From karen at karenzgoda.org  Mon Jan  5 11:44:48 2009
From: karen at karenzgoda.org (Karen Zgoda)
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:44:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [CSL board] Reminder: Exec Cmte Call 1/13
Message-ID: <4532.136.167.103.224.1231173888.squirrel@login.thecsl.org>

Folks --

This is a reminder for officers, Dan, and whoever else is able to join us
for the executive committee conference call next Tuesday, January 13th
from 6:30-7:30pm.

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Upcoming meeting schedule - http://tinyurl.com/CSLMeetings

Conference Dial-in Number:
                (712) 432-1100

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Current agenda items include the Parker grant (due 1/15) and future projects.

Please send me any agenda items to discuss and if you are able to
attend/not attend.  Thanks!

...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org




From dan at thecsl.org  Fri Jan  9 14:37:32 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:37:32 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] 01/22 NPA / Enterprise bank reception
Message-ID: <4967A77C.6090607@thecsl.org>


The enterprise bank / NPA reception is:

	4:30-6:30pm
	Thursday
	 01/22/2008

@:
	tbe main bank on Merrimack st
	go down the spiral staircase.

I'm going, Mimi & Jim expressed interest in going.

Decent food and booze, networking.

From mparseghian at comcast.net  Fri Jan  9 14:46:05 2009
From: mparseghian at comcast.net (mparseghian at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:05 +0000
Subject: [CSL board] 01/22 NPA / Enterprise bank reception
Message-ID: <010920091946.7386.4967A97D0003722900001CDA2205886172020E0708090A9C9D0E9F03@comcast.net>

All:

I will certainly make an appearance.  It is fun and Dan is right, food, drinks and networking.

M.



-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> 

> 
> The enterprise bank / NPA reception is: 
> 
> 4:30-6:30pm 
> Thursday 
> 01/22/2008 
> 
> @: 
> tbe main bank on Merrimack st 
> go down the spiral staircase. 
> 
> I'm going, Mimi & Jim expressed interest in going. 
> 
> Decent food and booze, networking. 
> 
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From karen at karenzgoda.org  Tue Jan 13 13:28:06 2009
From: karen at karenzgoda.org (Karen Zgoda)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:28:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [CSL board] Exec Cmte Call POSTPONED to 1/27
Message-ID: <4074.136.167.102.70.1231871286.squirrel@login.thecsl.org>

Folks --

To finish making our grant proposal to Parker the best it can be, the
Executive committee conference call originally scheduled for today will be
POSTPONED until Tuesday, January 27th.  I sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.  New call details:

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Executive Committee Conference Call
(Officers, Dan, and other interested BOD members)

Tuesday, January 27th from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Conference Dial-in Number:
                (712) 432-1100

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                104964#
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...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org






From dan at thecsl.org  Thu Jan 22 15:34:39 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:34:39 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] large error re 990
Message-ID: <4978D85F.7030006@thecsl.org>


I should have filed the 990, an accounting statement with the IRS on 
November 15th, which is 5 months after the end of our accounting period.

I could have gotten an automatic 90 day extension if I had filed for it 
before Nov 15th.

The penalty for filing late is $20 per day.

 From my phone conversation with the IRS, they will get the 990 and then 
access a penalty.

We can then appeal the penalty.

Official guidance is here on appeals
	http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=139227,00.html

I am now completing our 990, I expect have it finished today or tomorrow.

We have the cash to pay the penalty, but it will suck.

Appealing CC  Niki Tsongas may help.

Sorry for this huge screw-up.

From dan at thecsl.org  Thu Jan 22 15:53:02 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:53:02 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
Message-ID: <4978DCAE.7000205@thecsl.org>


Apparently abatement of penalties is pretty routine.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Forgot_extension_-_now_what%3F

Still getting 990 done ASAP

From John_Wooding at uml.edu  Thu Jan 22 15:58:04 2009
From: John_Wooding at uml.edu (Wooding, John)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:04 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
In-Reply-To: <4978DCAE.7000205@thecsl.org>
References: <4978DCAE.7000205@thecsl.org>
Message-ID: <293E25AA97FDC34C882C58EB26135DCE01C94766@umlfsis02.fs.uml.edu>

Dan and all:

If they impose a penalty, I'll help pay it.  Dan can work it off in
coffee at the Brew'd.

John

-----------------------------------
John Wooding, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Regional Economic and Social Development
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Lowell, MA 01854
978 934 4257
John_Wooding at uml.edu
Web: http://www.uml.edu/college/arts_sciences/resd/
-----Original Message-----
From: divinerightofkings-bounces+john_wooding=uml.edu at lists.thecsl.org
[mailto:divinerightofkings-bounces+john_wooding=uml.edu at lists.thecsl.org
] On Behalf Of Dan MacNeil
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:53 PM
To: board at thecsl.org
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope


Apparently abatement of penalties is pretty routine.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Forgot_extension_-_now_wh
at%3F

Still getting 990 done ASAP

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From jgrenier at thoughtsonsales.org  Thu Jan 22 17:10:08 2009
From: jgrenier at thoughtsonsales.org (James Grenier)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:10:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
In-Reply-To: <4978DCAE.7000205@thecsl.org>
Message-ID: <719674.74168.qm@web505.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

OK, keep us posted; and please let us know if there's anything we can do to help.

