Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:29:41 -0500 From: Leo Papandreou <leo@talcom.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Fund Message-ID: <19980303182941.57473@homer.supersex.com> In-Reply-To: <19980303141924.07830@urh.uiuc.edu>; from dannyman on Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 02:19:24PM -0600 References: <19980303140740.47554@urh.uiuc.edu> <6307.888955995@verdi.nethelp.no> <19980303141924.07830@urh.uiuc.edu>
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On Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 02:19:24PM -0600, dannyman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 09:13:15PM +0100, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > I wish somebody would think seriously about that. It would be *far* easier > > for me to donate money using my VISA card than with a check. (Not to mention > > the fact that the fee for a $25 check in the bank here is not much smaller > > than the value of the check itself...) > > That's right .. International users ... > > Over break, if nobody's beat me to it, late in March, I'll talk to my former > employer about how one goes about getting a credit card thingus. > You mean merchant numbers? WC surely has them. It would be rather simple to handle credit card donations considering there is no imperative to process transactions in real time. If a transaction turns out to be bogus, who cares? Nothing was shipped, nothing gets charged back. > I could envision a private company doing its part by acting as a > fund-collecting proxy for FreeBSD ... CC registration can go to say, a loyal > ISP who cuts a check every month to FreeBSD. Ah. Well, if people take exception to giving the money directly to WC then, yeah, things arent quite so simple. FBSD will need its own merchant numbers and banks are likely to ask for a sizeable deposit if your transactions dont involve inked signatures. There's also the possibility that merchant numbers cant be "loaned." If that's the case, then FBSD will definitely need their own merchant numbers. Either that or one of several net "financing" companies like ibill.com. I think credit card donations are an excellent idea. There's probably a few politcal gotcha's since WC already donates time, money and connectivity to FBSD. A separate source of income for FBSD is probably not in their best interests under the current setup. > > And yes, it's a lot easier even for me in America to do credit card. Impulse > purchase where i write a few numbers down, as opposed to going to an ATM to > see if I have any money, digging up a security envelope and finding the > stamp/address, etc ... I'd even be willing to "subscribe" $50/year or > something. :) > > -- > //Dan -=- This message brought to you by djhoward@uiuc.edu -=- > \\/yori -=- Information - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ -=- > aiokomete -=- Our Honored Symbol deserves an Honorable Retirement > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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