Cyberspace Communications finances for April, 1999

May 2 03:58 UTC 1999

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

Beginning Balance     $4,185.72

Credits                 $474.00         Member contributions
                        $336.50         Auction proceeds
                         $25.75         Miscellaneous donations
                   ------------
                        $836.25

Debits                   $63.00         Pumpkin Rent for May
                         $74.39         Electricity for April
                        $351.91         Phone Bill
                   ------------
                        $489.30

Ending Balance        $4,532.67

So our current balance breaks down as follows:

$4,239.31               General Fund
  $119.00               UPS Fund
  $114.36               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
                     ---------                                ---------
       Balances:      ($93.60)                                 $325.90

We had 3 new members in April (david361, charcat, and durrett).  We are 
currently at 101 members, 89 of whom are paid through at least May 15th.  
(The others expired recently and are in a grace period.) 

A couple of notes:

- I finally got in touch with the last contributor to the spare parts fund, 
so the only money left in there now is $60 which is set aside for a membership 
for our California donor if he claims it.  (Otherwise it'll go into the 
general fund.)

- Scott measured our current at 8.9 amps (up from 8.3 last summer, probably 
because of the disks STeve put on to deal with the space crisis).  I also 
changed my voltage figure from 110 to 115, since people seemed to think that 
was more accurate the last time we talked about it.  Using those new numbers I 
got a payment of $74.39, which is what I paid for April.  Sindi Keesan donated 
an energy meter which Scott is going to test; using that instead of my little 
formula seems like a more accurate way to measure our usage.

- Overall, we continue to do well.  April is traditionally our worst month, 
but this one was smashing.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in April:

aruba, atticus, bmoran, bruin, charcat, cmcgee, coyote, david361, dob,
dpfitzen, durrett, eeyore, keesan, krj, lilmo, nt, orinoco, otaking, pez,
quail, rosie0, rsbutler, rtg, sagan, sarahnca, sekari, sisiro, and wolfg676.

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 by personal
check, we consider that a good enough ID.)  Type !support for more info.

response 2 of 3:

May 4 19:38 UTC 1999

Jdeigert (Jim) donated the meter.  We had planned to use it to test how much
electricity it took to heat the upstairs versus the downstairs, assuming we
ever get the house to that stage.