Couldn't WMUK accept paypal/cheques/etc. through their standard donation mechanisms
(e.g. via a special page on donate.wikimedia.org.uk) and forward them on to the Wikimania
budget?
Thanks,
Mike
On 4 Jun 2014, at 20:54, Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> wrote:
Dear Stuart,
Stuart Prior schreef op 4-6-2014 16:33:
Yes, it is the only payment option. I appreciate
that there are effective and commonly used bank transfer systems in some European
countries, but our administrative capacity and the booking website meant we had
to settle on one method of payment.
This means it becomes very hard for a lot of
people to pay this. I could provide anecdotal evidence about how I never (maybe once?)
used a credit card in the Netherlands, but I found something much more fun:
http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/reports.do?node=1000004051
Not providing an alternative payment method severely hinders the accessibility of the
conference.
Maarten
Ps. Why don't we have a Wikipedia article about credit card usage per country? ;-)
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