JG

PS -? M, C and D: I won't be able to attend the Enterprise thing tonight. Maybe next time? Thanks for the invite.

--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> wrote:
From: Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org>
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
To: board at thecsl.org
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 3:53 PM

Apparently abatement of penalties is pretty routine.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Forgot_extension_-_now_what%3F

Still getting 990 done ASAP

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From karen at karenzgoda.org  Thu Jan 22 20:51:38 2009
From: karen at karenzgoda.org (Karen Zgoda)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:51:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
In-Reply-To: <719674.74168.qm@web505.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <719674.74168.qm@web505.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4837.136.167.102.70.1232675498.squirrel@login.thecsl.org>

I'm grateful that we may have some options but concerned about how this
occurred and how easily it might occur again.  Can we chat about this
during the upcoming exec cmte conference call (this coming Tuesday at
6:30pm)?

...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org

| OK, keep us posted; and please let us know if there's anything we can do
| to help.
|
| JG
|
| PS -? M, C and D: I won't be able to attend the Enterprise thing tonight.
| Maybe next time? Thanks for the invite.
|
| --- On Thu, 1/22/09, Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> wrote:
| From: Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org>
| Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
| To: board at thecsl.org
| Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 3:53 PM
|
| Apparently abatement of penalties is pretty routine.
|
|
http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Forgot_extension_-_now_what%3F
|
| Still getting 990 done ASAP
|
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From kristina_ickes at comcast.net  Thu Jan 22 22:01:23 2009
From: kristina_ickes at comcast.net (kristina_ickes at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:01:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope
In-Reply-To: <293E25AA97FDC34C882C58EB26135DCE01C94766@umlfsis02.fs.uml.edu>
Message-ID: <155280093.376591232679683822.JavaMail.root@sz0077a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>



Big of you, John. I'll match what you contribute AND buy Dan a coffee. 



Kristina 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wooding" <John_Wooding at uml.edu> 
To: "Dan MacNeil" <dan at thecsl.org>, board at thecsl.org 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:58:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CSL board] some 990 hope 

Dan and all: 

If they impose a penalty, I'll help pay it. ?Dan can work it off in 
coffee at the Brew'd. 

John 

----------------------------------- 
John Wooding, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair 
Department of Regional Economic and Social Development 
University of Massachusetts, Lowell 
Lowell, MA 01854 
978 934 4257 
John_Wooding at uml.edu 
Web: http://www.uml.edu/college/arts_sciences/resd/ 
-----Original Message----- 
From: divinerightofkings-bounces+john_wooding=uml.edu at lists.thecsl.org 
[mailto:divinerightofkings-bounces+john_wooding=uml.edu at lists.thecsl.org 
] On Behalf Of Dan MacNeil 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:53 PM 
To: board at thecsl.org 
Subject: [CSL board] some 990 hope 


Apparently abatement of penalties is pretty routine. 

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Forgot_extension_-_now_wh 
at%3F 

Still getting 990 done ASAP 

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From karen at karenzgoda.org  Tue Jan 27 15:14:24 2009
From: karen at karenzgoda.org (Karen Zgoda)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:14:24 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] Exec Cmte Call Tonight at 6:30pm
Message-ID: <7AB2ABAD-C941-4FA6-AFDE-9E5233E41965@karenzgoda.org>

Folks --

This is a reminder for officers, Dan, and whoever else is able to join  
us for the executive committee conference call tonight from  
6:30-7:15pm.  There's a strong chance the meeting will end early.

-------------------------
Upcoming meeting schedule - http://tinyurl.com/CSLMeetings

Conference Dial-in Number:
                (712) 432-1100

Enter as prompted:
                104964#
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Meeting Goals:
     1. Review status of CSL projects

Meeting Agenda:

6:30pm		Call to order

6:30-6:35pm	Minutes - Secretary reviews meeting minutes

6:35-7:00pm	Unfinished Business
	6:35-6:40pm	Review action items from last meeting
	6:40-6:45pm	IRS 990 status report
	6:45-6:50pm	Parker status report
	6:50-6:55pm	Financial status report
	6:55-7:00pm	Business plan status report, discuss work for February  
meeting

7:00-7:10pm	New Business
	7:00-7:05pm	Officer election in February
	7:05-7:10pm	Facebook tools we should use, if any?

7:10-7:15pm	Other business

7:15pm		Review new action items and finish


Please let me know if you are able to attend/not attend.  Thanks!

