On 03 Nov 2019 19:31, Duane wrote:
On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 12:29 PM, Norman C. Berns wrote:
I have a standard group. Can I ask my members for donations to maintain the group?
If you mean a free group, then no.? It's a Premium group option.
I disagree. It is my understanding that there is nothing in the rules for free groups that prohibit free groups from asking for donations.
You are free to set up donation receiving with any donation system (e.g. PayPal, Liberapay, crowdfunding systems, etc.) and ask users to use it to send you donations.
You can tell users about the donation system e.g. on the group's home page, in the message footer, in a member notice (e.g. monthly reminder), etc.
If you want to make the group accessibly only to people who have given donations, your secretary is going to have to compare the list of people who donated to the people who are members to your group manually.
Samuel
Samuel Murray