[Noisebridge-discuss] Pay your damn dues / Dec. 24th is jof day

[Shannon Lee]

I added 12/2010, since the original idea was to cover December and a bunch
of people pledged at the meeting.

Also, I just wanted to point out that this number is actually really close
to a multiple of our dues: basically, it takes two "regular" members' dues
per day to keep noisebridge open, or four "starving" hackers.

Jof's email made it sound like the seasonal fluctuation is the reason for
our shortfall and like we can wait it out; but we went over the numbers
tonight, and we will not make January's rent unless we do something fairly
drastic; this "sponsor a day" idea is only one.

Seriously, we're on the edge of running out of money and going broke.

So pay your dues.

And if you're not a member, but you use the space, consider making a monthly
donation.

--S

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Jof,
> >
> > This a great idea!
> >
> > To keep in kallistic spirit, I'll cover December 8th.
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar)
> > Is there a list of days that have been or need to be covered?
> >
>
> I made a table for 2011; if people are really keen on sponsoring this
> year, we can always cut and paste more table.
>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/SponsorADay
> --
> /jbm, the put-tables-on-the-wiki-yo dude.
>
>
> > aestetix
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> One of the main topics in tonight's meeting was that Noisebridge is
> >> running pretty low on money in the bank. Based on our financial
> >> history, apparently this happens each winter and rebounds a bit during
> >> the summer.
> >>
> >> It seems like there are a number of factors that play into this, but
> >> by and large it seems like our issue is with members that stop paying
> >> dues on a regular basis. I've had recurring Paypal payments that have
> >> mysteriously stopped going through, so if you're going down that
> >> route, please check that these are still going through.
> >>
> >> One idea that was floated to help Noisebridge along in this season of
> >> need was that of sponsoring a day at Noisebridge. Our rough
> >> calculation came out to be $165/day of operating expenses.
> >>
> >> Some attendees (myself included) decided to take a couple days to
> >> sponsor, and I wholeheartedly recommend you do too!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> jof
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