Cyberspace Communications finances for November, 1999

Dec 1 04:51 UTC 1999

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

Beginning Balance     $5,453.06

Credits                 $444.00         Member contributions
                         $12.52         Miscellaneous donations
                   ------------
                        $456.52

Debits                   $66.15         Pumpkin Rent for December
                         $54.34         Electricity for November
                        $175.00         Fee to start credit card account
                        $332.26         Phone Bill
                   ------------
                        $627.75

Ending Balance        $5,281.83

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$5,089.97               General Fund
  $131.86               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 *six* new members in November (cwalker, hannah, spooked, flem, tod, and
sane) and one returning member (mooncat).  We are currently at 95 members, 88 
of whom are paid through at least December 15th.  (The rest expired recently 
and are in a grace period.)

Notes:

- November was down a bit, but that's typical.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in November:

atticus, bruin, coyote, cwalker, flem, hannah, jerome, jm1, kdkd, mooncat, 
other, quail, robh, sane, satindra, spooked, and tod.

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 21:

Dec 1 21:50 UTC 1999

We're setting up the capability to accept membership payments and other
donations via credit card.  The fee is a one-time expense relating to
that.

response 4 of 21:

Dec 3 00:50 UTC 1999

Not yet - we're waiting for the processing company to process the application.

response 6 of 21:

Dec 3 05:07 UTC 1999

Nope - why would you have to?

response 8 of 21:

Dec 3 12:31 UTC 1999

Dunno, was just asking.

response 10 of 21:

Dec 3 22:38 UTC 1999

So after this happens, which credit cards will grex be able to accept?

response 12 of 21:

Dec 4 01:45 UTC 1999

That's okay Anne, I was just wondering if I was missing something.  Tis cool
to ask.

response 14 of 21:

Dec 4 09:18 UTC 1999

"Use wherever you see the Novus sign."  Visa and Mastercard are high volume
cards, so they can afford to give good deals to everyone.  This also allows
them to be pretty much ubiquitous, which means people are more likely to use
their cards, so it pays for businesses to carry them...

You get the idea.  Amex and Discover are a bit rarer, and I suspect it has
something to do with them not being tied down to banks.  I still get the
occasional person who asks if we take American Express.

response 16 of 21:

Dec 4 19:01 UTC 1999

Re #13:  Actually, you DO except Discover:  You accept the major bankcards,
but except AMEX & Discover.  :-)

GrammarGuadian to the rescue - up, up, and away!!!

response 18 of 21:

Dec 4 22:15 UTC 1999

Dernit -- I wanted to use my Discover(R) Card and get up to 60 cents back
from my grex membership.

response 20 of 21:

Dec 6 04:05 UTC 1999

('course I'd donate that [up to] 60 cents to grex.)