[AISdiscuss] PayPal

[Harold Stahly <hlstahly@umich.edu>]

Hello to all,

I have a couple of reactions to the back-and-forth about charging  
sections for the PayPal traffic expenses that AIS might incur for them.

I think this might be a molehill/mountain situation.  I suspect that  
if AIS were to pay all expenses for PayPal traffic going through the  
AIS web page, we would find in a fairly short time that actual cost  
to AIS would be minimal.

My second reaction deals with behaviors that I have wondered about  
for years.  It seems to me that historically and right up to today  
AIS Board members have often taken an implicitly confrontational  
stance toward sections, especially as regards finances. I don't  
believe that AIS should supply the money for all section activities,  
not at all.  But I do believe  AIS should support the sections, even  
to the extent of covering some minor costs; and I think the present  
case in question involves pretty minor cost.  (I do realize that AIS  
of course now provides some services to the sections, but these are  
minimal.)  We need the sections and should do everything within  
reason to support them.  They DO contribute to total AIS membership.

Hal

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