See that's the problem. We don't know what the new bookkeeping system is. The current one does *not* have an API, but I want the new one to have one.<div><br></div><div>This is why I was suggesting that now is not the best time to try to add a new payment option that's not very straightforward. I can't make any timeline guarantees about the new bookkeeping system. We're working on it. I'll just paste this link again. <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Treasury">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Treasury</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>-K<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 13:48, mark burdett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfburdett@gmail.com">mfburdett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
What's the new bookkeeping system? As long as it has an API, then you<br>
can get transaction metadata from Google Checkout API and submit to<br>
bookkeeping system.<br>
<br>
--mark<br>
<br>
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><<a href="mailto:treasurer@noisebridge.net">treasurer@noisebridge.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> No, but nearly all bookkeeping systems support paypal, so we get the<br>
> transaction line items that way.<br>
> -Kelly<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 14:27, mark burdett <<a href="mailto:mfburdett@gmail.com">mfburdett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> PayPal also doesn't automatically transfer every transaction to your<br>
>> bank account, right? (although you can manually transfer funds over<br>
>> whenever you want)<br>
>><br>
>> --mark<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:treasurer@noisebridge.net">treasurer@noisebridge.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > If google checkout can't make 1:1 transfers with metadata for every<br>
>> > transaction, we would need to take one of 2 approaches:<br>
>> > 1. Our bookkeeping system would have to support google checkout.<br>
>> > Determining<br>
>> > whether this is the case can be a bit complicated. Since we're about to<br>
>> > switch to a new bookkeeping system this is maybe not the best time to<br>
>> > invest<br>
>> > time and effort setting this up.<br>
>> > 2. Google checkout donations would have to be "anonymous" meaning that<br>
>> > you<br>
>> > cannot get a tax receipt for them and you cannot use the service to pay<br>
>> > dues. This would have to be made explicit on the donation page.<br>
>> > -Kelly<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 13:09, mark burdett <<a href="mailto:mfburdett@gmail.com">mfburdett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> From my experience (low volume small businesses and organizations),<br>
>> >> Google Checkout keeps your money for a while (longer than most people<br>
>> >> want) and then pays it out in periodic transfers to your bank account.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> ..that said don't count me as an expert around policies and terms of<br>
>> >> service, I'm just a developer ;)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --mark<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer<br>
>> >> <<a href="mailto:treasurer@noisebridge.net">treasurer@noisebridge.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > I wasn't able to figure out enough about google checkout to determine<br>
>> >> > whether our bookkeeping system can accommodate it. So I'm not sure<br>
>> >> > yet<br>
>> >> > if<br>
>> >> > there's any problem with setting up google checkout for us. Andy is<br>
>> >> > correct<br>
>> >> > that the main thrust of my message is that I am down with setting up<br>
>> >> > non-paypal options. I would add though that they should all be<br>
>> >> > mutually<br>
>> >> > exclusive, i.e. please don't set up google checkout to payout via<br>
>> >> > paypal<br>
>> >> > or<br>
>> >> > something, or set up flattr assuming that we will always have paypal.<br>
>> >> > Basically, please figure out how goo checkout gets money to us (bank<br>
>> >> > transfer? per transaction or batch?) and check with me before<br>
>> >> > implementing<br>
>> >> > it.<br>
>> >> > -K<br>
>> >> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:24, Andy Isaacson <<a href="mailto:adi@hexapodia.org">adi@hexapodia.org</a>><br>
>> >> > wrote:<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:23:25AM -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote:<br>
>> >> >> > So now that we agree with each other, let's just do it. Rubin,<br>
>> >> >> > can<br>
>> >> >> > you<br>
>> >> >> > figure out how to get a Google checkout button on a static HTML<br>
>> >> >> > page<br>
>> >> >> > that causes donations to go to <a href="mailto:treasurer@noisebridge.net">treasurer@noisebridge.net</a>? I can<br>
>> >> >> > add<br>
>> >> >> > you<br>
>> >> >> > to the treasury minions list if you'd like, or I'll just forward<br>
>> >> >> > you<br>
>> >> >> > any<br>
>> >> >> > mail that comes in regarding a google checkout thing, whichever<br>
>> >> >> > makes<br>
>> >> >> > you happier.<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> Oh, and Kelly if there's any problem with the above (if Rubin<br>
>> >> >> figuring<br>
>> >> >> this out will interfere with other wheels that are already in<br>
>> >> >> motion)<br>
>> >> >> let us know and we will avoid stepping on toes.<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> -andy<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>
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