FC 2011-12-01 Transcript

 Hi Rintaran  Hey stephane.  how are you ?  Im on via my mobile tonight. Computer wont grab the net.  think anyone else will join ?  Doing great here. How are you doing?  doing good  Dont know. Mikkel has been showing up within a couple minutes of launch time.  was there a meeting last week?  How are things on the Montreal scene?  not sure, haven't been very active  they cleared occupy montreal last week  There were two of us here last week. Minutes are up.  Ottawa was cleared a few days earlier.  Not that our occupy was particularly big.  Ottawa has been pretty busy on the pirate front. <Nuitari> glad to hear that <Nuitari> I'm going to order a new card printer and some flags <Rintaran> Assuming my regular job turns permanent, well have two candidates in ottawa for 2015 <Nuitari> cool <Rintaran> Excellent. I know David wants to buy one to run up his flagpole. <Nuitari> cool <Nuitari> if he donates one and email me I'll reserve one for him <Rintaran> I totally understand why Mikkel and Shawn hate using IRC on cell phones. Cant read and type at same time. <Nuitari> weird <Nuitari> the program I use allows me to do it <Rintaran> My keyboard covers the screen. <Rintaran> One hundred donation and one of the outdoor flags will be reserved for when it comes in? <Nuitari> yes <Rintaran> Ill pass that on to him via email later tonight. <Rintaran> Did you have any thoughts on the past candidates and 42nd general election emails i sent out? <Nuitari> not really <Rintaran> And no objections google+ wise then? I figured giving an eager individual a job was a good move. <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> we need to involve more people <Rintaran> I suppose you dont know anything about the much delayed vote email then? <Nuitari> not really <Nuitari> aren't we just missing a french version? <Rintaran> Yes, according to Mikkel. But he still hasnt sent the engliah to the new translater. <Nuitari> who is the translator? <Rintaran> The same one you passed on via James. I had passed it on to him a couple days earlier. <Rintaran> I've been in touch with both as of yesterday, still no email received. <Nuitari> ok I'll send you the email if I can find it <Rintaran> For the translator, i have it. But i dont have the English version of the vote email. <Nuitari> I'm trying to find it <Nuitari> nothing <Rintaran> Ill compose something and forward it to the translator myself then. <Nuitari> yeah that would be best <Rintaran> Ok. It will be done tomorrow during work. <Nuitari> thanks <Rintaran> Its way overdue. <Rintaran> Did you get replies from the rest of the fc about the NPO bylaw alteration? <Nuitari> no <Nuitari> nor from Sean <Rintaran> Then we definitely need to get these elections rolling sooner rather than later. <Nuitari> yeah <Rintaran> When everything goes down, how much involvement are you still planning to have? I know you were looking to cut back a bit <Nuitari> I'll probably stay a bit with the npo until everyone is settled and the 2 new directors are active <Nuitari> we'll need to find someone to do the bookkeeping though, my wife doesn't want to do it <Nuitari> right now I'm the one handling all of the paperwork for the party <Rintaran> So, we need to look for an accountant, three NPO directors, and an IT guy to begin to fill your boots? <Nuitari> and I hate dealing in bureaucracy <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> well we have an accountant <Nuitari> what we need is a bookkeeper <Nuitari> for IT I tested the few that came forward and no one went through with their small task <Rintaran> Bookkeeper handles it day to day, accountant looks it over now and again? <Rintaran> Ouch. In other words, we're in for some serious trouble. <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> and we have to pay my wife for this year (400$) <Rintaran> Yes we do. <Nuitari> as she's not involved in the party and does it profesionally <Nuitari> but with the baby she's selling off the accounts she has and decided to stop working <Rintaran> Makes sense. I may know someone who i can get to do it. My wifes cousin does something with financial accounting. Not certified yet, so she may be able to take this on the side. Ill have to ask. <Nuitari> it's not complicated <Nuitari> but it has to be entered in both Quickbooks and EFR (the EC one) <Nuitari> EC only tracks the income (expenses outside of elections are optional) <Nuitari> but we need the QB one for the taxes and other reports <Nuitari> and to know where the $$$ is going <Rintaran> How many transactions do we handle per month roughly? <Nuitari> let me check <Nuitari> last month we had 33 transactions for a total of 780$ income <Nuitari> and about 2 to 6 for expenses <Rintaran> So, about 40 transactions then. <Nuitari> but, we don't track the individual purchases /memberships in QB <Nuitari> and in EFR we only put in the donations <Nuitari> the data is in the CRM <Rintaran> Well, i already know both programs. If Sabrinas cousin isnt willing, naybe i could take a peak and see if i understand enough to keep it going until we get a proper bookkeeper? <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> it's not that hard <Nuitari> I can keep doing EFR too <Nuitari> that's not too hard <Rintaran> That 780 income, did that include the 1003 i move back from closing ottawa south? <Nuitari> no <Nuitari> that's only the stuff people can get on the website <Nuitari> besides the 1000$ from the EC deposit doesn't count as income <Rintaran> I suppose not, but ot cancelled the original expense. Mikkels deposit is lost after all. <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> I'm pissed at him for that <Rintaran> Well, just have to keep rolling i guess. <Rintaran> Stephane, if we manage to find people to take over everything except the IT stuff, is that something you could keep? Or are you dead set on stepping from all of it? <Nuitari> I'm not dead set on stepping from all of it <Nuitari> but I can't keep doing it all <Rintaran> Ok. Ill see if i cant dig some folk up. <Nuitari> I also want to get rid of the envelope stuffing part of the cards <Rintaran> But do feel free to send me some of the paperwork stuff in the meantime. Theres a lot of downtime at work, so i can get some of it done. <Rintaran> Lol. Something tells me that has to happen where the card printer is. <Nuitari> I can mail all the cards and letters to someone <Rintaran> The direction address is on the letters? <Nuitari> yeah <Nuitari> we use double windowed envelopes <Rintaran> Send it to me. I can put my kid to work. <Nuitari> ok <Nuitari> do you happen to know someone who crosses the US border often? <Rintaran> Hows postage handled? Regular stamps? Are they supplied or my owj expense? <Nuitari> stamps <Nuitari> supplied of course <Nuitari> I get them from costco <Rintaran> Afraid i dont know anyone particularly close to the border. <Nuitari> it's 600$cheaper for the printer <Nuitari> I'll ask someone at work <Rintaran> Cool. Well, i can repackage and mail out. Its part of my job at work, so not an issue. <Rintaran> Anything else i can help you with at this point? <Nuitari> happen to know a custom broker? <Nuitari> they actually ship to Canada, but ups ground <Rintaran> Out of luck again im afraid. <Nuitari> oh well <Nuitari> whatever <Nuitari> still 600$ cheaper that way overall <Rintaran> The only international shipping and recieving i do is woth the father in law in hong kong. And its entirely receiving. <Rintaran> Surprisingly havent had any issues with cuatoms from there thoug... <Nuitari> what I hate is the 60$ or so custom "brokerage" charge UPS adds <Rintaran> Yuk. <Rintaran> Can you email me a transcript of this when were done? My phone doesnt seem to keep logs. <Rintaran> It may only be the two of us, but some important stuff has been discussed. <Nuitari> alright <Nuitari> I don't have anything to add <Rintaran> Me neither. Ill probably send you a bigger email in the next few days with some more detailed questions about access and setting some stuff up. <Nuitari> alright

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