[Noisebridge-board] donation bin tables on the wiki

Noisebridge Treasurer treasurer at noisebridge.net
Wed Jan 12 09:31:58 UTC 2011


https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Tshirt_Box_Record

Hey folks. Has anyone else deposited Tshirt income? The box was empty
today. I received $20 for tshirts from an individual and I put it on
the log, but I've no idea what's happened to the money since Mitch's
last record in Dec. Those are the only records of tshirt income I
have.

-Kelly

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 22:20, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, we really need to keep the income from the separate sources separate,
> otherwise we won't know if we're making or losing money from various
> activities.  We need to know this so we can do more of what makes us money
> (if we like it), and less of what makes us lose money (unless other factors
> superceed).
>
> Mitch.
>
>
> --------------------------
>> From: treasurer at noisebridge.net
>> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:21:11 -0800
>> Subject: donation bin tables on the wiki
>> To: board at lists.noisebridge.net; josh at joshisanerd.com;
>> asweigart at gmail.com; froggytoad at gmail.com; maltman23 at hotmail.com
>>
>> So I notice a vague emergent structure for tracking our donation/sales
>> bins. I'm all for it. Let's agree on some basic standards of behavior.
>>
>> Looks like so far we have:
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Donation_Bin_Record
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Beverage_Bin_Record
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Coin_Bin_Record
>>
>> Do we want one for tshirt income as well?
>>
>> These appear to be mostly due to the benevolent OCD of Al, but I'm
>> pleased to see Miloh and Mitch in the tables as well.
>>
>> I don't expect to have clean records in xero for 2010 as far as
>> revenues go, but let's try to make this happen for 2011. I've figured
>> out how to track beverage, tshirt, and donation income separately in
>> xero, and it's relatively easy. Can I get a commitment from you guys
>> to separate these three income sources when you make deposits? If you
>> are doing online transfers and can do so with little additional
>> hassle, it's nice for me if you put them in separate transactions.
>> Otherwise, send an email to treasurer at noisebridge.net with the total
>> deposit amount (so I can search for it later) and line items for each
>> of the income components.
>>
>> And not to belabor the point, but membership dues (yours or otherwise)
>> should also be specifically annotated. Member name, amount, what month
>> the dues are supposed to be for.
>>
>> Thank you all so much for your support. The books are really shaping
>> up. Soon I will be able to provide all kinds of lovely statistics in
>> my treasurer's reports.
>>
>> -Kelly
>



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