Couldn't WMUK accept paypal/cheques/etc. through their standard donation mechanisms (e.g. via a special page on donate.wikimedia.org.uk) and forward them on to the Wikimania budget?
Thanks, Mike On 4 Jun 2014, at 20:54, Maarten Dammers <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stuart, > > Stuart Prior schreef op 4-6-2014 16:33: >> Yes, it is the only payment option. I appreciate that there are effective >> and commonly used bank transfer systems in some European countries, but our >> administrative capacity and the booking website meant we had to >> settle on one method of payment. > This means it becomes very hard for a lot of people to pay this. I could > provide anecdotal evidence about how I never (maybe once?) used a credit card > in the Netherlands, but I found something much more fun: > http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/reports.do?node=1000004051 > > Not providing an alternative payment method severely hinders the > accessibility of the conference. > > Maarten > > Ps. Why don't we have a Wikipedia article about credit card usage per > country? ;-) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
