> > Hi Eric
> >
> > > I'm not sure about charging fees. After all, this is a Community Site and everybody here donates free time to help others. This site does cost me a good amount of money in terms of hardware, energy, hosting/ISP costs, backup media, air conditioning and software licenses. I am running Google AdSense on public pages such as the Archive, Search, Article, Download and FAQ pages. I don't like to have ads on the Forum itself. The revenues from Google AdSense do compensate a little but at the end, this endeavour only costs me money.
> >
> > Hmmm, I confess I had never considered the financial end of things. I would willingly send you a few dollars, but I don't have a paypal account (and refuse to have one for many and varied reasons but mainly because I just don't trust their security).
> >
> > So how about if we set up an "Annual Support Foxite" appeal?
> >
> > I would volunteer to be "Co-Ordinator" for North America. I'll open a "Foxite Escrow" account at the bank and publish the routing code so people can deposit monies directly into it, or just send a check to my company address and we'll handle it from there. Then, once a month, we'll send the collected boodle off to you as a check.
> >
> > (Receipts will be issued, and accounting will be published - of course!)
> >
> > Maybe others could volunteer to do the same thing for other regions in the world?
> >
> > Whaddya think?
> >
> > Regards
> > Andy Kramek
> > Microsoft MVP (Visual FoxPro)
> > Tightline Computers Inc, Akron Ohio, USA
>
> Andy,
>
> It would probably work better as a country by country thing. This could be set up as a charity and therefore any donations could be given a charitable receipt for income tax purposes. Unfortunately, a US charitable donation is of no value for a Canadian income tax return. From what I know of American charitable donations law, a Canadian charitable receipt is of no value to you either.
>
> If we have any members of a Canadian VFP user group that is registered under the Societies Act, perhaps you might consider bringing the following up at one of your meetings.
>
> If you are a registered not-for-profit society, you can issue tax receipts for donations. You can also register with Canada Helps - a neat little website that allows donors to donate online with a credit card. Canada Helps will issue the charitable receipt and deposit the donation in your bank account (less a 3% credit card transaction fee) - a no work solution. All your user group would need to do is write Eric a cheque periodically. Check out Canada Helps at http://www.canadahelps.org
>
> Ken
> You shall know the truth - and the truth shall set you free. (John 8:33)


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Thanx Every Participants of this Thread,

I am now free from tentiosn of punisshment of what I had spoken earlier.

I was in intention that my conception may be heart pointing and OWNER of
FOXITE may goes against me.

However, Thanx a Lot

But I don't have any Idea of PAYPOLL and unable to open link as
suggested by MR ERIC.

I think my contribution would be nothing than a very small drop of
water from a SEA.

But I will Try to coperate by my all means.

Thanx for favorable approch.



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