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Grex > Coop13 > #101: Cyberspace Communications finances for January 2004 | |
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aruba
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Cyberspace Communications finances for January 2004
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Feb 1 19:13 UTC 2004 |
Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances
through January 31st, 2004.
Beginning Balance $4,390.70
Credits $330.00 Member contributions
$5.00 Repayment of bounced check fee
$1.00 Miscellaneous donations
$2.00 Sale of a Grex handbook
$1.52 Interest on our savings account
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$339.52
Debits $80.41 Pumpkin Rent for February
$45.97 Electricity for January
$13.71 Phone Bill (see below)
$135.00 DSL January 15 through February 15
$6.48 Paypal fees (income = $182)
$38.00 Renewal of P.O. Box
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$319.57
Ending Balance $4,410.65
Our current balance breaks down as follows:
$4,164.11 General Fund
$163.99 Silly Hat Fund
$60.00 Spare Parts Fund
$22.55 Infrastructure Fund
The money is distributed like this:
$1,038.88 Checking account
$3,371.77 Savings account earning 0.65% interest annually
We had one new member (scheidr) in January. We are currently at 84
members, 78 of whom are paid through at least February 15th. (The
others expired recently and are in a grace period.)
Notes:
- It was a good month for Grex!
- This month's phone charges totalled $90.88. We had a credit
leftover from the change from centrex to POTS lines, which we have now
used up. So next month's bill will be back to normal.
- I filled out Grex's personal property tax return and turned it in at
City Hall on Friday the 30th. For a summary see
http://www.cyberspace.org/~invent/reportsummary.cgi?repyear=2003&showest=1
I estimate the taxes we'll pay this year at $143, up from $81 last
year. (We bought NextGrex in 2003.) My estimate could be off,
though, depending on what the Assessor does.
- A $12 check that I deposited in November came back unpaid. There is
a $5 penalty when that happens. The person who bounced the check has
replaced it (with cash) and paid the fee.
- Our electricity bill is going to go up a lot, as of January 1st,
because both OldGrex and NextGrex are up and running. Scott and I
measured the current in the Pumpkin at 13.25 Amps, up from 5.5 amps in
2001 (the last time we measured it). I haven't changed the amount
we're paying yet, because Kip is going to check a power meter out of
the library as soon as one comes back, and hopefully get a more
accurate measurement of just how much juice we're using. When he
gives me that number, I'll write a letter to our landlord explaining
the situation, and include payment for the difference in January.
Thanks to everyone who contributed in January:
bruin, mbroggy, mbusse, mudlark, robh, scheidr, and one person who
asked to remain anonymous.
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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naftee
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response 1 of 155:
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Feb 1 19:15 UTC 2004 |
Who donated the $1?
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robh
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response 2 of 155:
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Feb 2 20:53 UTC 2004 |
Re 1: That would be me, I think.
Why? For the Hek of it. (And because I didn't have change.)
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witzbolt
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response 3 of 155:
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Feb 2 20:55 UTC 2004 |
i'm ejaculating on your tits.
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aruba
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response 4 of 155:
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Feb 11 15:23 UTC 2004 |
Yesterday two longtime Grex members told me they won't be renewing their
memberships as a result of the recent debate. Not because of the outcome,
but because of the process.
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micklpkl
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response 5 of 155:
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Feb 11 16:10 UTC 2004 |
I'm almost certain I won't be renewing, either. This isn't a threat, or a
promise --- just a heads-up. It's a pity, and something that I've been
wrestling with since I first heard about valerie's excision of entire
discussion items. I've received a lot of help from a good chunk of grex's
members in the past, and I've tried to do what I could to return the favour
in support of the system. I simply don't see the point, anymore.
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naftee
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response 6 of 155:
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Feb 11 16:18 UTC 2004 |
It should be the outcome.
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slynne
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response 7 of 155:
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Feb 11 17:33 UTC 2004 |
Wow. I guess I feel a little sad that people are ready to give up on
grex over this. I cant say that I was happy about all of this business
but I wasnt really expecting people to actually bail over it.
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gull
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response 8 of 155:
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Feb 11 17:47 UTC 2004 |
I guess we can score two more points for the M-Netters in their attempt
to destroy Grex.
