[R] R Founding

[Uwe Ligges]

I cannot speak for the R Foundation, but you know, getting a US check 
into money is roughly 20$ fees (at least in Germany, don't know the 
typical Austrian conditions).

I know from organizing a conference in Germany that the only really good 
way was and is ordinary money transfer via BIC and IBAN numbers. 
Unfortunately, this system is pretty unknown in the US. Europeans can 
easily use money transfer to the R foundation.

Credit card bookings are already rather expensive and even more 
expensive if you go for online processing rather than manual Fax 
processing (I do not know why the credit card companies prefer Fax), 
checks less than several hundred euros do not make sense at all.

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges





On 16.09.2010 15:49, Christopher W. Ryan wrote:
> I mailed a check for an R Foundation membership almost a year ago, along
> with the form. In US dollars, corrected by the then-current Euro
> exchange rate. It has never been cashed.
>
> Christopher W. Ryan, MD
> SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical Campus at Binghamton
> 425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY 13904
> cryanatbinghamtondotedu
>
> "Observation is a more powerful force than you could possibly reckon.
> The invisible, the overlooked, and the unobserved are the most in danger
> of reaching the end of the spectrum. They lose the last of their light.
>  From there, anything can happen . . ." [God, in "Joan of Arcadia,"
> episode entitled, "The Uncertainty Principle."]
>
> stephen sefick wrote:
>> I am a poor student, and would gladly donate 20ish bucks if it would
>> help. R continues to make me more productive. Thanks for all of the
>> good work!
>>
>
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