In message of 24 Mar, Phil Warn <philwarn@ntlworld.com> wrote: <snip> > I for one would be most willing to put £50.00 towards this scanner if > otheras would join me. <snip> I would join with this. Further if such donations are made as gift aid, the society would also recover the base rate income tax we have paid, in other words up to another £14 for each £50 thrown in. Further if we should happen to pay higher rate tax, we get a refund of that which sounds like £14 from Her Majesty. It might be appropriate for such higher rate payers then to add that £14 to the donation? (Someone else might confirm my sums, I'm not quite sure I am on firm soil here.) In the first instance I would suggest that only a trial project is run. This should be at a lesser cost - some kit might be hired or loaned by the potential supplier, reducing the trial costs. Such a trial should include members using the kit for their comments to see what they thought vis-a-vis photocopiers. Finally might I propose that if there seems to be enough cash promised, that we then ask the two computer gurus on the Trustee Board to cost the project according to their standards and that they take it forward from there? -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org

All the talk of donating reminds me that you may have missed the addition of the ability to make a donation on-line via SoG Orderline www.sog.org.org/acatalog/ there is an option for UK residents who pay tax to make the donation under the gift aid arrangements thus adding 28p for each pound donated. Alternatively you can send a cheque. To put your minds at rest (!) we do have an IT purchasing policy, have standardised on one printer manufacturer's range of products where this is the best solution, and try and re-use systems when there is the budget to buy new. One major breakthrough during closed week was the removal of the PC's running Windows 95. Chris Broomfield, Webmaster, Society of Genealogists, London webmaster@sog.org.uk www.sog.org.uk On-line retail shopping? Use www.buy.at/genealogists our affiliate shop and SoG gains funds at no cost to you

In message of 25 Mar, webmaster@sog.org.uk wrote: > All the talk of donating reminds me that you may have missed the addition > of the ability to make a donation on-line via SoG Orderline > > www.sog.org.org/acatalog/ http://www.sog.org.uk/acatalog/ -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org