Cyberspace Communications finances for July 2000

Sep 26 16:10 UTC 2000

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances
through 7/31/2000:

Beginning Balance     $5,578.60

Credits                 $954.00         Member contributions
                        $260.00         Magnet fund contributions
                        $ 71.00         Auction proceeds
                        $ 20.00         Grex store!
                        $  4.20         Misc. donations
                   ------------
                      $1,309.20

Debits                   $69.46         Pumpkin Rent for August
                         $54.34         Electricity for July
                        $350.78         Phone Bill
                        $300.00         TOP Contribution
                         $37.38         CardService fee for June
                         $18.00         Charge Solutions fee for June
                   ------------
                        $829.96

Ending Balance        $6,057.84

Our balance as of 7/31 breaks down as follows:

$5,622.07               General Fund
  $139.86               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund
  ($44.09)              TOP sponsorship fund
  $280.00               Refrigerator magnet fund

There was activity in the Grex Store this month, so the balances are now:

                         Cash                                    Stock
                     ---------                                ---------
                      ($26.60)                                 $281.60

Membership summary deferred to August's report.  (see next item)
Notes:

    - Note the TOP payment this month.  That was a good time; we should
      do it again. 
    - Note also the (relatively) low Charge Solutions fee for June.  This 
      finally reflects the fact that (as I related in the last report) I
      talked them into putting us back on the old plan ($.50/authorization and
      no monthly fee) for three months, to reconcile the fact that they
      somehow managed to neglect to inform us of the changeover to the new
      plan ($.25/auth, $25/month) earlier this year.  Unfortunately, it turns 
      out this was a bad move on my part, as I'll discuss soon.  
    - Someone actually bought something from the Grex store!
    - Please accept my apologies that this report is so late.  As some of you
      know, I moved in August, was out of town for a while, and got even
      farther behind on a product release at work.  In other words, most of
      the reasons I was so busy in August are now past, and I'll be a little
      more prompt for the foreseeable future.  
    - BTW, the fact that this report is so late is the reason there is no
      membership summary for July; it's rather difficult with my current
      record-keeping system to do a retrospective membership analysys, and the
      current number is the interesting one anyway.  


Thanks to everyone who contributed in July:
atticus, happyboy, swa, bruin, wh, cmcgee, krj, carla, dpc,
nt, charcat, quail, coyote, remmers, mrmat, kkell, anand, madgey,
jwhitebr, bmoran, satindra, mju, aruba, uranium, gurab, amar1980,
scott, ea, tpryan, flem, ruizlo, tod, cat5, saadalgh, mdw, bookie

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.