Recently, I wrote a blog post on some of the compensation-related clarifications that are included in the instructions for the 2009 Form 990. Following are some additional changes/clarifications in other areas: • Governance (Part 6): There is a clarification of how to answer the question “was a copy of the Form 990 provided to the Board prior to filing?” You can only answer yes to this question if a copy of the 990 was provided to each voting member, whether in paper form or by email. • Statement of Functional Expenses (Part 9): Line 14 on the Statement of Functional Expenses is for technology expenses. The instructions clarify that the expenses on this line should include hardware/software expenses, support/maintenance services, web site design expenses, security programs such as virus protection. This line should not include any salaries or depreciation
Our picks from last weeks China business news (as reported on our ChinaBlogTweets Twitter feed), along with some comments, are below for your reference. Along with the news (finally) of Geely’s successful purchase of Volvo, it is worth noting that the US review of China as a currency manipulator has been postponed from April 15, taking some of the heat out of protectionism & trade war threats (for the moment)
Golf for a Cause with Good Morning Sunshine – Susan G. Komen for the Cure Philadelphia : “Golf for a Cause with Good Morning SunshineMay 1, 20108:30am — 3:00pm Event type: Community Event Location Juniata Golf Club 1391 East Cayuga Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 Rise and Shine in the Radiant Hope for a Cure 2010 Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure Team ‘Good Morning Sunshine’ invites everyone to join them in ‘painting the greens pink’ during a golf fundraiser plus Beef -n-Beer social Saturday, May 1. A great way to enjoy the first bright, warm days of spring, Golf for a Cause is sure to get everyone in the swing of empowering the breast cancer movement in the last days leading up to the Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure! ‘Tee up’ for one or both of the fun events of this double-bill opportunity, both held at the beautiful Juniata Golf Club: Golf outing: $65 per person (includes the Beef-n-Beer), shot–gun start time 8:30 AM (please note, there are no afternoon golf events) Beef-n-Beer only: $30 per person, start time 1:00 PM Highlights include DJ John Galeone of Sonic Groove Productions, great raffle opportunities and fabulous food.
Yochai Benkler of Harvard University talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about net neutrality, access to the internet, and innovation. Benkler argues in favor of net neutrality and government support of broadband access. He is skeptical of the virtues of new technology (such as the iPad) fearing that they will lead to less innovation
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Other than reporting that Cypress Gardens is in Winter Park (!?) the March/April Issue of Tampa’s Maddux Report contains a Polk County Corporate Report that touts projects far and wide. In the Winter Haven area, mention was made of the CSX Intermodal Rail Terminal, LEGOLAND Florida, The East Polk Committee of 100, Winter Haven’s high tech downtown “Inland Fiber and Data Park” as well as the USF Polytechnic Business Accelerator located in 610 Plaza
Success of any business is defined by one factor: profits. This is even more relevant in case of restaurants, which operate on a very thin profit margin
There’s no other way to ask this so we come right out and say, “WE NEED YOUR HELP!” VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is in the running for a grant in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything April 2010 project. We are asking for your help. We would really appreciate it if you would take a few minutes and register for Pepsi’s Refresh Everything project and then take time to vote for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com . We are hoping to get funding to help with several development projects that are necessary for us to reach our next major milestone of 10,000 business profiles (currently at 4,000). The link to VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found here: http://www.refresheverything.com/veteranownedbusiness . First time visitors need to sign up first (just a few questions). The grant program is actually a daily voting process. If you’ve got the time, please visit the site each day and vote for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com : http://www.refresheverything.com/veteranownedbusiness . I added a daily reminder in my calendar to vote each morning.
The recent sinking of a South Korean naval vessel off the North Korean coast has once again brought the division of Korea, and North Korea’s apparent unpredictability, to the minds of many. Sublime Oblivion’s Anatoly Karlin makes the point that, in a second Korean War, North Korea would be so outclassed by South Korea and United States forces that the latter could decide the fate of North Korea
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The recent rains — well before the usual rainy season — have had a marked and positive impact on the levelof our Chain of Lakes. According to Roger Griffiths of the Lake Region Lakes Management District (often called the Canal Commission) the level of the Chain is 129.70 (feet above sea level) and on March 19 that level was 129.24.
