[EuroPython] Payment, taxes, accounting, badges

[Tom Deprez]

> > > I do need to know fast where the 'database' will be and what fields
will
> > be in it, and we'll make sure that  badges can be formatted fast.
> >
> > Mmm, the data will be on several places... ShareIt, EuroZope (if we can
> > finish it) and hopefully SWIFT payment.
> > So we should create our own database. I can do that on the
> > EuroPython site,
> > we only need to decide which information we need.
>
> My main worry is that my team and I know next to
> nothing about Zope.   But ReportLab have a very fast
> MySQL database hosted behind our web site - five of them
> in fact - and all our tools are already installed on
> www.reportlab.com.  I suggest the minimum work solution
> is for us to create a database, and grant access to anyone
> involved.  Rather than making web input forms, we
> can use ODBC so anyone with a Windoze box can just
> paste stuff into Access and it's there, or review it.
> Likewise there are many MySQL admin GUIs.  We can
> make some fake test records and start work before
> real data arrives.  If this is OK, say so and I will
> set it up tonight....

It's ok for me. And I think the easiest for you too.

> > >If whoever is running the site wants to do the work, we could let
> > registered users design their own.  Also let them fill in stuff about
> > themselves,
> >
> > That's difficult, this would be only possible if we can manage
> > the EuroZope
> > payment, since that is the only solution where people fill in data.
> > With VISA people pay through ShareIT and with SWIFT people pay
> > through there
> > bank.
> >
> > >and format a whole conference info pack with timetables and
> > talk synopses
> > etc. which people download and print beforehand -
> > > which saves the conference money on printing.
> >
> > Good idea!
>
> This is an idea for a promo I have long wanted to do
> - everyone at Seybold, XML-One or whatever (which I
> could never afford to attend) gets a 'conference
> pack' in real time generated by ReportLab!  the back of
> the pack wwould have a discrete 'how we made this'
> article too :-)

Of course :-)


Tom.