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[Alec Warner]

commit:     be4c95a7284127ed4cc16fee36f148521ce4adb7
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 19 00:19:50 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Sep 19 00:19:50 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=be4c95a7

Provide correct number for FY2018

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 66bc4f0..5b9b299 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The executive of the Foundation is comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers, brok
 
 \subsection{Current financial status}
 \label{sec:background}
-The financial state of the Gentoo Foundation is itself in a decent state with no outstanding invoices and a cash on balance at the end of FY2018 of approximately \$119K USD.
+The financial state of the Gentoo Foundation is itself in a decent state with no outstanding invoices and a cash on balance at the end of FY2018 of approximately \$151K USD.
 
 No financial reports have been published by earlier Boards of Trustees since 2012\cite{finrep}, and there are well-founded concerns that the none of the original reports are entirely accurate.
 

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     febd40e8aae431232f86f693aecd997b10ba77d3
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov  1 20:24:05 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov  1 20:24:05 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=febd40e8

RFP Updates.

Formatting closer to a sample RFP I've seen.

 main.tex | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 5b9b299..f9c6c11 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -54,14 +54,18 @@
 
 \tableofcontents
 
+\section{Main}
+\label{opening}
+The Gentoo Foundation is requesting proposals from CPA firms to provide audit, tax, and bookkeeping services for our foundation.
+We invite your firm to send us a propsal by <DATE>. A description of the foundation and its mission follows.
+
 \section{Definitions}
 \label{sec:definitions}
 \begin{description}
 	\item[Gentoo Linux] is a Linux distribution as further described in \sref{gentoolinux}
-	\item[Gentoo Foundation] registered Domestic Nonprofit Corporation in New Mexico. More information in \sref{gentoo:foundation}
+	\item[Gentoo Foundation] is a registered Domestic Nonprofit Corporation in New Mexico. More information in \sref{gentoo:foundation}
 \end{description}
 
-\section{Gentoo Linux}
 \label{gentoolinux}
 Gentoo Linux\cite{gentoo} is a free, source-based meta distribution that enables a high degree of flexibility and high performance. Gentoo is a rolling release distribution, making upgrading an iterative process rather than jumping large gaps; if something breaks a user can easily roll back just the recent upgrade to get back to a working system. The Gentoo community consists of around 200 developers and a great number of users throughout the globe.
 
@@ -82,16 +86,15 @@ The executive of the Foundation is comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers, brok
 	\item no employees
 \end{itemize}
 
-\subsection{Current financial status}
+\subsection{Current financial status of the Gentoo Foundation}
 \label{sec:background}
-The financial state of the Gentoo Foundation is itself in a decent state with no outstanding invoices and a cash on balance at the end of FY2018 of approximately \$151K USD.
+The financial state of the Gentoo Foundation is a Foundation with no outstanding invoices and a cash on balance at the end of FY2018 of approximately \$151K USD.
 
 No financial reports have been published by earlier Boards of Trustees since 2012\cite{finrep}, and there are well-founded concerns that the none of the original reports are entirely accurate.
 
 As a result of negligence of previous treasurers and trustees necessary paperwork has not been filed with federal tax authorities (henceforth \textbf{IRS}).
 
-A recent treasurer has taken responsibility for cleaning up the historical baggage and performed a massive job of going through historical transactions and recreated a full ledger of transactions.
-The recent treasurer is not a trained accountant or book-keeper, and the work has been taken on a best-effort basis.
+A recent treasurer has taken responsibility for cleaning up the historical baggage and performed a massive job of going through historical transactions and recreated a full ledger of transactions. The recent treasurer is not a trained accountant or book-keeper, and the work has been taken on a best-effort basis.
 The data of the reconstructed ledger is kept in a format for the open source tool book-keeping tool Ledger\cite{ledger01}.
 Data can easily be exported from this tool and direct knowledge from accountants are not necessary in order to access the books as the current treasurer is available to support the efforts and data can be exported based on the needs of the accountant.
 
@@ -107,11 +110,14 @@ The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participantio
 
 This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases of infrastructure and marketing material; sponsoring projects related to Gentoo's activities; and sustaining the foundation's own operational expenses.
 
-\section{Scope of service}
+\section{Services to be performed.}
 \label{sec:seek}
 First and foremost the Foundation wants to get in good standing with the IRS including paying any back--taxes and penalties necessary.
 In order to ensure that accounting is properly handled going forwards it is also expected that accounting and bookkeeping services will be outsourced along with advisory services on proper filings of necessary paperwork including tax-related matters.
 
+\subsection{Annual Audit}
+While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require ongoing annual accounting services.
+
 \subsection{Financial reporting}
 Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Financial Reports in final form is needed in order to have a confirmed view of the Foundation's finances.
 
