We received an electronic payment in our fundraiser on Sunday. Essentially we were notified that a Kosack had donated $5 in order to test a simple and popular banking service.
The notification read:
You don't have to be a ________ Bank customer to get your money. You just need an email address and a U.S. bank account to do a one-time setup and receive your money.
Your confirmation number is NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
This transfer will expire if you don't accept it within 14 days of the date it was sent.
My credit union does not accept this type of electronic payment, so I plan to open an online account. I found these two articles comparing online banks:
Both seem to indicate that Ally Bank would be the best for my needs. Do you have any suggestions or cautions?
Brief Summary of the Community Transcripts Project (Unchanged)
We create transcripts of important progressive speeches and interviews which would otherwise not be transcribed. We support many individuals and groups. We crowd-source funds to pay our skilled Kossack transcriptionists more than a living wage. For more details, please see our Introduction.
Who Will Benefit from Our Transcripts? (Unchanged)
Transcripts support and empower many individuals and groups. For some, transcripts are a convenience. For others, transcripts are required. Some people need transcripts for more than one reason — One beloved Kossack wrote that she needs transcripts for eight reasons. Many people will benefit from transcripts, including the following:
Down-ballot candidates and those who support them.
Progressive activists and those who support them.
People with many types of temporary or permanent disabilities and impairments (hearing, vision, cognitive).
Creators, bloggers, reporters, editors, producers, students, and scholars who will be able to easily incorporate quotes in their writings.
People who access web content via limited cellular data plans or dial-up connections.
People who cannot listen to recordings due to time constraints and pressing priorities.
People with visual memories who learn better by reading than by watching or listening.
People who cannot participate at all without transcripts.
People whose livelihood depends on transcripts.
People whose acoustic environment prohibits the playing of videos due to employment, a sleeping or sound-sensitive family member or roommate, and/or sound pollution.
Information seekers. Transcripts make video content accessible to search engines and automated web-archiving tools.
People who do not speak or understand spoken English well and who depend on web translation to access information.
People who crave the content of a video but do not want to inconvenience or provoke arguments with those around them.
Members of Daily Kos who are paid to create transcripts.
How to Donate to the Community Transcripts Project
Via PayPal: To send money to friends or family, please log in to your PayPal account, click Send Money & Request at the top of the page, choose to Send money to friends or family and fill out the information, sending to communitytranscriptsproject.dk@gmail.com.
Via snail-mail: To send a check, please send BFSkinner a kosmail or email. (We plan to offer alternative payment methods soon.)
Questions of the Day:
Have you any suggestions for what online bank to use? Any experience with Ally Bank? Any caveats or suggestions?
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About the Community Transcripts Project
We create transcripts of important progressive speeches and interviews which would otherwise not be transcribed. Our purpose is to support many individuals and groups. We crowd-source funds to pay our skilled Kossack transcriptionists more than a living wage. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by kosmail or email.
How to donate to the Community Transcripts Project via PayPal: To send money to friends or family, log in to your PayPal account, click Send Money & Request at the top of the page, choose to Send money to friends or family and fill out the information, sending to communitytranscriptsproject.dk@gmail.com.
