Out of curiosity, how do I tell whether a class is for honorarium or not when looking at the calendar? And whether the class PayPal fee going to the space to cover materials?
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Thereās probably a better way, but hereās a way you can kludge it. Assuming itās for a class that you are teaching (or taught): go to My Account / Hosting Events, copy the event and look at the honorarium box at the bottom. I checked a couple of mine and it seems to be correct.
And then just cancel and donāt actually set up the new event.
Canāt help you with the second part of your question ā¦
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So ā I have been told that theyāve fixed the calendar so that your committee is being paid the fees that are collected. However, since Iām not looking at any committee monies, I wonāt swear to that. Previously, all that just dropped into the General Fund.
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The use fees are being classed correctly.
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I was more asking about classes that have a PayPal fee. Assuming itās over a reasonable cost of the materials, those arenāt for honorarium right? Or are their classes where a PayPal collected fee also goes to the committee?
Any monies collected via paypal have no direct tie to DMS. That money goes straight to the instructor. What they do with it will vary per person.
I think you use the Paypal option if you want folks to be able to pay you directly for supplies you bought. OR for classes that are non-honorarium, where the instructor would like to get paid. Iām telling folks that they can pay me at the class if Iām past my official DMS honorarium class limit. Of course, Iāve got my Square if they want to pay by card.
Yeah that makes sense. Really I was just curious if there was a simple way to tell if a class is honorarium or not when looking at potential classes to sign up for. It doesnāt really seem like it though (both just say āeventā I think). No biggie.
Any entry that says event will not be an honorarium class.
If listed as an āEventā then it shouldnāt be for an honorarium. Only classes may collect an honorarium.
That being said, if itās listed as a class, no way to tell (that I know if) whether itās honorarium or not.
Sometimes I wish there was an indication of that too. Although I can see reasons for/against it. Overall itād be nice occasionally to know that
Like for instance if an honorarium class is close to making, it might push me into going ahead and committing to help out a teacher. Or if a couple different dates scheduled, I could throw my registration toward the one that could use numbers if itās close.
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Well, if itās a class not-for-honorarium, then itās either free (instructor doesnāt expect to get paid), or thereās going to be an explicit stated fee. If itās a material fee, or a skin-in-the-game fee, then youāll pay as you register, because thatās linked to DMS. Instructors who are over their 3 honorarium classes will have to ask you to pay some other way ā Paypal, or Eventbrite, or pay when you show. Although, any of those may be set for an honorarium to go to the Committee as well.
For instance, in the āletās not expand honorariumā mood, I donāt ask for a personal honorarium for the Hot Process Safety class, but I do make it an honorarium for Metal Shop. I figure if Iām picking and choosing who pays for what, the safety class is only marginally a class, so Iāll forgo personal payment on that one.
This is one of the reasons why I was wondering as well.
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In this instance, if you charge outside the system, you would not be elgible for an honorarium to a committee of your choosing.
I donāt think this is strictly true. Of the instructors that list a PayPal or cash fee, some will say outright itās the cost of the consumables, but others donāt so a member wouldnāt know if thatās what the requested PayPal is or if itās an āIām over my honorarium so hereās consumables plus my time and expertiseā fee. Theyād be making an assumption based on their knowledge of consumables cost. Iām of course assuming the rule is still that if youre requesting honorarium you can other charge the cost of consumables.
Not that it matters much, mostly curious in how to tell if honorarium or not since each calendar item I click on says āregister for this eventā.
Edit: spelling
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Currently there is no way to see this.
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Well, like in my case, letās say I teach a wire jewelry class. I always have students bring a few dollars to class to directly reimburse me for supplies.
Thatāll continue regardless because I donāt want to crap with PayPal or eventbrite and have minimal problems with no-shows since I added some verbiage to my description and take a fairly hard line with repeat offenders (I keep a list)
But whether I requested honorarium, as far as I know, thatās invisible to the student
As a student, it would sometimes be nice to know for my reasons above in earlier comment. But maybe thereās reasons not to that Iām not thinking of
Priority wise on next updates, Iād MUCH rather have a field that prompts teachers to include contact info. There have been many times before or after a class Iād like to contact an instructor and unless I do some major hoops asking around or happen to know them, it can be challenging