On 1 Oct 2004, at 16:39, Timwi wrote:
Anthere wrote:
> Roughly, the goal is
> * to add to preferences a mention of default joining the foundation
> when creating an account, and adding a link to an opt-out option
He wants to
add and option (possibly a tickbox) to the account creation
page, allowing the person creating an account to automatically join the
Wikimedia Foundation as well.
> * set a form to join as a contributing member.
He wants that there be an optionally accessible form allowing people to
sign up as a contributing member of the Wikimedia Foundation right at
account signup.
> The paiement itself should be multilingual,
include several different
> amounts, and allow the person to enter a preference for use of part
> of the fee.
Not sure if I understand him correctly on this one, but he probably
wants to offer people who sign up as contributing members different
amounts of recurring contribution/member fees.
> Generate a tax receipt for us contributors
(desactivated for now).
He wants an option to get tax receipts for the contributions
(which
would remain deactivated until the Wikimedia Foundation is fully
accredited as tax exempt in all of the U.S. (and thus, by merit of
international treaties, abroad as well).
> * Find a solution to add as contributing members,
editors who paid
> fees in a local chapter.
He wants to allow people who already pay membership
fees/recurring
contributions to local chapters of the Wikimedia Foundation to get
registered with the Wikimedia Foundation proper as contributing members
without paying twice -- they'd continue to pay the local chapter but
would hold equal standing as people who hold their membership directly
with the Wikimedia Foundation.
> * store all data about the member as
"confidential" data (another db
> or encryption).
He wants to have all pertaining personal data securely stored
in
another database or encrypted in the same database.
> Make it available automatically for voting.
He wants mechanisms that would allow Wikimedia Foundation members to
seamlessly participate in Foundation elections, possibly w/o having to
log in separately.
> * Generate an access and interface of some sort,
so that someone can
> consult/manage the list of members.
He wants to allow for the list of Wikimedia
Foundation members to be
retrievable and manageable via an appropriate interface to the database
holding that list.
No offense to you, Anthere, but I don't understand any of this. Quite
frankly, this is quite poor English, which for me (as a non-native
speaker) is impossible to parse. I understand the task is to add an
option in the preferences. That's all I can figure out. What is the
option supposed to do?
Sorry :/
Timwi
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