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

John Adams jna at retina.net
Wed Nov 24 18:15:37 UTC 2010


While I'm not a regular member of Noisebridge (but keep meaning to
drop by and check things out), it sounds like you have both a
technical and a social problem here.

You should have software that figures out who is and isn't late and
nag them to pay, for those members that are unwilling to give a credit
or debit card for membership.

For those that are, recurring charges automatically placed against
member credit cards or paypal accounts should be used, using the
paypal subscription system. That's available on Paypal business
accounts, and for the most part, it's free.

Depending on people to remember to pay is costing you money in the long run.

-j

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:54 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has everyone who is late on dues been notified? I just realized that I
> probably missed the last month or so because of a debit card fiasco, and I
> haven't been paying attention to paypal.... but I didn't get any
> notification of timeliness. If I am indeed late (and I probably am), then
> others might be who also don't realize it.
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>>>
>>> --
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>>>  josh at joshisanerd.com
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Shannon Lee
>> (503) 539-3700
>>
>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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