[FreeGeek] Meeting Minutes, Feb 3, 2007

[shawn]

On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 14:11 -0800, Terry Lowe wrote:
> (Hope I got everyone's name right...)
> 
> Free Geek General Meeting 4.0
> Feb 3, 2007, 1 - 3 PM
> Spartacus Books

> 
> 2) Online payment and donation options. David has investigated this and 
> reports that: HyperWallet (in Vancouver) is non-responsive and unhelpful. 
> Vancity and Desjardin (sp?) POS systems can set up an account for the 
> Thrift Store. PayPal (used by FG Portland) is generally seen as the one to 
> use, since it has worldwide appeal and people trust it. PayPal requires a 
> bank account number to work with, so FG should set up a separate bank 
> account for this, and ensure that funds therein are transferred nightly to 
> a different account.
> 

We in Portland are actually looking for another option for online
donations as well.  We'll keep Paypal for those who're comfortable with
it, but we also want an option for those who don't want to use Paypal.
We used to use contribute.com, but their commission was too high (about
twice that of Paypal (?)) and we found that the webhit-to-contribution
ratio was too low -- there might have been something confusing about
their web interface that turned potential donors off.

So, I'll be watching you to see if you go with anyone besides Paypal,
and check out the wiki page that was just emailed out, too.


shawn

p.s. I was up in your town last night, and saw Ifny and some of the bike
crew.  You Vancouverites know how to party!  Woo!