Paypal should be fine, but there seems to be an issue of using a tax ID
for a company with no credit. Laura and my finance guy are working on
it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell (External)
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:50 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Cc: fundraising@fundraising.osgeo.org
Subject: [Fundraising] Re: [VisCom] Shirts and CafePress
On 21-Aug-06, at 6:20 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
2. How about a $5 OSGeo surcharge on all items? It's not a lot, but
let's us tell people that purchasing includes a contribution to
OSGeo which is a feel good thing for people. If anything, I think
it might encourage more purchases rather than discouraging them.
I never thought of it that way - I like that idea. People have been
waiting for a way to donate. Which brings up the 'donate now' idea.
We have the treasurer@osgeo.org address set up with PayPal. Is
PayPal a good way to collect donations or, does anybody know, if
there is something more designed for non-profits available?
Tyler
Gary:
I'm looking at the PayPal site, and it seems pretty straight-forward to
set up an OSGeo account and put a link on our homepage. What have you
done so far -- have you already created an account with them, or..?
-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Lang [mailto:gary.lang@autodesk.com]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:24 PM
To: fundraising@fundraising.osgeo.org;
dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [Fundraising] Re: [VisCom] Shirts and CafePress
Paypal should be fine, but there seems to be an issue of
using a tax ID
for a company with no credit. Laura and my finance guy are working on
it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell (External)
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:50 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Cc: fundraising@fundraising.osgeo.org
Subject: [Fundraising] Re: [VisCom] Shirts and CafePress
On 21-Aug-06, at 6:20 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> 2. How about a $5 OSGeo surcharge on all items? It's not a
lot, but
> let's us tell people that purchasing includes a contribution to
> OSGeo which is a feel good thing for people. If anything, I think
> it might encourage more purchases rather than discouraging them.
I never thought of it that way - I like that idea. People have been
waiting for a way to donate. Which brings up the 'donate
now' idea.
We have the treasurer@osgeo.org address set up with PayPal. Is
PayPal a good way to collect donations or, does anybody know, if
there is something more designed for non-profits available?
Tyler