[Businessmtg] Treasurer

[Louise Evans_Salt]

Thx for this Steve so I think for now I will wait for a different opportunity to serve rather than deal with international banking issues LOL just coming to the business mtg is growth for me
Louise


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> On Feb 9, 2014, at 6:17 PM, "Steve Rankin" <steve at serenitysys.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I rather liked the 'elated' version!  :-)
> 
> 
> About the questions Louise asked.
> 
> 1. Bank:  Yes, the new Treasurer will select a bank that is local to them,
> open a new account, add two other officers (List Administrator and
> Secretary) to the account.  
> 
> 2. Post Office Box: Yes, the same with the PO box.  The new Treasurer will
> get a local PO box so that it is convenient for them to visit the PO box,
> get the mail and donations that are snail mailed.
> 
> 3. Techie Stuff: It's not difficult to learn how to use PayPal. My wife is
> definitely non-techie and she uses it regularly. Ditto for using a
> spreadsheet to log the income and expenses so that info can be posted on the
> web site. The actual posting on the web site is done by the List
> Administrator, however, so the Treasurer doesn't need to understand how to
> work with the server.
> 
> 4. Country: IMHO, it should not matter. Unfortunately, the realities
> International banking and snail mail make that very difficult and
> inordinately expensive. The fees involved with moving money across
> International borders are often over $US100. In other words, I don't have
> any personal objections to the idea of our having an International member
> serving as Treasurer, I think the problems are too great for our small
> organization to resolve.  
> 
> OTOH, we don't have any issues with having an International member serving
> in ANY of the other positions, including serving as the List Administrator.
> In fact Dawn, the List Administrator that took over after I passed the
> baton, lived in Canada.  
> 
> Hugs,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: businessmtg-bounces+steve=serenitysys.com at asp-afg.org
> [mailto:businessmtg-bounces+steve=serenitysys.com at asp-afg.org] On Behalf Of
> Louise Evans_Salt
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 1:53 PM
> To: steve at serenitysys.com
> Cc: ASP Business
> Subject: Re: [Businessmtg] Treasurer
> 
> Just so I understand this
> When a new treasurer is elated the bank and the post box both change Does it
> matter what country And what if one is not to techie with things like pay
> pal and on line procedures?
> Thank you
> Louise
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 12:54 PM, "Melanie Hobbie" <melaniester at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> If no one steps up, I will.  Let me know exactly what to do, when, how
> long (3 years right?) and how to in detail, and I will be grateful to be of
> service.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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