I think it'd be a good idea to have something like that setup. It'll make it easier for folks. What worries me most right now is the Baltimore Aquarium entrance fee. I've made a reservation there for the approx # of people that are attending the FT, put down a modest deposit. When we get there as a group, if we do not want to stand in line (and we do not - its crazy and negates the purpose of the reservation) - we need to have all the tickets for all the people entering the BA bought by the group leader. That means collecting $16 from each FT attendee. Options I've considered: Email all the FT folks and ask for prepayment via paypal (we'll incurr paypal fees) OR Email all of them and tell them to bring cash. They can pay up Thursday night when they pick up their registration package. Either cash, or paypal (again, the fees) Since this is a straight pass through, either we take a hit on the paypal fees, or charge them for it. Paypal charges 3% right? If so, it'd come out to a total of $45 in paypal fees for the max 94 people in the FT. A little less since we're comping some of them. Thoughts? On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:59:39 -0700 (PDT), S. Hieber <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote: > Great. It's nice to have alternatives. > > sh > > > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, S. Hieber wrote: > > > > > What I had in mind, and I hadn't thought it through > > very > > > far, would mean having a pc or laptop set up that > > folks > > > coul use to make a purchase -- assume there is wireless > > > interenet in the hotel. Then they would just be buying > > like > > > any other time at any other place. > > > > If the hotel doesn't have it, I may be able to help with > > a WAN card that > > runs over Sprint's data network. Our company has a lot > > of these for > > testing. > > > > - Erik > > > > -- > > Erik Olson > > erik at thekrib dot com > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-mcm mailing list > > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > > > > ===== > Still some time to get the $59 registration rate -- it must increase as of > October 28th to $79. > > Still some nights available at the 65% discount hotel rate. > > The Annual AGA Convention, 2004, November 12-14. > aquatic-gardeners.org & gwapa.org > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm