[Buffalo-pm] MJD presenting at a Very Special Toronto Perl Mongers meeting, Sat 13 May 2006

[Kevin Eye]

Is there a recommended donation, perhaps based on the total expense and the
ballpark number of people expected? I think a number that people could think
of as a ticket price would really encourage donations. I know I'm always a
sucker for that.

 - Kevin


On 4/1/06 10:57 AM, "Richard Dice" <rdice at pobox.com> wrote:

> 
>> Richard, is there a (TPM or MJD) PayPal account or some other online
>> pledge system? If not, how would you like to receive donations from the
>> us? Do you accept C.O.D  ;-)
>> 
>>   
> Sorry, no.  COD can be done -- I'm sure people will be handing me
> fistfulls of cash at the event so I will be bringing my receipt book.
> Though, it decreases my anxiety level if I receive the money
> before-hand, of course. :-)  One option would be to get a Canadian
> dollar money order drawn up at your bank to snail-mail me. (I will
> provide my residence address to anyone who is interested in doing
> that.)  If you choose to do this then it could be best to pool donations
> on your end so that you can split the fee for creating such a device
> across several donations.  (If the prices are anything like what they
> are here to do the reverse, I'd guess it would be about a U$4 charge.)
> 
> Regardless, I would appreciate it if people could at least pledge the
> money first by emailing me to let me know what they are going to give.
> I need to keep tabs on the health of the fundraising effort.  Right now
> I still need about $700, so there is plenty of room for donations.
> Every bit counts.
> 
>> I'd like to get a count of people who are probable or definite for
>> attending this. This way we can start to put car pools and plans
>> together. Please send me an email (either on or off the list) stating
>> whether you are probable or definite.
>> 
>>   
> Thanks for the organizing.
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard
> 
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