Re: [Debconf-team] Checking people's feelings on Paypal (as an option) for Debian donations.
Hi Brian
Thanks for working on this. I'm fine with your proposed position
statement.
Gaudenz
Brian Gupta <brian.gupta@brandorr.com> writes:
> Being as we are the closest thing that Debian has to a fundraising
> team, I would like to find out what the team's opinion on Paypal is.
> (And if possible have it be our official stance.) IE: In a separate
> effort I am trying to get a paypal account/form prominently features
> directly on www.d.o/donations. It may require a discussion on -project
> and I would like to be able to share the opinion of our team. Current
> auditors team believes it's an improvement, as does DPL.
>
> I think the support of this team would be very helpful in making a
> the case that the people involved in debian fundraising are generally
> in support of adding Paypal as an option, if proper risk-mitigation
> strategies are used. (IE: Don't store large sums of money in Paypal.)
>
> I believe the opinion would be best characterized as:
>
> "The DebConf fundraising team understand that some people don't like
> Paypal. Some of the team members also don't like Paypal, but recognize
> it's value as a widely used payments platform that can aid Debian's
> fundraising efforts. For a non-trivial percentage of people who
> already have Paypal accounts, providing them a Paypal option will make
> it much easier for them to donate money to Debian and would likely
> increase donations. This option would not replace all the other
> options on Debian's donations page.
>
> In addition, Paypal's current fees of 2.9% + $0.30 are competitive to
> other online donation options we have available. These go even lower
> once we have access to an SPI Paypal account (2.2% + $0.30).
> (Non-profit discount).
>
> Paypal, like all the payment services we use, does not require us to
> use proprietary libraries or protocols to interface with them."
>
> Does anyone have any objections or tweaks that you feel would make
> this more accurate?
>
> Feel free to email me directly or ping me in IRC if you have private feedback.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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