Hello, On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:06 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuri...@gnome.org> wrote: > As of now, we don't have any other accounts set up. We have thought about > using TransferWise [1], but I doubt we'll have this set up in time for this > upcoming release party cycle. > > It looks like TransferWise would work in Turkey, and in many of the > countries where we have local groups. Does anyone have experience using the > service?
Yes, I have used the service to send money abroad and it works just fine with lower fees than the standard options. I also have a friend (fellow GNOME user) that works there and I could reach to help us out if necessary. > Apparently, TransferWise has low fees. @Muhammet - have you used > Payoneer or Skrill before and do you recommend those above others? We're > happy to consider other tools and it'd be helpful to know people's > experience using them. > > I'm including more information about the larger challenge around payments > below. If anyone is interested in this topic, please email me or the Board > as we're having a Foundation hackfest [2] in early October around budgets, > financial policies, etc, and we'd love your thoughts on what's working well > and what isn't so we can discuss and try to problem-solve. > > Thank you! > > Best, > Nuritzi > > [1] https://transferwise.com/ > [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017 > > Some context on payments > > Here are the main problems we've had with sending small reimbursements so > far: > > Bank transfer fees are heavy and paid by both the GNOME Foundation and > usually also by recipients, depending on their bank's policies. > > PayPal is not available in all of the countries where we have active groups. > It still has steep fees for some countries. > > We don't want to set up too many online payment accounts because of the > overhead of managing them. > > Because of these issues, it's been hard to reimburse local organizers for > small events. The PayPal solution has worked at least somewhat well for > groups in the past year, but it excludes people in Turkey, where we have an > active community. > > > > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Muhammet Kara <muhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Nuritzi, >> >> Is there any reimbursement option other than paypal? It doesn't work in >> Turkey. Payoneer and maybe Skrill are working. >> >> Best, >> Muhammet >> >> 2017-09-12 9:20 GMT+03:00 Nuritzi Sanchez <nuri...@gnome.org>: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> As the release of GNOME 3.26 approaches, the Engagement team would like >>> to encourage you to join or host a release party in your area. As has been >>> the case with recent releases, we have a budget of $50 per group for the >>> first 10 groups that request a budget. >>> >>> You can find out whether there is a party near you, or add yours to the >>> list here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/ReleaseParties/ThreePointTwentysix. >>> There, you'll also find information on how to request a budget for your >>> event. >>> >>> You can find tips on how to hold a release party here: >>> https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2017/09/11/release-parties/ >>> >>> If you have any questions, let me know, and thanks to everyone who has >>> contributed to this upcoming release! >>> >>> Best, >>> Nuritzi >>> >>> -- >>> Nuritzi Sanchez >>> GNOME Foundation >>> President, Board of Directors >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> engagement-list mailing list >>> engagement-list@gnome.org >>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list >>> >> > > > > -- > Nuritzi Sanchez > GNOME Foundation > President, Board of Directors > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-l...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
