[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge: Death and Taxes

[Patrick Keys]

Okay, this is at least starting to get constructive.

Right now, we got about $5400.

* Have we paid bills for January yet?
* When are January bills due?


Patrick


On 12/20/2010 5:03 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> *headdesk* I can totally log into our bank account and check.  I don't
> know why I didn't think of that before.  Thanks for the poke, Patrick.
>
> We have $5,390.67 in our Wells Fargo account as of right now.
>
> We have some unknown amount in our Paypal account, but $3k was
> transferred over from Paypal about 3 weeks ago so my guess is that most
> of our cash is included above.  I don't believe we have other accounts
> than the Wells Fargo and Paypal ones.
>
> So yeah, this is kinda desperate.  We need about $4700 to make our
> February obligations.  I know it's holidays and all, and everyone is
> broke, but if you use Noisebridge at all, please send what you can!  See
> Shannon's original email (also below) for How.
>
> I've just sponsored New Year's Day, ha I got in before you did!  Who
> wants New Year's Eve?
>
> Rachel M
>
> Patrick Keys wrote:
>>   >  It is premature and I think a little insulting, to suggest that since
>>   >  the process is not somehow transparent to you (and specifically during
>>   >  the holidays where she and others are traveling) that it is somehow
>>   >  not up to snuff or that we're in immediate danger of collapse.
>>
>> It's not premature when this thread is titled "death and taxes" and the
>> original message directly stated that noisebridge could be closing in
>> February.
>>
>> What's insulting is for people to keep asking for money and yet not
>> giving any direct answer when people ask how much money we already have.
>>
>> If somebody would say "we're $1000 short on funds for february", then
>> it's easy to say "5 people each need to donate $200, or 10 people need
>> to donate $100, etc."
>>
>> Whether Kelly is the treasurer or not, how difficult can it be to login
>> to our Wells Fargo account and get an exact amount of how much funds we
>> have available?
>>
>> Why is there this big secrecy over how much money we have in the bank?
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/20/2010 3:55 PM, Lamont Lucas wrote:
>>> On 12/20/10 3:33 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:
>>>> My conversation with Kelly was ultimately that she lives in Berkeley,
>>>> rarely visits Noisebridge, and that she has little motivation to do much
>>>> with Noisebridge because of her busy graduate-school plans and living in
>>>> Berkeley.
>>> I really appreciate your enthusiasm, but I think you lack a little
>>> history and perspective on the matter.
>>>
>>> Kelly has made fantastic improvements in the books in the few months
>>> since she took over, and I'm hoping she'll continue to make progress in
>>> the new year.  The main issue seems to be getting people who were going
>>> to pay to actually pay, and that's a slow process.
>>>
>>> It is premature and I think a little insulting, to suggest that since
>>> the process is not somehow transparent to you (and specifically during
>>> the holidays where she and others are traveling) that it is somehow not
>>> up to snuff or that we're in immediate danger of collapse.
>>>
>>> I suggest reading the -discuss archives on or about 9/14 of this year to
>>> see where we've been and what the past was.  There was a great deal of
>>> discussion on software, as well as a wishlist for features that you
>>> could quite helpfully contribute to, I'm sure.
>>>
>>>
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