summarize here what could be the global scope of this « fundraising
> hosting » :
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>    - Build a web site with hosting, design and wording to be validated by
>    SC
>    - Payment on line, to a specific banking account (do we have any rec
>    or issues here?)
>    - Reporting on payments, online access to SC only
>    - Follow schedule of deliverables from the epubcheck development
>    planning
>    - Pay the developer if SC is ok
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> Is something missing?
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> We could discuss details with EDRLab if they are willing to do it. And
> costs…
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> I will propose they participate to Friday call.
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> Best,
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> Luc
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> *De : *"Siegman, Tzviya" <tsiegman@wiley.com>
> *Date : *mardi 21 août 2018 à 14:42
> *À : *AUDRAIN LUC AUDRAIN LUC <laudrain@hachette-livre.fr>, Rachel
> Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>, "PBG Steering Committee
> (Public)" <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Objet : *RE: EPUBCheck Fundraising Hosting
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> Hi Luc,
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> W3C will still be able to help us with the Website, but 35% (!!!) would go
> to MIT. This also affects the way in which we write an SOW and MSA with the
> team to whom we reward the proposal.
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> If everyone agrees to contact EDRLab, then I recommend contacting them and
> inviting them to Friday’s call.
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> We are very short on time, so shall we assume that if we don’t hear any
> comments by the end of the day on Tuesday 21 August that Luc should contact
> EDRLab on Wednesday?
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> Thank you,
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> Tzviya
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> *Tzviya Siegman*
>
> Information Standards Lead
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> Wiley
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> 201-748-6884
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> tsiegman@wiley.com
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> *From:* AUDRAIN LUC [mailto:LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr
> <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2018 5:16 AM
> *To:* Rachel Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>; PBG Steering
> Committee (Public) <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: EPUBCheck Fundraising Hosting
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> Hi,
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> I suppose some kind of tool needs to be setup for that fundraising, or
> could we go through a public crowdfunding tool?
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> This setup may have a cost, even for EDRLab.
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> Do we know the value of  the  « portion of what is donated will go to
> MIT »?
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> I personally would be OK to let EDRLab host the funding, but it has to be
> checked with them if this is possible.
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> I can ask Laurent Le Meur on behalf to he SC.
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> Luc
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> *De : *Rachel Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>
> *Date : *lundi 20 août 2018 à 23:21
> *À : *"PBG Steering Committee (Public)" <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Objet : *EPUBCheck Fundraising Hosting
> *Renvoyer - De : *<public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
> *Renvoyer - Date : *lundi 20 août 2018 à 23:22
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> Hello Steering Committee,
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> Thank you to those who have weighed in on the recommendation from the
> review committee. I look forward to hearing back from the rest of you.
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> Tzviya and I met with Wendy about hosting the fundraising site through the
> W3C/MIT. We learned that if we take that route, a portion of what is
> donated will go to MIT. Since those funds are precious, we are looking at
> backup plans for hosting fundraising.
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> At one point it was proposed that EDRLab might be able to host the
> fundraising effort. How does the steering committee feel about pursuing
> this option and for those of you involved in EDRLab, is this a possibility?
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> Given our time constraints on moving this project forward, it is in our
> best interest to discuss this over email rather than wait for the next
> meeting.
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> Looking forward to discussing,
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> Rachel
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>
> Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility
> | T 212.576.9433
>
> *Macmillan Learning*
>


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