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Cyberspace Communications finances for February 2004
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Mar 2 08:33 UTC 2004 |
Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances
through February 29th, 2004.
Beginning Balance $4,410.65
Credits $396.00 Member contributions
$25.00 Miscellaneous donations
$36.50 Proceeds from the Grex Auction
$1.42 Interest on our savings account
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$458.92
Debits $80.41 Pumpkin Rent for March
$45.97 Electricity for February
$89.44 Phone Bill
$135.00 DSL February 15 through March 15
$9.95 Paypal fees (income = $246)
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$360.77
Ending Balance $4,508.80
Our current balance breaks down as follows:
$4,262.26 General Fund
$163.99 Silly Hat Fund
$60.00 Spare Parts Fund
$22.55 Infrastructure Fund
The money is distributed like this:
$1,135.61 Checking account
$3,373.19 Savings account earning 0.55% interest annually
We had two new members (sarahlee and anderyn) and one returning member
(womble) in February. We are currently at 87 members, 75 of whom are
paid through at least March 15th. (The others expired recently and
are in a grace period.)
Notes:
- Kip hasn't had a chance to measure Grex's electricity usage yet.
When he does, our electricity bill will go up, and we'll have to pay
some extra for January and February.
Thanks to everyone who contributed in February:
arthurp, davel, eskarina, fhoda, polygon, raheim, sarahlee, siamiam,
stern, witling, womble, 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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aruba
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response 2 of 13:
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Mar 2 19:25 UTC 2004 |
January and February have been good months for Grex over the past few years.
April through September are the really bad one.
At least 5 long-time members decided not to renew as a result of the
atmosphere over the past couple of months. But, as you say, we finished in
the black anyway.
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aruba
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response 9 of 13:
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Mar 10 17:48 UTC 2004 |
Kip installed a power meter in the Pumpkin over the weekend. Preliminary
results are that NextGrex is using much less power that we previously
thought, so that's a huge relief. I'll wait unil later in the month to get
a more definitive reading, but the current projection is that we are using
approximately 619 kWh per month, which means our electric bill will be about
$62. Not too much bigger than before.
Of course, this is with NextGrex sitting idle most of the time. When we
switch over to it and are spinning the disks constantly it will no doubt
consume more power than it does now. But we'll be able to shut OldGrex off
at that point, and hopefully it will be a net gain.
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