[Organizers] Re: [External] Re: Electronic admission payments

Great question and discussion point. At the dance 8/5, upon entering the gym, attendees were greeted at the front desk with signs showing multiple payment options: * QR code for Venmo * QR code for PayPal * QR code for Cash App * A jar for stuffing cash in * Instructions on how to use ApplePay I would estimate we had around 60 people dancing. A generous smattering of new dancers and dancers under forty years old. Payments received: * 3: Venmo (plus the fiddler paid via venmo) * 2: Cash App * 1: ApplePay * 0: PayPal * 54: jar with cash and checks (approximately) The dance was sliding scale admission - people were told they could pay what they wished, and donation requested was $20. In the future we will replace the PayPal QR code with Zelle QR code. We are discussion a big change to our accounting practices: create a separate account just for handling the finances of the local dance. It will have just enough money in it to pay the talent (band, sound, caller) electronically. The treasurer or scheduler will find out prior to the dance if the talent wants to be paid electronically or in cash. Seth Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his) Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center ________________________________ From: Jeff Kaufman via Organizers &lt;organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 11:20 AM To: organizers shared weight &lt;organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [External] [Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments We started accepting Venmo with our most recent dance (we're "BIDA-dance" on Venmo). There's a fee, so we don't advertise this prominently, but we do have it for people who ask. About 10% of our income was Venmo on Saturday night. Previously we'd do this ad-hoc, where someone would send money to me (or someone else) and I'd put cash from my wallet into the till, but that's not great. One risk would be that if we took in enough of the money electronically we wouldn't have enough cash to pay the performers. We're not close to that currently, but if it did happen we'd need to get set up for writing checks at dances. Jeff (Patrick, I think list etiquette here is to respond on list; not sure why you don't want us replying to the list? If you're not interested in this thread you should be able to "mute" it in your mail client.) On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 9:50 AM John Sweeney via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: We very successfully use a Zettle Card Reader linked to a Smartphone. The only customer data we get on their reports is the last four digits of their card number. So, in case we have to follow up on any errors, we log everyone's name and the last four digits of their card. We only have one person on the door, so they use their phone. If you have multiple personnel then that could be more challenging. The more expensive version, Zettle Terminal, doesn't need a phone. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john@modernjive.com<mailto:john@modernjive.com> 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html<https://nam11.safelinks.prot… for Live Music Ceilidhs http://www.contrafusion.co.uk<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook… for Dancing in Kent http://www.modernjive.com<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com… for Modern Jive DVDs _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:organizers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net>