Cyberspace Communications finances for September, 1999

Oct 1 05:46 UTC 1999

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances
through September 30th, 1999.

Beginning Balance     $5,344.24

Credits                 $324.00         Member contributions
                          $2.00         Handbooks sold
                          $0.20         Miscellaneous donations
                   ------------
                        $326.20

Debits                   $66.15         Pumpkin Rent for October
                         $54.34         Electricity for September
                        $350.14         Phone Bill
                          $3.80         Discount for Canadian check last month
                   ------------
                        $474.43

Ending Balance        $5,196.01

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$5,020.65               General Fund
  $115.36               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund

There was no activity in the Grex Store this month, so the balances remain at:

                         Cash                                    Stock
                     ---------                                ---------
                      ($46.60)                                 $301.60

We had two new members in September (ddt and swa).  We are currently at 90
members, 79 of whom are paid through at least October 15th.  (The others 
expired recently and are in a grace period.)

Notes:

- We're down about $150 this month.  So it goes.  September is traditionally a 
pretty good month for us, so it's a bit disappointing, but not 
earthshattering.  Our membership totals are also down a bit.  Not sure if this 
is something to be concerned about yet. 

- The bank did indeed discount the Canadian check I deposited last month, 
hence the $3.80 correction.  The lady at the main branch told me that the 
people at the Kroger's branch didn't know what they were talking about when 
they said they couldn't do it right there.  I'll try again next month.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in September:

aruba, bruin, coyote, dang, ddt, devnull, dpc, mlf, n8rxs, quail, robh, 
satindra, and swa.

Thanks everyone!

If you or your institution would like to become a member of Grex, it only
costs $6/month or $60/year.  Send money to:

Cyberspace Communications
P. O. Box 4432
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4432

If you pay by cash or money order, please include a photocopy of some form of 
ID.  I can't add you to the rolls without ID.  (If you pay with a personal 
check that has your name pre-printed on it, we consider that a good enough 
ID.)  Type !support or see http://www.cyberspace.org/member.html for more 
info.

response 2 of 90:

Oct 1 18:33 UTC 1999

Re: canadian check

If the ppl at the kroger's branch didn't know what they were talking about,
I'd hesitate to take them anoother one, even if they're supposeed to be able
to do them.  Eh?

response 4 of 90:

Oct 1 21:11 UTC 1999

Yes, I dispute it.  Grex's income always goes up and down, pretty
erraticly.  You can't conclude much about the overall trend by looking at
only 2 months' activity.  Our income for the last year is still well above
our expenses, *even if you leave out the phone credit*.  By "well above",
I mean that I added it up for Sep. 98 through Aug. 99, and even without
the tax refund we are $1000 ahead.

Having said that, it's certainly time to ramp up the auction again.

As for Kroger's, I am hesitating, but it's more convenient for me to go
there than to the main branch.  Not sure what I'll do next month.

response 6 of 90:

Oct 1 23:33 UTC 1999

  And if that proves to be less overall effort than going to another
  branch, well, problem solved, eh?

  Anyway, how often does Grex have to deposit checks written in Canadian
  currency?  (I'm assuming that Canadian dollars are a special case even
  among foreign currencies and that even the most clueless teller would
  probably realize that, say, lire or rials should not be credited at par.) 

response 8 of 90:

Oct 2 03:20 UTC 1999

See the Agora item a few Agoras ago about Jan's attempt at depositing a
British check.

response 10 of 90:

Oct 2 21:18 UTC 1999

credit to aruba for posting financial reports on or close to the 1st---
another difference between grex and mnet.  Over on mnet, dpc tends to wait
to post the financial report until whenever enough money has come in to
put a positive spin on things.  Which isnt necessarily a bad thing, 
sometimes its prudent to do a little spinning.