[OSM-talk] Donations and bank accounts

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Gary68
We fully understand your problem and continually review the possibilities.

We have to be sure that there are sufficient transactions / additional
donations to cover the costs of operating a bank account in other
countries.

We are currently developing a federated membership structure to support
local chapters.  They will be able to accept funds locally and either use
them locally or channel them to the centre for this kind of funding.  I
expect this would be the best solution, but it is not completely in place
yet.

Etienne

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Gary68 <gary at gary68.de> wrote:

> Dear foundation,
>
> you should have a bank account in major countries. I'm sure it wouldn't
> hurt to have one in Germany. The Paypal barrier and the high charges of
> the banks for foreign transfers keep people from donating here. It is
> just being discussed in the German list.
>
> I for sure would donate then (and regularlier) ;-)
>
> I for sure won't sign on to PayPal. And I won't give my bank xxEUR for
> shipping a few bucks across the channel.
>
> Think about it!
>
> Gary68
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