@@ -119,17 +125,11 @@ Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Fi
 As the Foundation supports an open source distribution, no proprietary tools should be required of the Trustees or officers to fulfill necessary operations.
 If the accountant is using such proprietary systems internally, it must be possible to use a web interface or similar to perform these duties, and it must be possible to export the data in a format that is readable outside such tools.
 
-\subsection{Requirements}
-The accounting firm should have a working knowledge of the following:
-\begin{enumerate}
-\item US GAAP
-\item US IRS non-profit tax law
-\item Laws required for a New Mexico non-profit corporation
-\end{enumerate}
+\section{Proposal}
+Your proposal should include a fee structure and a timeline estimate of the proposed work.
 
 \section{Contacting Gentoo Foundation}
-Questions related to creating a proposal can be submitted by email to trustees@gentoo.org. This email address is also the contact point for any submission
-of a proposal.
+Questions related to creating a proposal can be submitted by email to trustees@gentoo.org. This email address is also the contact point for any submission of a proposal.
 
 \begin{thebibliography}{9}
 	\bibitem{gentoo} \url{https://www.gentoo.org}

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     eb86caab36fc3d318bbf751c6d631c8f6f99c5ac
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov  1 20:32:51 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov  1 20:32:51 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=eb86caab

Update Title.

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index f9c6c11..f49510d 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 \hyphenation{Gentoo}
 
 \begin{document}
-\title{Request for proposal: Accounting and advisory services for IRS compliance}
+\title{Request for proposal: Accounting Audit and advisory services for IRS compliance}
 \author{Gentoo Foundation}
 \date{\today}
 \maketitle

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     26451483dbe1299deec15bec72115759a9e860c1
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov  1 20:49:33 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov  1 20:49:33 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=26451483

Clarify briefly the services requested.

 main.tex | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index f49510d..1b7ba7b 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases o
 First and foremost the Foundation wants to get in good standing with the IRS including paying any back--taxes and penalties necessary.
 In order to ensure that accounting is properly handled going forwards it is also expected that accounting and bookkeeping services will be outsourced along with advisory services on proper filings of necessary paperwork including tax-related matters.
 
-\subsection{Annual Audit}
-While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require ongoing annual accounting services.
+\subsection{Annual Audit and Tax Filing}
+While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require ongoing annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes, not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
 
-\subsection{Financial reporting}
+\subsection{Historial Financial Reporting}
 Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Financial Reports in final form is needed in order to have a confirmed view of the Foundation's finances.
 
 \subsection{Tooling}

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     3167093b4580d58c57bff74d0c384b191438cb9c
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov  1 22:25:32 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov  1 22:25:32 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=3167093b

Amend RFP with feedback from Robin.

Clarify / Itemize requested services.
Move tooling into its own section.

 main.tex | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 1b7ba7b..55868e0 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -105,25 +105,27 @@ The CPA also assisted in partially completing IRS Form 990 for FY2005, based on
 
 Best-effort Financial Reports have been reconstructed until FY2018 available at \cite{gentoo:finances}. Depreciation expenses have been captured, but in-kind donations are still in progress.
 
-\subsection{Operations}
+\subsection{Operations for Fiscal 2018}
 The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participantion in the Google Summer of Code program (4,700\$), interest of current accounts (483.64\$) and sale (including royalties for) of Gentoo merchandise (254.50\$).
 
 This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases of infrastructure and marketing material; sponsoring projects related to Gentoo's activities; and sustaining the foundation's own operational expenses.
 
 \section{Services to be performed.}
 \label{sec:seek}
-First and foremost the Foundation wants to get in good standing with the IRS including paying any back--taxes and penalties necessary.
-In order to ensure that accounting is properly handled going forwards it is also expected that accounting and bookkeeping services will be outsourced along with advisory services on proper filings of necessary paperwork including tax-related matters.
+\begin{itemize}
+	\item First and foremost the Foundation wants to get in good standing with the IRS including paying any back--taxes and penalties necessary. This will include assistance filing form 990 (or related forms.)
+	\item In order to ensure that accounting is properly handled going forwards it is also expected that accounting and bookkeeping services will be outsourced along with advisory services on proper filings of necessary paperwork including tax-related matters.
+	\item The Foundation would also like to pursue tax-exempt status and would need advice and assistance in obtaining this status with the IRS.
+\end{itemize}
 
 \subsection{Annual Audit and Tax Filing}
-While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require ongoing annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes, not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
+While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes, not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
 
 \subsection{Historial Financial Reporting}
 Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Financial Reports in final form is needed in order to have a confirmed view of the Foundation's finances.
 
