Hi David,
We do already accept donations directly to our bank accounts and this is
also how most of the sponsors paid us. This is the best way for us
financially as it costs us nothing. (bank transfer cost is usally paid by
the sender and is lower for higher amounts as it's normally a flat fee)
Bu
Philip Hands writes:
> Brian Gupta writes:
>
>> Let's not lose sight of the fact that these donations will be matched so
>> even though so small percentage of the donations will be eaten in fees, the
>> net contribution to Debian will be on the order of 197% of what one
>> pays.
>
> Given that t
Hi Gunnar,
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 09:22:35AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> But then again, it seems to work for many people, and it's accepted by
> SPI (and by our sponsor). So, I'm not going to oppose a mechanism that
> can get DebConf (up to) an extra US$10K!
SPI itself doesn't accept PayPal, th
Daniel Kahn Gillmor dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:06:11AM -0400]:
> I'm not moray, but i'll tell you mine:
>
> i used to have a paypal account. Then, they changed their terms of
> service, and told me that i'd need to review and agree to their new
> terms of service for me to continue having an
On 03/31/2013 02:59 PM, David Prévot wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 2013 12:01 PM, "Moray Allan" wrote:
>
>>> I try to avoid using Paypal myself for reasons unrelated to their fees
>
> Would you mind sharing those reasons?
I'm not moray, but i'll tell you mine:
i used to have a paypal account. Then, t
Hi David,
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 02:59:10PM -0400, David Prévot wrote:
> >> However, your message seems to imply that other methods of donation don't
> >> carry equivalent fees, which unfortunately they do.
>
> You’re comparing two really different things. On one side, a for profit
> bank like c
On Mar 31, 2013 2:59 PM, "David Prévot" wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Le 31/03/2013 14:19, Brian Gupta a écrit :
> > Let's not lose sight of the fact that these donations will be matched
>
> That’s only true unless we do not raise over the 5000 $ limit (t
On 2013-03-31 12:59, David Prévot wrote:
You’re comparing two really different things. On one side, a for
profit
bank like company, on the other, a non for profit trusted
organization.
For fairness, I encourage you to compare the PayPal fees to those of
a bank.
That's exactly why I made the c
Brian Gupta writes:
> Let's not lose sight of the fact that these donations will be matched so
> even though so small percentage of the donations will be eaten in fees, the
> net contribution to Debian will be on the order of 197% of what one
> pays.
Given that there are people who'd prefer to a
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Hi,
Le 31/03/2013 14:19, Brian Gupta a écrit :
> Let's not lose sight of the fact that these donations will be matched
That’s only true unless we do not raise over the 5000 $ limit (thus the
encouragement to “include on this page (or link to) the a
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:01:39AM -0600, Moray Allan wrote:
> These fees are shown in the SPI Treasurer's reports, e.g.
> http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-general/2013-March/003171.html
>
> " Debian
> Debit Card Fee 3.00
> Processing Fees31
Let's not lose sight of the fact that these donations will be matched so
even though so small percentage of the donations will be eaten in fees, the
net contribution to Debian will be on the order of 197% of what one pays.
On Mar 31, 2013 12:01 PM, "Moray Allan" wrote:
> On 2013-03-30 07:09, Davi
On 2013-03-30 07:09, David Prévot wrote:
Could we know the amount of money (percentage) that will be “donated“
to
PayPal on behalf of the matching fund initiative.
I mean, on top of the conversion fee: is it something like 3 % ?
I try to avoid using Paypal myself for reasons unrelated to thei
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Hi,
Could we know the amount of money (percentage) that will be “donated“ to
PayPal on behalf of the matching fund initiative.
I mean, on top of the conversion fee: is it something like 3 % ?
Thanks in advance for your answer, I think it’s an impo
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