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Cyberspace Communications finances for March 2001
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Apr 1 04:27 UTC 2001 |
Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances
through March 31st, 2001.
Beginning Balance $4,042.06
Credits $708.00 Member contributions
$144.00 Miscellaneous donations
$30.00 Sale of old UPS to Scott
$5.00 Proceeds from the 4th Grex Auction
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$887.00
Debits $69.46 Pumpkin Rent for April
$54.34 Electricity for March
$0.00 Phone Bill
$35.00 CardService fee for February
$5.53 PayPal discounts (income = $222)
$945.00 CoreComm bill
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$1,109.33
Ending Balance $3,819.73
Our current balance breaks down as follows:
$3,619.87 General Fund
$139.86 Silly Hat Fund
$60.00 Spare Parts Fund
There was actually a lot of activity in the Grex Store today, March 31st,
thanks to some fashion-conscious Grexers and jiffer's brilliant marketing
strategy. But I had already gone to the bank yesterday, so that activity
will appear on the April report. At that time the store will finally show a
profit, but for now, the balances remain:
Cash Stock
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($6.60) $280.20
We had 3 new members (kgb321, bwehr, and jasonash) and 2 returning members
(mkc and jared) in March. We are currently at 97 members, 92 of whom are
paid through at least April 15th. (The others expired recently and are in a
grace period.)
Notes:
- Our phone bill is zero this month because Ameritech finally dropped our
ISDN lines, and backdated the drop to September 29th, when Greg first called
them. That meant we got a refund of $452.18, which paid for our March bill
and will cover April as well. When we start paying again, our bill should
be down around $165 per month, thanks to dropping the ISDN lines and two
dialin lines.
- CoreComm (our ISP) finally sent us a bill. On the phone they told me it
would be for $1417.54, but when it came it was only for $945.00. That's
exactly $135 per month for 7 months (through April 15th), which means they
didn't charge us for installation, the period between August 2nd and
September 15th, or any of the telco fees alluded to in our contract. So
either they'll bill us for those things later, or we got a break.
- I printed some handbooks and sent them to the 6 people who have been
waiting patiently for them.
- I cleaned up member.html and memfaq.html to better explain how to pay with
Paypal, and to explain the rules for ID for institutional members.
- The board authorized eeyore, other, janc, and aruba as signers for our
checking account. I submitted the paperwork to the bank at the beginning of
the month, so that's who can sign checks now.
- On my list of things to do soon:
- Decide if we have enough money to make it worth opening a money market
or savings account. It looks like we do, so the next step is to
decide what kind of account and where to open it.
Thanks to everyone who contributed in March:
arthurp, bruin, bwehr, dpc, ea, eeyore, janc, jared, jasonash, kgb321, mkc,
mwg, otter, scott, srw, stern, steve, swa, tomaso, and witling.
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.
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