Re: GNOME 3.26 Release Parties

[Felipe Borges <felipeborges gnome org>]

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:06 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzi gnome org> wrote:
> As of now, we don't have any other accounts set up. We have thought about
> using TransferWise [1], but I doubt we'll have this set up in time for this
> upcoming release party cycle.
>
> It looks like TransferWise would work in Turkey, and in many of the
> countries where we have local groups. Does anyone have experience using the
> service?

Yes, I have used the service to send money abroad and it works just
fine with lower fees than the standard options. I also have a friend
(fellow GNOME user) that works there and I could reach to help us out
if necessary.

> Apparently, TransferWise has low fees. @Muhammet - have you used
> Payoneer or Skrill before and do you recommend those above others? We're
> happy to consider other tools and it'd be helpful to know people's
> experience using them.
>
> I'm including more information about the larger challenge around payments
> below. If anyone is interested in this topic, please email me or the Board
> as we're having a Foundation hackfest [2] in early October around budgets,
> financial policies, etc, and we'd love your thoughts on what's working well
> and what isn't so we can discuss and try to problem-solve.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
>
> [1] https://transferwise.com/
> [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017
>
> Some context on payments
>
> Here are the main problems we've had with sending small reimbursements so
> far:
>
> Bank transfer fees are heavy and paid by both the GNOME Foundation and
> usually also by recipients, depending on their bank's policies.
>
> PayPal is not available in all of the countries where we have active groups.
> It still has steep fees for some countries.
>
> We don't want to set up too many online payment accounts because of the
> overhead of managing them.
>
> Because of these issues, it's been hard to reimburse local organizers for
> small events. The PayPal solution has worked at least somewhat well for
> groups in the past year, but it excludes people in Turkey, where we have an
> active community.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Muhammet Kara <muhammetk gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Nuritzi,
> >
> > Is there any reimbursement option other than paypal? It doesn't work in
> > Turkey. Payoneer and maybe Skrill are working.
> >
> > Best,
> > Muhammet
> >
> > 2017-09-12 9:20 GMT+03:00 Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzi gnome org>:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > As the release of GNOME 3.26 approaches, the Engagement team would like
> > > to encourage you to join or host a release party in your area. As has been
> > > the case with recent releases, we have a budget of $50 per group for the
> > > first 10 groups that request a budget.
> > >
> > > You can find out whether there is a party near you, or add yours to the
> > > list here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/ReleaseParties/ThreePointTwentysix.
> > > There, you'll also find information on how to request a budget for your
> > > event.
> > >
> > > You can find tips on how to hold a release party here:
> > > https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2017/09/11/release-parties/
> > >
> > > If you have any questions, let me know, and thanks to everyone who has
> > > contributed to this upcoming release!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Nuritzi
> > >
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> > > GNOME Foundation
> > > President, Board of Directors
> > >
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>
>
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> Nuritzi Sanchez
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