2008/8/5 John Pinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, PayPal has been very reliable. I expected not to like it, but it > works _very_ well.
I was also very suspicious of PayPal (e.g. PayPal's software patent claims and when the British government looked into Paypal, it *coincidentally* moved its European operations from the UK to Luxembourg). However, it is very difficult to find a bank that is not evil/dodgy in some way or other. Due to its use (/anti-competitive bundling) with Ebay, most people recognise Paypal and have some level of trust towards it. PayPal has the merit of being practical (at least in terms of getting the money in) and they do not charge us all year round. The main problem is the Eastern European hiccups, but I doubt any other option will be any better. 2008/8/4 Paul Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does this (minus my opinions, of course) sum up the situation? The stuff about > a common provider arrangement is probably unfeasible, given the need to have > money going into different accounts, having different legal entities of > different kinds in different countries, but then again, perhaps the PSF > should be aspiring to lowering the barrier to entry for Python conference > organisers. Well moving the PSF to be at the centre of everything has advantages but also disadvantages. I started Python West Midlands because I wanted to meet other people who knew Python (so I could absorb their skills ;), the first person who came was John who then had an idea to make a UK conference, so we just did it. Making everything subject to the PSF committee might slow things like this down somewhat and remove the spontaneity. The logo issue was resolved in the end but "bikeshedding" by distant people on mailing lists can zap people's enthusiasm. _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
