Re: [SL] Setting up a non-profit

[Wallace R. C. <wrc...@gm...>]

On 11/28/07, Paul Tammes <pt...@wa...> wrote:
> In that case by all means, use customers and the sales function to "sell"
> them donations. Just remember you are not actually selling anything.

Well, yes -- not anything tangible... ;-)

> Although people tend te get hope and relief at churches, there are no
> physical goods.
> So using a service may be correct at that.
> Tip: Pricing it at 1$ will make the year end statement processing easier

I see.  So, if somebody donates $100, they get a quantity of 100 of
these $1 "donation" services?

> And like I said, we are overprotective on privacy in Europe.
> I mean, who would be ashamed if it became public that they give money to
> church or charity?

I think the concern is more of what happens if a thief breaks in &
steals the computer on which all this personal information is stored.
"Aye, there's the rub."  The thief could use that information to
commit identity fraud.  This has happened numerous times in the USA on
a very large scale; for example, last year thieves stole the personal
information of over 40,000 people from a credit card processing site.

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Best Regards,
Wallace