[tor] Alternative payment methods

[Noisebridge Treasurer]

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.

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. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Treasury

-K

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 13:48, mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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