I agree. It will end up costing us a tiny bit more than a credit card transaction, but it's lots easier. I'll make the motion that we start PayPal, and further that I be the one to take care of the details. Seems to naturally fall upon my shoulders. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Address change and or renewal > I think it's a super idea if we can get it going. I hear from people all > the time who say they would have joined if they could have done it through > the web site, but they got off the computer, forgot to write the check... I > know, I do that sort of thing all the time too. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> > To: "Jack O'Leary" <JOLeary@merrillinc.com> > Cc: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>; <aga-contest@thekrib.com> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:51 AM > Subject: RE: Address change and or renewal > > > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jack O'Leary wrote (to some guy): > > > > > > We strongly discourage you from sending credit card information via > email, > > > as it is unsecure. We do not > > > yet have a secure way to process credit card information on-line. > > > > Question folks. I was thinking it might be time to set up a PayPal > > account for the AGA. They skim 30 cents per transaction, plus 2.2 percent > > of the cost (I think). We can set it up that the money gets transferred > > to a bank account, I beleive. But it's really nice because it's all done > > online, works with credit cards, and we can put links directly from AGA > > pages. It would CERTAINLY be nice for the contest, where the option for > > the entrants overseas is only to send us a check for $5. It costs more > > than that just to get it drawn up and sent! We could certainly have > > multiple accounts for multiple purposes, but the BEST (IMHO) is to have a > > single account for membership, back issues, and contest entries, where the > > e-mail goes to Diana, me, and Jack. Or maybe different e-mail aliases for > > different purposes. Anyway, if someone on these lists would like to > > investigate this, that'd be great. Otherwise, I have it on my list for > > "one of these days". :) > > > > - Erik > > > > -- > > Erik Olson > > erik at thekrib dot com > > > > ------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com > > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp". > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp". > > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp".