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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