[Wikimediaau-l] Minutes of the committee's 15 January meeting

2009-02-06 Thread Sarah Ewart
Hi all, Following are the minutes from the committee's meeting on 15 January. This was the first meeting for the newly elected committee. Cheers, Sarah (as Secretary) Minutes of Committee Meeting 2009-1-15. '''Opening''': Meeting opened at 9:15pm AEDST '''Attendance''': Brianna (Chair), Brian

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Andrew
Paypal is good. Anything bank-bank will be *intense* fees wise - and I'm talking more than the $20 donation! cheers Andrew 2009/2/6 Angela > 2009/2/6 Sarah Ewart : > > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > > before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the U

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Angela
2009/2/6 Sarah Ewart : > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went into > my bank and told them I wanted to transfer money to an American bank account > and they organised it for me but that was

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Brian Salter-Duke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:00:13PM +1100, private musings wrote: > g'day all, > > so I have this friend in the US who'd like to donate $20 to the AU > chapter is this possible? and if so, how? :-) I agree with Delphines's caution about fees. As Treasurer, I will try to help, but I am not yet

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Delphine Ménard
If I may, I would advise caution. Brianna and I experienced the highest fees ever for overseas bank transfer to Australia. I would advise your friend, Peter, to check with their bank to see what the fees are for such a transfer, as the donation might well dissolve into bank fees. Otherwise I would

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Nicholas Perkins
Generally, each bank around the world has a "SWIFT" code. The SWIFT code is a unique identifier for each bank for international money transfers. For example, the Commonwealth Bank is CTBAAU2S. Usually all that someone would need to provide to their bank to make an international transfer is the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Sarah Ewart
Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went into my bank and told them I wanted to transfer money to an American bank account and they organised it for me but that was a long time ago and I'm sure t

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Update on Powerhouse Museum 'Backstage Pass'

2009-02-06 Thread Liam Wyatt
Briefly, This is still on the boil but they're still having internal discussions at the powerhouse. The proposed date now is the first Friday of march- the 5th (from memory). So, keep adding people to the list on WM-au-officialwiki and once we have a firm date and an official "greenlight"

[Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread private musings
g'day all, so I have this friend in the US who'd like to donate $20 to the AU chapter is this possible? and if so, how? :-) cheers, Peter PM ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listin