The 2008 Form 990 had substantial changes that we are all still getting used to. And now the new 2009 Form 990 is out with additional changes! Actually, many of these “changes” are clarifications, but these may be new to some of us. Here are some of those items relating specifically to the compensation section of the Form 990: • What if you have an Executive Director who is not paid by the Organization, but is instead paid by an unrelated company? What has to be included in the compensation section of the 990 in this case? You would not report the compensation if the Organization is paying a management company for those services. But if that’s not the case, and if that person’s compensation paid by the other company is in exchange for that person’s services to the filing Organization, then you must report that compensation in Part 7, Section A of the form. There is an exception to this… if the compensation is paid by a taxable organization and the individual is an employee of that company, you do not need to report the compensation in Part 7, Section A. (Note: You ARE required to report compensation paid by related organizations).
We have covered Google and Rio already so, while they continue to generate headlines, we will (mostly) focus on other news, from our ChinaBlogTweets twitter feed, here. And keep watching, as we will add posts to expand on some of these issues later in the week. ODI : Finally… RT @fonstuinstra: Geely Automobile | Ford’s Volvo sale to Geely is officially wrapped up
Arthur De Vany, of the University of California, Irvine, and creator of Evolutionary Fitness, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball and Evolutionary Fitness, De Vany’s ideas about diet and fitness. In the first part of the conversation, De Vany argues that there is little physiological or statistical evidence that steroid use increases home run totals in baseball. The second part of the conversation turns to De Vany’s theories of diet and exercise
The Google announcement about their Chinese (.cn) site kept many China watchers awake through the early hours (in China), and has resulted in many, many, many comments. It has been a struggle to select one for our “Don’t Quote Me” series, but Google’s Sergey Brin has stepped up to the plate, with the help of the New York Times (h/t Jeremy Goldkorn ): “The shift of [Google’s] Chinese service to Hong Kong, Mr.
Two stories – Google’s exit , and Rio Tinto’s trial – have dominated the China business news over the past week(s). While the cases are very different (see some links below this post), they have appeared together in many reports, and conversations
A “service economy ” is an oxymoron – if I wash your car in exchange for your mowing my lawn, money is moving around, it’s a service economy , but no real and lasting wealth is created. Only through manufacturing, when $5 worth of iron …
The pick of last week’s news from ChinaBlogTweets (our twitter news feed) is below. for the latest updates visit the feed, or see it in real time on the right hand side of this page.
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona When we look back five years from now, will we see this week as marking a turning point in the short, but far from uneventful, ten year history of Europe’s common currency? Certainly recent comments by the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China have made evident what was already implicit: the dependence of EU sovereign debt on sentiment in global markets, especially in Asia and the Americas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration went on the attack Wednesday against the country’s biggest business lobby over resistance to an overhaul of the financial rules system. Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin told the US Chamber …
Had a blast doing a webinar today for Moore Stephens North America about blogging for lead generation purposes. My presentation is on Slideshare. Blogging for Lead Generation And I promised attendees I’d follow up with this post about where to get posting ideas. It is geared for marketers who are supporting their firm’s blogging efforts, but bloggers can do these things, directly, too! Search Twitter and search Google regularly for articles/news in your topic areas using keywords and phrases (experiment and adjust them to refine your results for greatest relevance) Subscribe to above searches in Google Reader so you can just check your Google Reader daily for new blog fodder! Subscribe to ALL related industry blogs (in Google Reader) and e-newsletters Comb through “sent items” in your email to find past emails you can sanitize (or have someone help you sanitize) as great “one Q at a time” postings.
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona If you’re really good at making a pigs ear of things, why not join the EU? Of course, this is not meant as a piece of solid advice, rather it is a cry of frustration at being impotently forced to watch so many things done so badly, each in turn, and one after the other.
When I first started working with non-profits I decided I should get smart and attended a seminar hosted by the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits entitled “Starting a Non-Profit.” I expected to spend a few hours learning about the various forms and other requirements. What I actually walked away with was a new-found appreciation for those who do start non-profits, who keep them going, and even more for those who are smart enough to walk away from the idea.
