[AISdiscuss] AIS PayPal Webpage

[John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

When we process a PayPal (PP) payment we are charged 2.9% of the 
transaction value plus $.30 per transaction. Foreign currency 
transactions cost an additional 2.5% A multiple subscription 
transaction gets only a single transaction fee. ($.30).

The question is how much do we remit to the other societies.

We need to establish a standard as to how we charge the Sections and 
Cooperating Societies.

I propose that we charge each non-AIS subscription the 2.9% and the 
$.30 transaction fee. That is the same amount that a Section and 
Cooperating Societie would be charged if they had their own PayPal 
service. This approach would allow Tom to use a simple lookup table to 
see how much to remit to the other group. It would mean that we would 
"earn" an additional $.30 for each subscription that came as part of a 
multiple subscription transaction.

The same rate would apply to any non-AIS subscription that came in as a 
single transaction.

The alternative would require Tom to calculate a separate charge for 
each subscription that came in as part of a multiple subscription 
transaction and distribute the Transaction Fee across all the 
subscriptions in a single transaction.

In a separate discussion Tom Gormley has pointed out:

> The existing arrangement we have with accepting credit card charges 
> for Offshore non-AIS Members and domestic AIS/Section members is that 
> we currently do not pass on the fees involved with these charges. This 
> is based on AIS Policy (see below) which is silent on the subject.
>
> It costs us $1.02 to process a $25.00 charge for AIS Members but since 
> most Section charges are about 30% of that I think we should continue 
> to provide this service gratis as a warm fuzzy to the Sections and 
> Co-ops. As Electronic payments (and membership) develop and grow we 
> can then revisit this issue. If we choose to charge them from the 
> get-go how do we handle our existing methodology on Section payments?
As far as I can tell through a search of the AIS minutes from 1988 thru 
2003 the only mention of the Membership Secretary accepting credit card 
transactions is in Oct '97 when M. Harlow reported that she had sent 
out new ITJs that indicated the AIS would accept credit card 
transactions. There is no mention (that I could find) of whether AIS 
should or should not absorb the fee for a credit card transaction. 
There may have been a policy decision, but I cannot find mention of it.

I propose (although I can't make this as a motion) that we no longer 
absorb the credit card charges for subscriptions to Sections and 
Cooperating Societies submitted to the membership office and that 
PayPal charges be deducted from the amounts remitted to the Sections 
and Cooperating Societies for subscriptions submitted thru the AIS 
PayPal page. If Sections and Cooperating Societies so choose they can 
specify an additional charge for credit card  or PayPal payments.

> THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY
> CURRENT AIS MEMBERSHIP OFFICE POLICY CONCERNING
> ACCEPTING DUES FOR SECTIONS AND COOPERATING SOCIETIES
>
> MARCH, 2002
>
> PLEASE FILE FOR REFERENCE AND PLEASE ENSURE THAT ONLY CORRECT 
> INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED TO YOUR MEMBERS
>
> The AlS Membership Office will accept dues for Sections and 
> Cooperating Societies when tendered by AIS members simultaneously with 
> their AIS dues and paid either by check, money order, or Visa or 
> MasterCard.
>
> All dues collected on behalf of Sections or Cooperating Societies are 
> forwarded by the AlS Membership Office to the appropriate recipients 
> during the first week of the month subsequent to the month in which 
> they were received by the Membership Office.
>
> As a special gesture of support to the Sections and Cooperating 
> Societies, the AlS Membership Office will accept dues from members of 
> these groups living outside the USA who are not also tendering AlS 
> dues simultaneously, including those who are not AlS members, when 
> those
> persons pay with either Visa or MasterCard.
>
> Members of Sections or Cooperating Societies who live within the USA 
> and who are not paying AIS dues simultaneously should always send 
> their check for renewal directly to the membership chairman of the 
> appropriate Section or Cooperating Society.
>
> The AIS Membership Office does not accept charge payments for special 
> contributions to the Sections or Cooperating Societies.
John                | "There be dragons here"
                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.

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