Cyberspace Communications finances for January 2003

Feb 1 23:28 UTC 2003

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances 
through January 31st, 2003.

Beginning Balance     $5,166.82

Credits                 $522.00         Member contributions
                          $2.77         Interest on our savings account
                          $6.00         Sale of disk drives to Scott
                         $12.00         Miscellaneous donations
                   ------------
                        $542.77

Debits                   $76.58         Pumpkin Rent for February
                         $45.97         Electricity for January
                        $157.28         Phone Bill
                        $135.00         DSL January 15 through February 15
                          $6.12         Paypal fees (income = $180)
                         $38.00         Renewal of our P.O. Box for 2003
                   ------------
                        $458.95

Ending Balance        $5,250.64

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$4,013.65               General Fund
  $152.99               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund
$1,024.00               Infrastructure Fund

The money is distributed like this:

  $901.31   Checking account
$4,349.33   Savings account earning approximately 0.75% interest annually

We had one new member (shizbu) and two returning members (tod and mbusse) 
in January.  We are currently at 83 members, 74 of whom are paid through 
at least February 15th.  (The others expired recently and are in a grace 
period.)

Notes:

- Scott bought some old disk drives in December, and removed them from the 
Pumpkin in time for us to avoid paying taxes on them for 2003.  I had 
already closed the books on 2002 when he handed me the money on New Year's 
Eve, so it appears on this report.

- STeve went through and updated the values of all our stuff in the 
inventory database (http://www.cyberspace.org/~invent/index.cgi) (thanks 
STeve!), and I filled out and submitted the forms to pay our 2002 personal 
property tax.  A lot of our stuff is worth less than it used to be, so my 
estimate is that our tax bill will go down to about $80 this year.  We 
have to wait for the assessor's office to look at our return to find out 
for sure.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in January:

ah3133, davel, falcon76, glenda, kami, mbroggy, mbusse, russ, scott, 
shizbu, steve, tod, witling, and one person who wishes to remain 
anonymous.

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.