<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
On 17/05/2011 9:07 AM, Leon Wright wrote:<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:BANLkTi=WEbTbUDHzPdjGeXvmXCh6D_Xr-g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">$20 is a pretty small fee over 12 months and depending
on your line of work, it may actually be tax deductible (check
with an accountant).</blockquote>
If your account says its <i>not </i>tax deductible, and if there
is work that PLUG needs to do to make it so, <b>then let us know</b>
and we'll try to do it!<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:BANLkTi=WEbTbUDHzPdjGeXvmXCh6D_Xr-g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>
Just out of curiosity, how is membership tracked now?</div>
</blockquote>
A database, and a bunch of scripts. Some of which should
automatically email you receipts, and expiry notifications when they
run.<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:BANLkTi=WEbTbUDHzPdjGeXvmXCh6D_Xr-g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>Is the annual fee due at the same time for everyone?</div>
</blockquote>
No, it's done on your individual anniversary of joining (to the
millisecond, using Postgres's accuracy on datetime/timestamp fields
;) ).<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:BANLkTi=WEbTbUDHzPdjGeXvmXCh6D_Xr-g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>Is there a portal to check our membership status, date due
etc?</div>
</blockquote>
I wrote one last night, and we're just playing with the concept.
Since we're required (<b>by law</b>) to hold your postal address,
we're thinking of having a web form that emails you the details we
hold (so you can confirm, and contact us to update them if needed).
The current implementation I knocked up last night just shows on
screen the expiry date.<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:BANLkTi=WEbTbUDHzPdjGeXvmXCh6D_Xr-g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>Paypal is convenient, but it also charges the account getting
"Paid" a fee. It's not much, but will add up.</div>
</blockquote>
It's a combination of a per-transaction fee, and a percentage
(thanks Jason N for the info). And that's probably going to increase
as time marches on.<br>
<br>
James<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<em>Mobile:</em> +61 422 166 708, <em>Email:</em>
james_AT_rcpt.to<br>
PLUG President 2011: <a href="http//www.plug.org.au">http//www.plug.org.au</a><br>
Perth.pm Organiser 2011: <a href="http://perth.pm.org">http://perth.pm.org</a></div>
</body>
</html>