Hey Srikanth: Timely reminder - but as always, bureaucracy is a stumbling block. 80G registration takes a long time - we can only apply around 6 months after registration and so this is going to take a while longer. =( Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 13 June 2011 21:28, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Timely reminder - but as always, bureaucracy is a stumbling block. 80G registration takes a long time - we can only apply around 6 months after registration and so this is going to take a while longer.

Iv had some fundraising experience with charities - both in India and the UK. The simplest method of accepting payment is tying up with an external party such as http://www.justgiving.com/ (from experience - this is one of many that specialise in online fundraising for charities in the UK). If the amount is relatively small this makes sense, however for higher amounts we may as well sign up with a merchant as that would be cheaper if we have volume. Rather than requesting funds through NEFT (which is a better mode for payments such as membership fee etc), for this you could opt for Net Banking or even cheques by post! As for 80G, the more you run after it the more the babu will want from you. If you put a bundle on the table, the certificate will be in your hand in days. However, from experience I can tell you, if you dont bother about it - just complete official formalities, the form will come by post to your office in due course. Kind Regards, ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:22:03 +0530 From: ravidreams(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Global Fund raising Support to Indian Currency I think 80G is nice to have, but shouldnt stop us. Also we are not probably looking at large scale(We would love if they come), but typically my equivalents to 5 10 20 dollors would 250 500 1000 INR for which most would not take trouble of getting receipts and eventually getting the benefit(Atleast the folks who do online donations) since the tax benefit would be negligible. +1 So my next question is without which are we eligible to collect donations online, would just like to know the bureaucracy around it? I now know the chapter can receive donations through NEFT[1].If we are good to go then the next thing to work out would be a payment gateway / payments partner helping us in giving options to various bank netbanking / credit/debit cards, ofcourse a decent API. The more the merrier. Also if we could get some sponsorship/deal from them in terms of the cut they take for transaction cost. People who have experience with online payment solutions can add their inputs. http://www.ccavenue.com/ works best for accepting payments online from various netbanking accounts in India. Thanks for the timely reminder and initiative on this, Srikanth. Ravi _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

http://www.ccavenue.com/ works best for accepting payments online from various netbanking accounts in India.