Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-31 Thread Bryan Richter
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:08:54PM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote: > On August 31, 2016 6:38:46 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: > >On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:03:38AM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote: > >> On August 20, 2016 8:27:09 AM EDT, mray wrote: > >> >On 16.08.2016 00:03, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> >> On 08

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-31 Thread Stephen Michel
On August 31, 2016 6:38:46 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: >On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:03:38AM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >> On August 20, 2016 8:27:09 AM EDT, mray wrote: >> > >> >On 16.08.2016 00:03, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On 09.08.2016 22:

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-31 Thread Bryan Richter
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 10:03:38AM -0400, Stephen Michel wrote: > > On August 20, 2016 8:27:09 AM EDT, mray wrote: > > > >On 16.08.2016 00:03, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > >>> > >>> On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-20 Thread Stephen Michel
On August 20, 2016 8:27:09 AM EDT, mray wrote: > > >On 16.08.2016 00:03, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-20 Thread mray
On 16.08.2016 00:03, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >> >> >> On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> > Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only > charge > if the fee to processor is l

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-16 Thread Bryan Richter
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 03:03:15PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > > > > > > On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > >> > Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only > charge >

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-15 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > > > On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only charge if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total". >>> >>> I will admit

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-10 Thread mray
On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > >>> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only >>> charge >>> if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total". >> >> I will admit that the argument about sudden fee changes is a

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-10 Thread Bryan Richter
> > On August 9, 2016 4:55:17 PM EDT, Michael Siepmann > wrote: > >I'd add that whether we display a minimum charge or a maximum > >percentage, the fact is that we're using the percentage as our > >guide as to what's a reasonable threshold, so it's more informative > >to display a percentage, an

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Stephen Michel
On August 9, 2016 4:55:17 PM EDT, Michael Siepmann wrote: >On 08/09/2016 02:43 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only charge if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total".

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 08/09/2016 02:43 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > >>> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only >>> charge >>> if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total". >> I will admit that the argument about sudden fee changes is a bit

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only >> charge >> if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total". > > I will admit that the argument about sudden fee changes is a bit weak. But > I'm curious; what is the benefit

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Bryan Richter
On August 9, 2016 10:51:36 PM GMT+03:00, Aaron Wolf wrote: >On 08/09/2016 12:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: >> On 08/09/2016 11:20 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> >>> >>> There are three things being discussed here, so I want to provide >>> space to think about them separately. >>> >>> >>> >>>

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 12:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 08/09/2016 11:20 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > >> >> There are three things being discussed here, so I want to provide >> space to think about them separately. >> >> >> >> Finally, how is the minimum sensible pledge displayed: as a dollar >> amo

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 08/09/2016 11:20 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > > There are three things being discussed here, so I want to provide > space to think about them separately. > > > > Finally, how is the minimum sensible pledge displayed: as a dollar > amount, or as a ratio? I think it's clear that the amount shoul

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Bryan Richter
On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 09:56:30AM -0600, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 08/09/2016 08:09 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > > On 08/09/2016 06:31 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > >> On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: > >>> > >>> I suggest we specify it as a maximum fee percentage, however, t

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 08/09/2016 08:09 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/09/2016 06:31 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> >>> I suggest we specify it as a maximum fee percentage, however, to help >>> adapt to future fee differences. That being the case, I propose we

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 06:31 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > > On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/03/2016 0

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Stephen Michel
On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: >On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >>> What happens if

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Bryan Richter
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > >>> What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the > >>> minimum

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Bryan Richter
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > >>> Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important > >>> reg

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-08 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 08/03/2016 06:19 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > I want to propose my solution as the *final* one for MVP: The limit is > accepted as a hard limit for any charge in any given month, because it > makes things as easy and reliable as possible for the patrons. Whenever > there needs to be a carry-over,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 05:19 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > Whenever there needs to be a carry-over, we use the difference > between a month's charges and any outstanding carry-over from > previous to reach up to the max, and thus widdle-away the carry-over > over multiple months if need be. Error in my wording:

