[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge: Death and Taxes

[Shannon Lee]

Patrick,

Please take my word for it that the problem here is not lack of oversight or
accounting.  This drive to fix our financial situation is *post* a detailed
review by the treasurer, which revealed that we are desperately cash-flow
negative.

I'm sure Kelly could use all the help she can get, though, so if you're
interested in helping out with treasurer duties, send her an email at
treasurer at noisebridge.net.

I'm also sure she'll be happy to answer questions about numbers as soon as
she's not snowed into Heathrow.

To reiterate:  What is needed is for people to donate money to support the
space.

Thanks,

--S

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay...
> * How much money do we have in the bank?
> * Have we already paid January's bills?
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> On 12/20/2010 1:34 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We have a problem.
> >
> > Actually, I think we have several problems, but we have one major
> > manifestation of our problem:  We are broke.  We are not going to be
> > able to pay February's rent at the current rate of input/output.  We're
> > currently taking in about $2500/month in dues & donations, and we're
> > spending about $5000 in rent and utilities and whatnot.  This is a
> > dramatic drop-off from this summer, when we were doing a little better
> > than breaking even.
> >
> > So, no joke, Noisebridge may close its doors in February, unless we can
> > solve our problem.  This is way past the time for "let's have a party
> > and charge money!" -- the thing we need is for people who don't want
> > Noisebridge to close to reach into their wallets and shell out some
> > cash.  Some of you will have noticed the new donation box with a sign
> > that says "It costs $165 per day to keep us open" -- this is true, $165
> > per day is our burn rate; this means we need roughly two full members,
> > or four "starving hacker" members, to pay for every day we're open; this
> > works out to 60 "full" members or 120 "starving hacker" members, or some
> > combination thereof.
> >
> > Ways to donate are spelled out on the wiki here:
> >
> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Donate_or_Pay_Dues
> >
> > They come down to: we take cash, checks, paypal and straight up
> > bank-transfer.
> >
> > If you are not sure about having a committed relationship with
> > Noisebridge (I know, commitment is scary) consider sponsoring a day:
> >
> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/SponsorADay
> >
> > For those of you who are confused about the membership process -- being
> > a member of Noisebridge costs $80 per month.  If you're a regular user
> > of the space, you should become a member.  Membership can be either
> > formal (in which case you have a voice in political processes) or
> > informal (wherein you simply donate money to the space, but don't
> > participate in decision making); if you are only interested in
> > supporting the space, simply start donating $80 per month; if you want
> > to be a formal member, ask a member for details, or attend a Tuesday
> > meeting.
> >
> > Please support us or we will be gone, and soon.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> >
> > --S
> >
> > --
> > Shannon Lee
> > (503) 539-3700
> >
> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Shannon Lee
(503) 539-3700

"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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