Hi all, Ours is very similar to Seth's. The local First Saturday Contra in Carrboro that I run takes:
- Payments through the website (WooCommerce) - Venmo - PayPal - CashApp - Checks (to me) - Cash I post a QR code for the website at the door, and am stealing the idea to have codes for Venmo and PayPal and CashApp. We also do the sliding scale, $10-20, and have a "pay it forward" option where people can buy a ticket for someone in the community, so anyone can accept one of those tickets and dance free. I ask the talent how they want to be paid, it's about half and half for cash vs. digital payments. Emily On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:23 AM Seth Seeger via Organizers < organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > This is a fine topic for this list. Please use reply-all as we usually > do. (For anyone not interested, please just delete the emails, or use your > mail client to mute the topic or filter the messages directly to trash.) > > Seth (moderator) > > > On Aug 29, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Patrick McDonnell via Organizers < > organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > > > PLEASE DO NOT 'RESPOND ALL' TO THIS. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jim saxe via Organizers > > <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 10:54 PM > > To: organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > > Subject: [Organizers] Electronic admission > > payments > > > > As local dances begin starting up again in the > > "post-pandemic" (?) era--or at least in an era > > when vaccines, tests, and good masks are readily > > available--a topic has come up that had already > > been mentioned occasionally in the late 2010s but > > that my local dance organization (BACDS, but I'm > > not writing officially on their behalf) had not > > yet addressed, namely people showing up at dances > > and wanting to pay admission electronically. > > > > I'd like to hear about experiences of any other > > dance organizations that have made the transition > > to accepting electronic admissions payments. For > > example, you might address any of the following > > topics: > > > > * What forms of payments have you started > > accepting? (Venmo? PayPal? Apple Pay? Google Pay? > > Square? credit cards? ...) > > > > * What other forms, if any, have local dancers--or > > prospective dancers--been asking you to accept? > > Are there specific reasons why you've started > > accepting particular forms but not others? > > > > * What general tips can you offer? > > > > * What pitfalls would you warn other organizers to > > avoid? > > > > * Did the transition to accepting electronic > > payments cause your organization to change > > anything about your admission price structures, or > > about the way you calculate and deliver performer > > pay, or about your organization's internal > > bookkeeping practices? (For example, if a dance > > series goes from getting almost all admission > > payments in cash, with only an occasional check > > now and then, to having a very high percentage of > > dancers paying electronically, then paying > > performers in cash at the end of the evening may > > become problematic.) > > > > * Do you know of cases where dance organizations > > did things regarding electronic payments that > > created unpleasant surprises for performers or for > > series programmers or for dance managers or for > > the treasurer or ...? It is apparently starting to > > be an unpleasant surprise for some prospective > > dancers to show up at a dance and learn that they > > can't pay with their phone, but it would be good > > if fixing that didn't create unpleasant surprises > > for anyone else. > > > > * What other important question(s) should I be > > asking that I've neglected? > > > > Note that my inquiry here is about regular dance > > series, not about special events such as dance > > camps and weekends, where attendees typically > > preregister and pay in advance. > > > > Note also that even without electronic payments > > different organizations have had different ways of > > doing things. So please consider whether there's > > anything people ought to know about how things > > work in your village in order to make sense of > > your reply. For example: A dance series might or > > might not have performer pay vary depending on > > total admission receipts or headcount. Performers > > might be paid in cash or by check, and if paid in > > cash they may or may not be asked to sign or > > initial a form acknowledging payment. One > > organization might run a single dance series and > > have a single person (say, the treasurer) always > > present to handle the money. Another might run > > multiple dance series in different cities; any > > series might have multiple dance managers so that > > no one person has to be manager too often; and > > there might not usually be a person present who > > has check-writing authority. Dance managers might > > have different degrees of facility with math > > and/or with technology. And so on. > > > > Thanks for any advice you can offer. > > > > Regards, > > --Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Organizers mailing list -- > > organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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