[H-GEN] Text of motions for constitutional changes I will be putting at the AGM

matt matheist76 at westnet.com.au
Mon Aug 17 03:17:13 EDT 2015


What would the issue be with just making PayPal cheaper? Does the club 
really need more money than what we already have given the membership 
and turn out numbers?

Matt

On 17/08/15 12:41, Russell Stuart wrote:
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> I will be moving a motion at change Humbug's membership payment fees.
> These are written into the constitution.  In accordance with clause 10.d
> of our constitution, I must provide text of the proposed change at least
> prior to the meeting.  The text appears below.
>
> The reason for the change is we now have a payment gateway.  Although
> the gateway nominally accepts PayPal, Bank Transfers and Cash, in
> reality PayPal is easiest to handle administratively, and we simply
> aren't set up to handle cash.  (Paypal no longer insists have an account
> with them to make a payment - or to put it another way they can now
> function as a standard payment gateway.)
>
> Currently I'm handling cash payments by putting the money into my wallet
> and doing a bank transfer from my account.  This is cumbersome and error
> prone, and accordingly I have asked people not to pay cash.  Nonetheless
> they continue to do so.  Perhaps that's because it cheaper.
>
> The change is as follows:
>
> - 6.a The membership fee is $25.00 for one year or part thereof, and
> falls due the 31st day of August or the next AGM whichever is the
> latest. The fee is discounted to $20 if payment is made with cash. The
> Executive may publish a schedule of additional payment types that
> attract the same discount.
>
> + 6.a The membership fee is $30.00 for one year or part thereof, and
> falls due the 31st day of August or the next AGM whichever is the
> latest. The fee is discounted to $25 if payment is made with PayPal. The
> Executive may publish a schedule of additional payment types that
> attract the same discount.
>
> Interestingly, despite the payments page having only been up for a few
> weeks and its URL making its first appearance on a public web site this
> Saturday, it is the first hit returned by googling "Humbug Payments".
>
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