Reading the rest of the thread, adding a donate button on our web site (for
which we SHOULD have a PayPal club account) makes perfect sense. I say do
it with a $3 fee per membership transaction.
John
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 5:33 PM, John Riegel <riegel.john@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I could take a payment now at https://paypal.me/johnriegel with no ;(zero)
fee and make the transfer into the club. Just saying in consideration that
I've had 1 person ask about this in like 4 years.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Michael Finch <michael.finch96@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The membership fee for SDAA is higher so the fee is higher. Great that
ours would only be $.85.
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Michael L. Finch
Spokane, WA 99208
E-mail: michael.finch96@xxxxxxxxx
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think for non-profits it's less than $3. The page I read is 2.2% + 30
cents which, for a $25 membership is 85 cents.
I agree that the main purpose / benefit would be for membership dues.
Less hassle with checks/cash, trips to the bank etc. Of course, someone
does have to deal with the paypal stuff, tracking things online, etc.
I agree that's also totally reasonable to pass the cost on to the member.
Nick
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 7:01 PM, <cave8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh the cost is $3 per transaction I must have read the cost wrong. But
yes I agree with Michael
if they want to use this service just pass it on to the member because
as I said we have had the member dues the
same for 21 years.
We increased the dues for people that wanted snail mail.
It makes sense
Debbie Cotten
Outreach, Event Coordinator of
The Spokane Astronomical Society
cave8@xxxxxxxxxxx
509-991-2518 <(509)%20991-2518>
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*From: *"Michael Finch" <michael.finch96@xxxxxxxxx>
*To: *"sasbod" <sasbod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent: *Tuesday, March 7, 2017 6:54:42 PM
*Subject: *[SAS-BOD] Re: Online donations via PayPal
Not that I can think of. Could we also use this for dues payments?
San Diego Astronomy Association does this and passes the charge to the
member. The members and new members are happy to pay the $3 so they can
use a credit card.
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Message from:
Michael L. Finch
Spokane, WA 99208
E-mail: michael.finch96@xxxxxxxxx
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Any reason to *not* do this?