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Stephen Michel
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: -snip- Though I don't think it's the best, I'm satisfied with this plan for MVP. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 04:50 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Paraphrasing all my quotes because context is way too long already. > > mray said: >> Having a rollover cause unmatching is an extreme edge case > > If that's true, going over your limit from a rollover is an extreme edge > case, too. > > I think t

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Stephen Michel
Paraphrasing all my quotes because context is way too long already. mray said: Having a rollover cause unmatching is an extreme edge case If that's true, going over your limit from a rollover is an extreme edge case, too. I think this is an edge case, but not an extreme one. If my limit is

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >>> Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important >>> regardless of rollover mechanism. >>> >>> What happens if someone wants

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Stephen Michel
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important regardless of rollover mechanism. What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the minimum credit card charge

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important > regardless of rollover mechanism. > > What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the minimum > credit card charge? > We would not allow such a low limit. The ran

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Stephen Michel
Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important regardless of rollover mechanism. What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the minimum credit card charge? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop h

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread mray
On 03.08.2016 16:50, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/03/2016 04:56 AM, mray wrote: >> On 03.08.2016 12:48, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make sense - I expect this to be low. For this lo

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 04:56 AM, mray wrote: > On 03.08.2016 12:48, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >>> >>> >>> By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make >>> sense - I expect this to be low. >>> For this low amount of money to trigger an unfortunate un-mat

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread mray
On 03.08.2016 12:48, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >> >> >> By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make >> sense - I expect this to be low. >> For this low amount of money to trigger an unfortunate un-matching the >> total would have to be full to

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > > > By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make > sense - I expect this to be low. > For this low amount of money to trigger an unfortunate un-matching the > total would have to be full to the brim already. This will hardly > happen,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Bryan Richter
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:27:18AM +0200, Robert Martinez (mray) wrote: > > >> On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > >>> I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be > >>> added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried over > >>> matches shou

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread mray
On 03.08.2016 04:13, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:03 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >>> I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be >>> added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried ov

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 07:13 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:03 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >>> I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be >>> added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried o

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Stephen Michel
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:03 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried over matches should *not* be counted towards your monthly

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be > added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried over > matches should *not* be counted towards your monthly limit, but fees > should, in their entirety. > Well

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Stephen Michel
I have thoughts now! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 08/02/2016 05:05 PM, mray wrote: During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. I just want to voice my opinion on how the limit should work: I strongly believe we should make the limit sac

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread James Sheldon
I could go either way on that, then, as long as we disclose it. I mean, if I set a $20 maximum it could mean before fees or after fees, but we just need to let users know which one we choose. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Aaron Wolf wrot

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Stephen Michel
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: On 08/02/2016 05:58 PM, James Sheldon wrote: When are transaction fees charged? When you add money or when it is assigned to a project? This is assuming a charge-in-arrears approach where we avoid holding money which has all sorts of legal

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 05:58 PM, James Sheldon wrote: > When are transaction fees charged? When you add money or when it is > assigned to a project? > This is assuming a charge-in-arrears approach where we avoid holding money which has all sorts of legal challenges once we go beyond our one project. So,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread James Sheldon
When are transaction fees charged? When you add money or when it is assigned to a project? On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 08/02/2016 05:05 PM, mray wrote: >> During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. >> I just want to voice my opinion on how

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 05:05 PM, mray wrote: > During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. > I just want to voice my opinion on how the limit should work: > > I strongly believe we should make the limit sacrosanct and not touch it > *never ever*. A decision by the user to set a

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Stephen Michel
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 8:05 PM, mray wrote: During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. I just want to voice my opinion on how the limit should work: I strongly believe we should make the limit sacrosanct and not touch it *never ever*. A decision by the user to se

[Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread mray
During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. I just want to voice my opinion on how the limit should work: I strongly believe we should make the limit sacrosanct and not touch it *never ever*. A decision by the user to set a monthly limit trumps "hidden costs" always, no