[Foundation-l] Alternative to paypal

Thu Aug 16 11:30:10 UTC 2007

Hi Gerard

Yes, there are many options and I think it would be good for WMF to provide
a variety of options for donors with explanatory information as to the costs
of those options.  We agree.

Best

Debbie  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org 
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of GerardM
> Sent: 16 August 2007 12:23
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Alternative to paypal
> 
> Hoi,
> May I quote what I wrote earlier: "By expressing our 
> preference for people to use Google Checkout, we do not have 
> to stop providing Paypal as a payment option or allow for 
> transfers to a European bank account for Europeans.
> Their are many options; it is not a black and white affair." 
> Please do not misunderstand my position.
> 
> I am in favour of paying as little as possible to any middle 
> man, and I like to see the next fund-raiser succeed. I am 
> sure we can agree on that.
> 
> Thanks,
>    GerardM
> 
> 
> On 8/16/07, Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/16/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I see nowhere in your arguments a strategy that will 
> bring the cost 
> > > of
> > the
> > > money transfers down. Consequently, I agree that Google does not 
> > > provide
> > a
> > > global service but equally you have to admit that you do 
> not cover 
> > > the
> > whole
> > > of the argument either.
> >
> > And it is your interpretation to think that I was trying to 
> propose a 
> > financial strategy of any kind for the Wikimedia Foundation. On the 
> > contrary to you, I do not try to impose my one and only solution as 
> > "the best", i try to lay out the traps of adopting one solution too 
> > rashly, without wieghing the pros and the cons.
> >
> > And in case you have the feeling that I am against Google, 
> please rest 
> > assured that I am a believer in Google is Good and not Evil 
>  (tm), and 
> > it just happens to fall on them, but my arguments would have been 
> > exactly the same if your proposed solution had been offered 
> by the UN, 
> > the Red Cross or the Deutsche Bank.
> >
> >
> > Delphine
> > --
> > ~notafish
> >
> > La critique, art aisé, se doit d'être constructive. -- 
> Boris Vian in 
> > *Chroniques du menteur*
> >
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