Inniliw Payment Methods

by Grace Panlasigui Lu

Many of you still seem unclear on how you can pay for your dinner tickets for the MOGR, so here is how you can make your payments.

When paying via check, please make check payable to any 2 of the following 3 MOGR coordinators:
   1.  Divina Gracia P. Lu
   2.  Juliet Atanaya-Harris or
   3.  Tereso U. Ugalino

Please mail/post your checks to the following MOGR service address:
   Divina Gracia P. Lu
   Attention:  MOGR 2015
   3638 Hendrix Dr.
   Stockton CA 95212, USA

Please DO NOT make check payable to MOGR because our bank will dishonor it.  On the memo line, please indicate MOGR Dinner for 1, 2, 3 (or whatever # of seats you are paying for).

Cost is $55/person/night or $110/person for the two-night events on April 17-18, 2015 (Friday and Saturday).

If you prefer to make your payments bank to bank or via Western Union (instead of issuing a check), just send me a private message (PM) for the bank details.

Additional Notes Relevant to Attendees Outside the US

1. For those outside of the US who plan to pay via check, there is a bank fee of US$1.50/check but you can issue it in the currency of your adopted country.  Meaning, you can write a check for the equivalent of US$111.50 ($110 + $1.50 bank fee) in your local currency.  Due to fluctuating foreign exchange rate against US$, please add a little allowance to cover for the loss in currency translation.  Likewise, you may not issue a personal check equivalent to US$250 or more because you will be charged an additional US$75.  If you are paying more than US$250, split your payments into 2 or 3 checks to avoid the additional US$75 fee.
2. For wire or money transfers, there's also a flat rate fee of US$25 imposed by our US bank regardless of face value, which the receiving bank usually deducts from the amount remitted. Which means that you will need to add US$25 to the amount you are sending (eg, if you are paying for US$110, you will have to wire/transfer the equivalent of US$135 in your local currency to cover for the additional US$25 bank fee at the receiving end). 
3. Better yet, if you have family and friends in the US who are willing and happy to pre-pay for you, please make your own personal arrangements.

And by the way, the same process applies if you are planning to buy ad space for the souvenir program. Just add the amount to the total payment you are making and fill out the necessary information in the registration form.

As an 'early bird' incentive, we are planning to give an extra raffle ticket (for the event prizes) to the first 300 who will pay for their dinner tickets.