[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge: Death and Taxes

[aditya bhargava]

Naive question: What will it take for us to be in the green again? I
understand the $165 a day bit, but what can be done towards achieving that?
And what caused the drop in cash flow?

Adit



On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, holy crap -- I think we should post something to noisebridge announce,
> or even better actually send a non-list email to everyone that is otherwise
> subscribed to noisebridge-discuss, since I'm sure at least half of the
> people are too busy ignoring the list to be otherwise aware of this
> situation...
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> 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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