Re: [Debconf-team] Payments: USD conversion, and DIVA taking attendee payments
I was thinking of DIVA taking care of sponsors on local/regional level.
Adnan
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Velimir Iveljic
<velimir.lists@foolcontrol.org> wrote:
> Just to add here, i've checked with a few Banks (Raiffeisen,
> UniCredit, Hypo-Alpe-Adria and a few more that are the "biggest") and
> they all have similar provision they charge when transferring money
> from Bosnia to EU, which is around €20 for the ones "sending" the
> money, and also the Bank receiving the money would charge it's client
> around €15.
>
> I don't know if this is too much, or maybe even not important, i just
> thought it is interesting information.
>
>
> Velimir
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Velimir Iveljic
> <velimir.lists@foolcontrol.org> wrote:
>> I think the numbers you gave are ok.
>>
>> Regarding local prof/corp. attendees, we should only check if the
>> provision the bank charges when transferring the money to SPI/FFIS
>> will be too high (i will do this while i'm still here in Bosnia). If
>> not i think it's a good idea to do it that way, since we will have to
>> transfer the money left after DC11 to SPI/FFIS anyway.
>>
>>
>> Velimir
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Like last year, I will update the website providing guidance for
>>> currency conversions when paying via SPI.
>>>
>>> Right now, costs are €450 and €1000 for prof/corp. I will say
>>> something like "If paying via SPI, please pay 650 USD for professional
>>> and 1400 USD for corporate registration". Are these numbers
>>> acceptable?
>>>
>>> Next, is it worth letting DIVA accept payments from attendees
>>> (primarily useful for local attendees)? This would only really be
>>> necessary if people wanted to pay a professional fee for accom
>>> (otherwise they could pay on site), and if they couldn't wire money to
>>> FFIS or pay to SPI. Overall, keeping more money at FFIS/SPI is
>>> preferred, so if we can skip having DIVA take money, that's not bad.
>>>
>>> - Richard
>>>
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