-\subsection{Tooling}
-As the Foundation supports an open source distribution, no proprietary tools should be required of the Trustees or officers to fulfill necessary operations.
-If the accountant is using such proprietary systems internally, it must be possible to use a web interface or similar to perform these duties, and it must be possible to export the data in a format that is readable outside such tools.
+\section{Tooling}
+As the Foundation supports an open source distribution, no proprietary tools should be required of the Trustees or officers to fulfill necessary operations. If the accountant is using such proprietary systems internally, it must be possible to use a web interface or similar to perform these duties, and it must be possible to export the data in a format that is readable outside such tools.
 
 \section{Proposal}
 Your proposal should include a fee structure and a timeline estimate of the proposed work.

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     921af3f1a85ba4b7d331e20f7b83d483e43eb1be
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov  1 22:29:57 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov  1 22:29:57 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=921af3f1

Also request a peer review in the RFP.

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 55868e0..e77b647 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Fi
 As the Foundation supports an open source distribution, no proprietary tools should be required of the Trustees or officers to fulfill necessary operations. If the accountant is using such proprietary systems internally, it must be possible to use a web interface or similar to perform these duties, and it must be possible to export the data in a format that is readable outside such tools.
 
 \section{Proposal}
-Your proposal should include a fee structure and a timeline estimate of the proposed work.
+Your proposal should include a fee structure and a timeline estimate of the proposed work. In addition, the Foundation would like the proposal to have a recent Peer Review attached.
 
 \section{Contacting Gentoo Foundation}
 Questions related to creating a proposal can be submitted by email to trustees@gentoo.org. This email address is also the contact point for any submission of a proposal.

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     f0853cc309bead7c258ff3e51e311c6e6bd6bf21
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov  3 16:27:48 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Nov  3 16:27:48 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=f0853cc3

Add expenses per trustees thread.

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index e77b647..f605f6a 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The CPA also assisted in partially completing IRS Form 990 for FY2005, based on
 Best-effort Financial Reports have been reconstructed until FY2018 available at \cite{gentoo:finances}. Depreciation expenses have been captured, but in-kind donations are still in progress.
 
 \subsection{Operations for Fiscal 2018}
-The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participantion in the Google Summer of Code program (4,700\$), interest of current accounts (483.64\$) and sale (including royalties for) of Gentoo merchandise (254.50\$).
+The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participantion in the Google Summer of Code program (4,700\$), interest of current accounts (483.64\$) and sale (including royalties for) of Gentoo merchandise (254.50\$). Expenses for FY2018 were \$9,292.95.
 
 This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases of infrastructure and marketing material; sponsoring projects related to Gentoo's activities; and sustaining the foundation's own operational expenses.
 

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     06ca278ed3c335c06d87993e6e9d956fddaea8ea
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov  9 02:06:58 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Nov  9 02:06:58 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=06ca278e

Fix errors found by vim's spellcheck.

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index a97a57c..03d41b1 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases o
 \subsection{Annual Audit and Tax Filing}
 While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We require annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes; not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
 
-\subsection{Historial Financial Reporting}
+\subsection{Historical Financial Reporting}
 Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Financial Reports in final form is needed in order to have a confirmed view of the Foundation's finances.
 
 \section{Tooling}

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     162b3f3d621ee5855151a02816826307c7da4752
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov  9 02:05:08 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Nov  9 02:05:08 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=162b3f3d

Fix spelling errors provided by Alice.

 main.tex | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index f605f6a..a97a57c 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 \section{Main}
 \label{opening}
 The Gentoo Foundation is requesting proposals from CPA firms to provide audit, tax, and bookkeeping services for our foundation.
-We invite your firm to send us a propsal by <DATE>. A description of the foundation and its mission follows.
+We invite your firm to send us a proposal by <DATE>. The foundation and its mission are described below.
 
 \section{Definitions}
 \label{sec:definitions}
@@ -90,23 +90,23 @@ The executive of the Foundation is comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers, brok
 \label{sec:background}
 The financial state of the Gentoo Foundation is a Foundation with no outstanding invoices and a cash on balance at the end of FY2018 of approximately \$151K USD.
 
-No financial reports have been published by earlier Boards of Trustees since 2012\cite{finrep}, and there are well-founded concerns that the none of the original reports are entirely accurate.
+No financial reports have been published by earlier Boards of Trustees since 2012\cite{finrep}, and there are well-founded concerns that none of the original reports are entirely accurate.
 
 As a result of negligence of previous treasurers and trustees necessary paperwork has not been filed with federal tax authorities (henceforth \textbf{IRS}).
 
 A recent treasurer has taken responsibility for cleaning up the historical baggage and performed a massive job of going through historical transactions and recreated a full ledger of transactions. The recent treasurer is not a trained accountant or book-keeper, and the work has been taken on a best-effort basis.
 The data of the reconstructed ledger is kept in a format for the open source tool book-keeping tool Ledger\cite{ledger01}.
-Data can easily be exported from this tool and direct knowledge from accountants are not necessary in order to access the books as the current treasurer is available to support the efforts and data can be exported based on the needs of the accountant.
+Data can easily be exported from this tool and direct knowledge from accountants is not necessary in order to access the books as the current treasurer is available to support the efforts and data can be exported based on the needs of the accountant.
 
