On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Christian PERRIER <bubu...@debian.org>wrote:
> Quoting Ian Jackson (ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk): > > > Can we please confirm now that the departure time of this bus will > > actually be 11:00 ? Also we need to be sure that everyone knows that > > we will not wait for them. We shouldn't have the bus delayed by an > > hour while we hunt around for someone who was signed up on some wiki > > page but now turns out to be missing (or perhaps decided to go some > > other way or something...) > > > > The earlier bus likewise. It should be made very clear that if you > > are not there the bus will go without you. > > > Agreed. We should also mention that bus payment is to be done IN > ADVANCE. We'll probably have to pay these buses beforehand in some > way. > > In order to avoid trouble with people signing up in the wiki but > finally never confirming by actually paying for the bus cost, I think > we should take a margin in some way for dividing costs: assume that if > 50 people put their name on the wiki, then 48 will end up really > paying and therefore divide costs by 48 and nto 50. If, finally, > really 50 people show up, then it'll be time to redistribute the extra > collected money in some way. That would secure things out and > guarantee that the person collecting the money is not the one ending > up filling the missing parts. I would suggest using Google Checkout and/or PayPal in addition to in person payment. -Arthur
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