Cyberspace Communications finances for December 2002

Jan 2 04:15 UTC 2003

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances 
through December 31st, 2002.

Beginning Balance     $5,240.95

Credits                 $342.00         Member contributions
                          $2.86         Interest on our savings account
                         $10.00         Sale of old tape drive to gull
                         $25.00         Commissions for CafePress sales
                          $5.00         Miscellaneous donations
                   ------------
                        $384.86

Debits                   $76.58         Pumpkin Rent for January
                         $45.97         Electricity for December
                        $120.77         Phone Bill
                        $135.00         DSL November 15 through December 15
                          $6.27         Paypal fees (income = $185)
                         $30.00         Corporate fees (see below)
                         $35.00         Renewal of cyberspace.org for 1 year
                          $9.40         New checks
                   ------------
                        $458.99

Ending Balance        $5,166.82

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$3,929.83               General Fund
  $152.99               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund
$1,024.00               Infrastructure Fund

The money is distributed like this:

  $820.26   Checking account
$4,346.56   Savings account earning approximately 0.86% interest annually

We had no new members in December.  We are currently at 81 members, 78 of 
whom are paid through at least January 15th.  (The others expired recently 
and are in a grace period.)

Notes:

- Ameritech did finally drop one phone line as requested, which is why our 
phone bill is lower than last month.  It should be about $157.28 next 
month.  (We're now at 6 dialin lines + 1 staff line, the minimum required 
by our Centrex contract.)

- I last sent corporate forms to Lansing in January of 2001, at which time 
I told them to change our mailing address and the address of our 
registered agent (me).  Somehow they didn't get that info into their 
system, so they sent our 2001 Corporation Information Update form to my 
old address, whereupon it was lost.  Sigh.  I straightened it out and sent 
in the 2001 and 2002 forms, each of which costs $10, and a Certificate for 
Renewal of Assumed Name for "Grex", which lasts 5 years and costs $10 as 
well.

- We renewed cyberspace.org for one year with VeriSign.  Hopefully we'll 
get it together to switch grex.org to a different registrar, and if that 
goes OK, switch cyberspace.org over next year.

- We're on our last packet of checks, so I ordered some new ones from 
checkgallery.com.  They'll have flowers on them.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in December:

ah3133, bruin, dpc, falcon76, gull, jep, jpistrit, other, saw, and wlevak.

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 19:

Jan 3 18:03 UTC 2003

The board didn't have enough information to decide on a new domain
registrar, and we didn't want to take any chances with changing registrars
at the last minute.  So we played it safe and renewed with VeriSign.  All
were agreed that it would be better to get away from VeriSign in the
future.  Hopefully we will be able to make a better decision for grex.org
at the next meeting.

response 4 of 19:

Jan 7 13:54 UTC 2003

At this rate, pretty soon we'll be paying *them*. ;)

response 6 of 19:

Jan 7 18:50 UTC 2003

Yeah, but that was from a rip-off joint.  Are you seriously suggesting we
should invest grex's money in such an enterprise?

response 8 of 19:

Jan 7 22:04 UTC 2003

See this discussion in agora (spam item - my fault it got there).
I never would have thought you could get three new computers for the price
of a door (installed).

response 10 of 19:

Jan 9 17:20 UTC 2003

Probably a 'line of credit' with the house as security, and they will take
her house way if she does not pay for the new windows.

response 12 of 19:

Jan 16 08:54 UTC 2003

although it is not the right place to bemoan 'senior abuse' it is still
a valid topic - elsewhere.

response 14 of 19:

Jan 29 20:44 UTC 2003

My insurance company excludes acts of war.  They also note, in the fine
print, that detonation of a nuclear device, whether intentional or
accidental, is automatically considered an act of war.

response 16 of 19:

Jan 30 03:43 UTC 2003

ARE WE COVERED AGAINST SPONTANEOUS  ORghasm?

response 18 of 19:

Jan 31 16:09 UTC 2003

Re #14: Kinda doubt it.