 The recent treasurer did engage a CPA for several months in 2017, but that CPA was unable to continue for personal reasons.
-The CPA did assist in creation of provisional set of financial statements for the Foundation's first financial year, FY2005, which ending June 31, 2005.
+The CPA did assist in creation of a provisional set of financial statements for the Foundation's first financial year, FY2005, which ended June 31, 2005.
 The FY2005 data only contain 3.5 months of transactions, as the first bank account was opened March 2005, nearly 10 months after the incorporation of the Foundation.
 The CPA also assisted in partially completing IRS Form 990 for FY2005, based on the FY2005 financial statements.
 
 Best-effort Financial Reports have been reconstructed until FY2018 available at \cite{gentoo:finances}. Depreciation expenses have been captured, but in-kind donations are still in progress.
 
 \subsection{Operations for Fiscal 2018}
-The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participantion in the Google Summer of Code program (4,700\$), interest of current accounts (483.64\$) and sale (including royalties for) of Gentoo merchandise (254.50\$). Expenses for FY2018 were \$9,292.95.
+The main income source is donations (23.162,01\$), followed by our participation in the Google Summer of Code program (4,700\$), interest of current accounts (483.64\$) and sale (including royalties for) of Gentoo merchandise (254.50\$). Expenses for FY2018 were \$9,292.95.
 
 This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases of infrastructure and marketing material; sponsoring projects related to Gentoo's activities; and sustaining the foundation's own operational expenses.
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ This income is used to fund the Gentoo Project activities, including purchases o
 \end{itemize}
 
 \subsection{Annual Audit and Tax Filing}
-While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We also require annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes, not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
+While we consider it beneficial to have a verified accounting of the Foundations finances up to 2018; We require annual accounting services to assist in filing taxes; not just for the past years, but on an ongoing basis.
 
 \subsection{Historial Financial Reporting}
 Due to the reconstruction of historical data, a verification of the presented Financial Reports in final form is needed in order to have a confirmed view of the Foundation's finances.

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     1aea6b0ff46e504cad72de5bacae5dc532a94c49
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 10 16:31:30 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Nov 10 16:31:30 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=1aea6b0f

Fix items reported by Ulm.

 main.tex | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 03d41b1..10bdb62 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ No financial reports have been published by earlier Boards of Trustees since 201
 As a result of negligence of previous treasurers and trustees necessary paperwork has not been filed with federal tax authorities (henceforth \textbf{IRS}).
 
 A recent treasurer has taken responsibility for cleaning up the historical baggage and performed a massive job of going through historical transactions and recreated a full ledger of transactions. The recent treasurer is not a trained accountant or book-keeper, and the work has been taken on a best-effort basis.
-The data of the reconstructed ledger is kept in a format for the open source tool book-keeping tool Ledger\cite{ledger01}.
+The data of the reconstructed ledger is kept in a format for the open source book-keeping tool Ledger\cite{ledger01}.
 Data can easily be exported from this tool and direct knowledge from accountants is not necessary in order to access the books as the current treasurer is available to support the efforts and data can be exported based on the needs of the accountant.
 
 The recent treasurer did engage a CPA for several months in 2017, but that CPA was unable to continue for personal reasons.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ As the Foundation supports an open source distribution, no proprietary tools sho
 \section{Proposal}
 Your proposal should include a fee structure and a timeline estimate of the proposed work. In addition, the Foundation would like the proposal to have a recent Peer Review attached.
 
-\section{Contacting Gentoo Foundation}
+\section{Contacting Gentoo}
 Questions related to creating a proposal can be submitted by email to trustees@gentoo.org. This email address is also the contact point for any submission of a proposal.
 
 \begin{thebibliography}{9}

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[Alec Warner]

commit:     e5e1a38845271722d82ff494d803c869455fa1ff
Author:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov 16 03:43:51 2018 +0000
Commit:     Alec Warner <antarus <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Nov 16 03:43:51 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/foundation/financials-rfp.git/commit/?id=e5e1a388

Replace date with a firm date in the 2019 new year.

We choose Jan 15 to avoid a rush or lack of response during holidays.

 main.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 10bdb62..d430f86 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 \section{Main}
 \label{opening}
 The Gentoo Foundation is requesting proposals from CPA firms to provide audit, tax, and bookkeeping services for our foundation.
-We invite your firm to send us a proposal by <DATE>. The foundation and its mission are described below.
+We invite your firm to send us a proposal by Jan 15 2019. The foundation and its mission are described below.
 
 \section{Definitions}
 \label{sec:definitions}