Re: Antonio's grant

[Darryl Jones <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>]

At 01:28 PM 5/14/2005, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia wrote:
> I consider a big responsability the economical support offered by some
> members of the DML (Allan, David, Don, Frank, Louise, Jim, Mike, Patti, 
> Rik, Tommy), and I thank them for the offering. What can I offer in 
> exchange?  I do not know if I will be able to mention all of them in the
> Acknowledgements section of the final paper, because of the strong space 
> limitations of many journals. I could write "supported by a grant from the 
> DML", but this cannot be done without the approval of all the members and 
> of the leaders of the list. Of course, I can send a PDF of the paper, if 
> this is allowed by the journal where it will be published, and in any case 
> I will send reprints. I can keep informed the donors about the development 
> of the project and the way the money is spent.

These are not the only ones who will give money gladly.  I am sure that 
there are many others like me who are waiting for this to be settled.  Once 
a decision has been made as to how this will work, I am positive that many 
of the DML'ers out there will be willing to cough up money.  It will be 
worth $5 each to help the research process.  I don't care if I get any 
credit at all.  I like the DML grant idea.  There are many professionals on 
this list that have taken the time to work with us dinosaur fan/armchair 
amateur/idiots over the years that deserve more than just our gratitude.  I 
know that in the eight plus years that I have been on the list, I have 
received the equivalent of a tutorial for a university level course that 
never seems to end.

> To receive small amounts of USA currency here in Italy is not easy and the 
> risk is to pay more of transfer and change expenses than that I 
> receive.  I think that the suggestion by Frank Bliss and Phil Bigelow to 
> collect all the donations in USA to ship it to Italy in a single tranche 
> is the best way. As far as I know the safer way to transfer money is bank 
> to bank, i.e. from a USA bank to my bank in Italy. I also suggested a 
> money transfer to my bank account (using international bank coordinates) 
> instead of the usual check in the unsuccessful research grant application 
> form to the JF. The bank takes for the transfer a fix tax around 15-20 USD 
> (I do not remember the exact amount and my bank consultant is now in Rome) 
> and the 0.3% of the sum.

My brother uses Paypal and thinks it's great.  He says you just need to be 
careful and make sure you keep your wits about you.



Darryl Jones  <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>


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