...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Candidate
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org




From dan at thecsl.org  Tue Jan 27 16:47:41 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:47:41 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] status report tonight's call
Message-ID: <497F80FD.702@thecsl.org>

Conference Dial-in Number:
                 (712) 432-1100

Enter as prompted:
                 104964#

GRANTS (parker) / Business planning
PAPERWORK
FINANCES
GOALS (jan-june) 1st quarter
not staff GOALS

GRANTS (parker) / Business planning

The Jericho Road business planning project shifted into getting the 
grant done.

In her letter of support Jodi Delibertis of Jericho Road wrote:

	"In my role as Program Director, I have
	 an opportunity to see many boards at work;
	 CSL?s board is one of the most engaged,
	 hard-working nonprofit boards I have observed."

For writing, re-writing and helpful criticism, thanks to board members:

	Jim Grenier
	Fred Martin
	John Wooding
	Karen Zgoda

For editing, thinking, user interviews, helpful criticism, thanks to 
Jericho folks:
	
	Wade Rubinstein
	Bob Rosenbaum

For connecting us to Wade & Bob and interjecting some helpful facts on 
the differences between for and non-profit accounting thanks to:

	Jodi DeLibertis

For careful edits and helpful criticism, Thanks to:

	Laura MacNeil
	Melissa Carino
	Gregg Crouteau

I'd say we had reasonable chances of getting some part of the $60K we 
asked for. -- If I was Phil Hall, I'd give the money on the condition we 
met our FY 08/09 fund raising goals (12K)

We are still (slowly) doing the business planning. Foundations like that 
sort of thing and Jericho Road knows more than one foundation.

More important it is useful for us to figure out stuff like we are 
selling to community based organizations not state government or that 
our niche is getting the users to do the work instead of highly trained 
call center operators.

PAPERWORK

I should finish the 990 tomorrow. the state attorney general report this 
week and the 3rd Q 941 this week. ---This is all the outstanding 
government paperwork.

Having a treasurer who is more than a placeholder might be good.

In theory, if I keep screwing this stuff up, the IRS could come and sell 
  board member's house to pay the fines.

FINANCES

Detailed reports will follow.

Highlights:
	$2K in cash
	$16-21K in receivables this quarter.

	$10-12k goes to me
	$7K goes to pay VISTA fees in July/Aug
	3.6K goes to pay MIke

FUND RAISING / paying Mike

We (mostly me) have raised about $3700 in cash and pledges since 
September.

This is more than we've raised in the past 4 years.

The Career Center is kicking in money to pay Mike through April

We have enough money to pay Mike through the summer.

So far we have zero corporate sponsors.

So far the annual appeal (to another organization's list) has brought in 
zero $.

Given the other stuff we have to do, I'm not going to be able to do much 
more fund raising.

GOALS (jan-june) 1st quarter

1) VISTA recruiting
2) get software infrastrucure set
3) meet CDBG requuirements
4) make northshoreport.org people overwhelmed with joy
5) finish moving people off our servers.

We've gotten by for 6 months without a VISTA, but it has slowed us.

If we are now about making and "selling" good software and data, there 
is a bunch of stuff, that needs to happen to make the software easier to 
improve.

IF they don't have a usable starting point on Feb 12, our friends on the 
North Shore aren't going to be happy. Unhappy people don't pay.

If we don't don't conduct 7 usibility tests before June, we'll lose the 
CDBG money and will find it hard to get more.

not staff GOALS

	1) fundraising

We have enough money to do what we wan to do (except pay me big bucks)

We collect about 20K if I actually write software and do usability testing.

I'm not going to do much fundraising between now and June.

Moving to to the next level (paying more people / doing more work) will 
require fundraising. --If we don't raise 12K before June, odds are 
pretty good Parker won't give us $60K

Until June and a (possible) fund raising VISTA, the board is pretty much 
  the only fund raising resource we have.

From dan at thecsl.org  Wed Jan 28 22:48:09 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:48:09 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] auto magic meeting reminder
Message-ID: <498126F9.30700@thecsl.org>


If you sign-up at url below, you will receive automatic reminders 
of board meetings.

	http://www.meetup.com/CSL-board-meeting/


If you are Mimi, Jim or Charlotte you already have an account and 
it will take 30 seconds.

If not, maybe 90 seconds.

From dan at thecsl.org  Thu Jan 29 17:55:44 2009
From: dan at thecsl.org (Dan MacNeil)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:55:44 -0500
Subject: [CSL board] parker will notify mid march
Message-ID: <498233F0.7080001@thecsl.org>

 > Thank you for your proposal to the Theodore
 > Edson Parker Foundation. We
 > will contact you in the upcoming
 > weeks if we have questions or require
 > further information.


 > The board meets in mid-March, and
 > we will notify you of the trustees'
 > decision by the end of March.