[Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018

2017-09-18 Thread John Darrington
"Bids" are now being accepted for hosting GHM 2018. If you know of somewhere in your region where we could possibly hold the meeting, and you are willing to help organise it, please send a message to ghm-plann...@gnu.org J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-09-14 Thread John Sullivan
Hi Ricardo, Ricardo Wurmus writes: [...] > Thank you. How would payments be handled? On [1] I see that “wire > transfer” is supported; is this SWIFT/IBAN/BIC or is this a US-specific > wire transfer method? > We do have a couple of accounts that support SWIFT. Currently

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-08-29 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi John, > A few things to bear in mind: These are good points. Thank you. > 1. If we are in effect "sharing" a bank account with another organisation, > then > it does mean that payees must be very careful what they put in the comment > fields, > so that the account holder knows to whom

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-08-29 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi John, > FSF would be more than happy to do this, and would prefer to do since > this is an awesome GNU event. Thank you. How would payments be handled? On [1] I see that “wire transfer” is supported; is this SWIFT/IBAN/BIC or is this a US-specific wire transfer method? As jmd wrote: would

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-08-29 Thread John Darrington
A few things to bear in mind: 1. If we are in effect "sharing" a bank account with another organisation, then it does mean that payees must be very careful what they put in the comment fields, so that the account holder knows to whom the money belongs. Not everyone is careful about doing this -

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-08-29 Thread John Sullivan
Hi Ricardo, FSF would be more than happy to do this, and would prefer to do since this is an awesome GNU event. We could also provide our event registration system, if that would be useful. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7

Re: [Ghm-discuss] GHM 2018: processing payments

2017-08-29 Thread Christian Grothoff
I have personal direct experiences with the Renewable Freedom Foundation. They are *fantastic*, free software spirited, and easy to deal with. However, I do not know if they are setup to receive lots of small payments. But I can ask Moritz if you want to know. Also, I'm sorry I couldn't make it