Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances through September 30th, 1997

Oct 2 17:31 UTC 1997

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc.
finances through September 30th, 1997.


Beginning Balance     $4,655.52

Credits                 $786.00         Member contributions
                         $45.00         Auction proceeds
                         $50.00         ISDN Fund contributions
                         $63.00         Miscellaneous contribution
                   ------------
                        $944.00

Debits                   $60.00         Pumpkin Rent for October
                         $83.00         Electricity for September
                         $20.00         Innovative Concepts phone line
                        $797.02         Phone Bill
                      $1,155.68         ISDN routers
                         $10.00         Michigan Corp. Info. Update
                          $5.77         Bank service charge
                   ------------
                      $2,131.47

Ending Balance        $3,468.05

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$3,340.22               General fund
   $60.00               UPS fund
   $67.83               Silly Hat Fund

We had four new members in September (diznave, falcon1, qt314, and bigwalt).
We are currently at 100 members, 95 of whom are paid through at least October
15th.  (The others expired recently and are in a grace period.) 

This report is clearly dominated by the purchase of the ISDN routers and the 
cost of installation of the ISDN lines.  If it weren't for that, this would be 
a pretty good month.  All told, the routers cost $1155.68 and the installation 
cost $336.97, for a total of $1492.65.  The ISDN pledge drive has so far paid 
for $795 of that, and I expect another $80-$90 to come in, so in the end about 
$600 was paid out of the general fund. 

Thanks to everyone who contributed in September:

aruba, bigwalt, birdlady, blh, bmoran, bruin, carl, coyote, dang, diznave,
eeyore, falcon1, font, gustitus, llanarth, mdw, n8rxs, njt, qt314, quail,
robh, sekari, shepherd, srw, steve, tao, tsty, and valerie.

Thanks!

If you or your institution would like to become a member of Grex, all it takes
is $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 by personal
check, we consider that a good enough ID.)  Type !support for more info.

response 2 of 26:

Oct 3 18:50 UTC 1997

Well, it's the second number (the number of "paid-up members", currently 95)
that we really ought to pay attention to, since the number of current members 
depends to a certain extent on how behind I am at removing overdue people.
But that number is up, too.

response 8 of 26:

Oct 8 03:54 UTC 1997

Federal tax is 3% - state tax is 6% - total is 9%

response 14 of 26:

Oct 8 18:42 UTC 1997

Actually, not having a long distance carrier is one of the best ways I 
know to ensure lots of calls from all the long distance carriers.  They 
simply cannot believe it's intentional.

response 16 of 26:

Oct 8 19:23 UTC 1997

  As a user, I am not worried about .48 cents worth of ld calls. As I said
in another item, I think staff is well balanced, prudent, and well deserving
to make calls on the staff line. Cool it, richard.

response 18 of 26:

Oct 8 20:50 UTC 1997

srw is correct in #8 about the tax rates; that's how they're reported on the 
bill.  But between last month and this the federal tax went up $8.50 and the
state tax went up $9.82, so clearly the feds are taxing something the state
isn't.

In August we had 35 local cals on the staff line (761-7541) and 131 on the
link modem (761-8228).  In September we had 137 calls on the link modem.
Local calls cost $.0842 each.

response 22 of 26:

Oct 9 19:58 UTC 1997

We certainly don't want to pay $5/month.