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anderyn
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response 9 of 155:
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Feb 11 18:08 UTC 2004 |
I don't think it's the actual issue so much as the vitriol and keats of text
that were written with a lot of mean-spiritedness (mostly on one side, in my
opinion) -- I certainly am much less interested in participating if all my
efforts are going to garner are insults and diatribes about "favoring favorite
people". I suspect that others feel the same way, even if all they're doing
is reading such things.
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cmcgee
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response 10 of 155:
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Feb 11 18:32 UTC 2004 |
I really hope that people will reconsider leaving Grex. I value this
community enough that I'm willing to consider new ways of operating, if it
helps maintain the community.
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jp2
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response 11 of 155:
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Feb 11 18:50 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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tod
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response 12 of 155:
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Feb 11 18:54 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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slynne
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response 13 of 155:
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Feb 11 19:01 UTC 2004 |
I kind of remember when similar things starting going on over on Mnet
but with different "troublemakers". People got upset and left...mostly
to come here. What happened after that is that over time, there were
fewer and fewer interesting people. There have always been folks who
flame each other online and who try to cause problems. But when all the
interesting people have left, then what is left? I cant blame anyone
for not wanting to put up with it but once the more interesting people
start leaving, things get pretty boring pretty fast.
FWIW, I am still an "mnetter" although I certainly have no desire to do
anything to hurt grex.
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ryan
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response 14 of 155:
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Feb 11 19:09 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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tod
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response 15 of 155:
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Feb 11 19:26 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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ryan
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response 16 of 155:
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Feb 11 19:44 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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naftee
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response 17 of 155:
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Feb 11 20:31 UTC 2004 |
I'm sure it was your behaviour that caused it.
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robh
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response 18 of 155:
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Feb 11 20:37 UTC 2004 |
Re 11 - If Fascism had won on Grex, you wouldn't still be here.
Gods, how I wish fascism had won on Grex...
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rational
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response 19 of 155:
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Feb 11 20:45 UTC 2004 |
Re. 14: Is that why you started running party bots you were specifically told
not to run, and then when you were stopped, you cursed and vitrioled in the
system problems item?
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albaugh
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response 20 of 155:
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Feb 11 21:16 UTC 2004 |
Re: #4: What aspects of "the process" are what these people say will be
having them leave? The proposals (which is the grex defined way to enact
grass roots system changes)? The discussions? The name-calling?
I would like to know what was so bad about "the process", whatever that means.
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naftee
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response 21 of 155:
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Feb 11 21:17 UTC 2004 |
re 19 We could post excerpts!
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gull
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response 22 of 155:
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Feb 11 21:20 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:12: Sure, anyone is welcome on M-Net. Making trouble is what M-Net
is all about. But on Grex people occasionally want to do stuff other than
gaming the system and talking about shitdicks.
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rational
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response 23 of 155:
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Feb 11 21:48 UTC 2004 |
Welcome to the
February General Conference
fairwitnesses: jerryr
slynne
First item 1, last 66
Ok: find shitdick
No matches found.
Welcome to the
January General Conference
fairwitnesses: jerryr
slynne
First item 1, last 127
Ok: find shitdick
#3.259 dc;fu (ric)
1: TWILA that I allowed shitdicks.com to expire.
#3.265 www.bush2004.com (tonster)
3: ratbert:/var/www/turnover # whois shitdicks.com
30: Domain Name: SHITDICKS.COM
63: ratbert:/var/www/turnover # host -t ns shitdicks.com
64: shitdicks.com name server ns1.nameresolve.com.
65: shitdicks.com name server ns2.nameresolve.com.
66: shitdicks.com name server ns3.nameresolve.com.
67: shitdicks.com name server ns4.nameresolve.com.
Welcome to the
December General Conference
fairwitnesses: jerryr
slynne
First item 1, last 100
Ok: find shitdick
#36.28 Twinkie (twinkie)
4: Dustin, it's really high time that you ate a bag of shitdicks.
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naftee
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response 24 of 155:
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Feb 11 22:26 UTC 2004 |
Yeah the focus has changed .
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