[tor] Alternative payment methods

[mark burdett]

What's the new bookkeeping system? As long as it has an API, then you
can get transaction metadata from Google Checkout API and submit to
bookkeeping system.

--mark

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