2024-11-18T02:04:03-05:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 300377683 INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON TAXONOMIC DATABASES % Stanley Blum INTE 4154203724 1342 34TH AVE SAN FRANCISCO CA 941221309 Stanley Blum Administrator TDWG Secretariat 2024-11-18 false 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X X 52661 X 35807 13770 60 0 0 0 3024 52661 10000 6468 8906 25374 27287 250924 0 278211 X 267111 275960 0 2251 267111 278211 16187 0 250924 278211 Our organization develops ratifies and promotes data standards and guidelines for the recording and exchange biodiversity information. We also provide a forum for discussing all aspects of biodiversity information management through conferences online discussions and publications. Our 2023 annual conference was held in Hobart Tasmania Australia; and was hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia ALA an organization within CSIRO Australian governmental organization supporting scientific research. ALA managed registration and expenses for the conference. Nearly 180 people attended in person and another 130 participated remotely Zoom. We published a conference proceedings with 159 abstracts and YouTube videos of conference sessions 3 parallel sessions x 4 days. 0 16468 We provided advice to organizations developing and operating information system to integrate biodiversity information by sending experts to working meetings. 0 X 3670 Our Executive committee managed the conference development and the ratification of two new data standards for biodiversity information: the "Humboldt Extension" for publishing biological inventory data and the "Latimer Core" for describing biodiversity collections i.e specimens held in more than a thousand natural history museums and herbaria around the world. Most of this work is conducted by volunteers but electronic communications are required to keep work on track. 0 2566 22704 Elycia Wallis Executive Committee Chair 8 0 0 0 David Bloom Executive Committee Deputy Chair 4 0 0 0 Visotheary Ung Executive Committee Secretary 1 0 0 0 Gail Kampmeier Journal Editor 10 10000 0 0 Stanley Blum Secretariat Administrator 4 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false CA Stanley Blum 1342 34TH AVE SAN FRANCISCO CA 941221309 4154203724 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 14496 33413 37928 41146 35807 162790 23951 0 17794 0 13770 55515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38447 33413 55722 41146 49577 218305 0 0 0 0 0 0 18951 0 12794 0 8770 40515 18951 0 12794 0 8770 40515 177790 0 0 0 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3024 3024 38447 33413 55722 41146 52661 221389 0.8031 1.00 0.0003 0.00 X Part III, line 12 | S.No:, Amount:, Description:| 1, $3024, We paid for 3 participants to travel to a meeting and later were reimbursed from another organization.| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 8 | Other Revenues:, Amount:| We paid for 3 participants to travel to a meeting and later were reimbursed from another organization., $3024| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Conference supplies, $67.00| Mailchimp subscription, $612.00| Zoho Checkout online payment facility, $108.00| Zoho Invoicing invoicing service, $190.00| SurveyMonkey subscription, $351.00| Zoom teleconferencing service, $1603.00| Government filing fees, $25.00| Banking fees, $912.00| Travel airfare lodging local transportation, $3670.00| Meals, $1368.00| Part II, line 24 | Asset Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Prepaid Expenses, 0, $2251| Part II, line 26 | Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Accounts Payable, $16187, 0| We opened savings and credit card accounts this year and this complicated our accounting more than I anticipated. I think I finally have everything balancing but I didnt leave enough time by a few hours.