2009/9/9 Stefan Wollny <ste...@wollny.de>: > > At least for German donors it is quite easy via a direct bank transfer as Theo > has a German bank account. > http://www.openbsd.org/bank-donation.html > > Just set up a monthly subscription of 10.
That isn't just useful for Germans. If you're *pretty much anywhere in Europe*, talk to your bank about SEPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area Most Europeans already can make a BIC/IBAN transaction to Theo's account for no extra fee (beyond what you ordinarily pay for a local/national transaction, which may be 0). At least by 2011 at the latest, you will be able to set up EU-wide direct debits, and by then you *should* also be able to set up EU-wide standing orders. Maybe you already can. Ask your bank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_order_(banking) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_debit Direct debits may not work in this case, since --AFAIK-- Theo is not an organization that's been vetted by his bank. EU-wide standing orders will work, again for no extra fee, as soon as they become available. If your bank *doesn't* offer standing orders, push and prod them a bit and tell them they really, really should offer standing orders as well as direct debits. [1] It's what Eurosystem [2] expects [3], and all the cool kids are doing it. [4] [1] For this to work, it helps if you actually have money (unlike *cough* some of us). [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurosystem [3] http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/other/eurosystemsepaexpectationsform200903en.pdf [4] http://tinyurl.com/lpm53r (4.5MB PDF)
