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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