Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-08 Thread John Vandenberg
2009/2/6 private musings : > g'day all, > > so I have this friend in the US who'd like to donate $20 to the AU > chapter is this possible? and if so, how? :-) One benefit of local chapters is to avoid international transfers. Why not ask him to donate it to the WM-NYC chapter instead? Perhap

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Andrew
Paypal is good. Anything bank-bank will be *intense* fees wise - and I'm talking more than the $20 donation! cheers Andrew 2009/2/6 Angela > 2009/2/6 Sarah Ewart : > > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > > before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the U

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Angela
2009/2/6 Sarah Ewart : > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went into > my bank and told them I wanted to transfer money to an American bank account > and they organised it for me but that was

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Brian Salter-Duke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:00:13PM +1100, private musings wrote: > g'day all, > > so I have this friend in the US who'd like to donate $20 to the AU > chapter is this possible? and if so, how? :-) I agree with Delphines's caution about fees. As Treasurer, I will try to help, but I am not yet

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Delphine Ménard
o:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Ewart > Sent: Friday, 6 February 2009 8:09 PM > To: Wikimedia-au > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation > > > > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > before

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Nicholas Perkins
aau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Ewart Sent: Friday, 6 February 2009 8:09 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went i

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Sarah Ewart
Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went into my bank and told them I wanted to transfer money to an American bank account and they organised it for me but that was a long time ago and I'm sure t