[Europe.justus] non-Americans cannot contribute

[Pierre Whalon]

Many thanks!

I am forwarding this to our diocese list.

Bishop Pierre

Le 21 janv. 2010 à 18:03, <president at er-d.org> a écrit :

> Dear Bishop Whalon:
> 
> Our web security at the moment won't allow us to take international
> cards on the web site until the page is re-programmed.  We are working
> to fix that.  At the moment we can take international cc information
> over the phone and process through the back end.  They could also fax
> credit card information to us at +1-212-687-5302.
> 
> As to getting $ to Bishop Duracin directly, are recommending that people
> wire funds to his account so that when banking starts up again, he will
> have the funds available.  No other method is either secure or safe at
> this stage.  We understand that Citibank is working to get their systems
> back up, but haven't said when that will happen.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Rob
> 
> Robert W. Radtke
> President
> Episcopal Relief & Development
> 815 Second Avenue
> New York, NY  10017 
> D: (212) 716-6029/ T: (800) 334-7626
> F: (212) 687-5302
> E: president at er-d.org
> www.er-d.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Whalon [mailto:bishop at tec-europe.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:56 AM
> To: president at er-d.org
> Subject: non-Americans cannot contribute
> 
> Dear Rob,
> 
> I know this is no time to be fixing things, but the ERD site does not
> accept donations from non-American credit cards. I have complained about
> this in years past, and we even sponsored a General Convention
> resolution in 2006 that all TEC entities be able to do business in
> multi-currencies.
> 
> I know that checks are accepted in other currencies, but most EU nations
> have abandoned check writing altogether.
> 
> Any ideas? I have a load of people from around the world, especially
> since I am president of the Communion's Francophone Network, who want to
> send money.
> 
> Also, the Province 2 bishops last week were hoping we could send Bishop
> Duracin some funds for his discretionary fund. I understand that he
> still has no access to his account, as the Citibank branch was
> destroyed.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
> 
> 
> Bishop Pierre Whalon
> 
> 
> Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
> 23, avenue George V
> 75008 Paris France
> +33 1 53 23 84 06  (tel)
> +33 1 49 52 96 85 (fax)
> office at tec-europe.org
> 
> 
> 

Bishop (Mgr) Pierre Whalon
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
23, avenue George V
75008 Paris France
+33 1 53 23 84 06  (tel)
+33 1 49 52 96 85 (fax)
office at tec-europe.org