Re: Fwd: Must Read: Google Grants Renewal Required

["Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>]

On Mon, July 1, 2013 11:55 am, Stormy Peters wrote:
> Are we using our Google Grants account anymore? (I am not doing anything
> with it.)
>
> The two main advantages that I remember are:
> * Getting donations though Google checkout without having to pay a fee.

I believe this was phased out and actually, I think that Google Checkout
as a whole is getting phased out very soon.

> * Free Google ads

I have never really looked into this but always wanted to - is anyone
interested in picking this up? Maybe we should add it to our next meeting
agenda?

karen

> Stormy
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: “Google Grants” <googlegrants google com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM
> Subject: Must Read: Google Grants Renewal Required
> To: stormy gnome org
>
>
>  [image: Google Grants] Must Read: Google Grants Renewal Required
>
> *Google loves to give grants to nonprofits! But every now and again, we
> need to make sure you are in fact still a registered nonprofit, and that
> your AdWords account is compliant with Google Grants guidelines. Our
> Google
> Grants renewal policy will require Google Grantees who have been in the
> program longer than six months to submit updated nonprofit status
> documentation, along with their AdWords Customer ID, for review. Google
> Grants will continue to be available, and we'll likely request you renew
> your eligible status every year **going forward. *
>
> *What Next?*
>
> *You don’t have to do anything yet! We wanted to give you a heads up that
> the renewal policy is coming so that you can have your nonprofit status
> documentation ready and you can review the Google Grants
> guidelines<http://www.google.com/grants/eligibility.html> to
> ensure your AdWords account is compliant. We plan to launch the renewal
> policy in July 2013. We will provide a three week window for Google
> Grantees to submit a renewal form at that time, so please be on the
> lookout
> for an email in July.*
> *
>
> New URL Policy
>
> We recently sent an email announcing a change to our URL policy. Google
> Grantees are now only allowed to advertise the one URL associated with the
> registered nonprofit listed in their original application. Please remove
> extra URLs from your account before the renewal policy to avoid suspension
> from the program.
>
> Please refer to the renewal
> FAQs<http://www.google.com/grants/renewalfaq.html>on the what, why,
> when and how of the renewal policy.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Google Grants Team
>
>
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>
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