Cyberspace Communications finances for March 2004

Apr 1 08:34 UTC 2004

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances 
through March 31st, 2004.

Beginning Balance     $4,508.80

Credits                 $336.00         Member contributions
                        $143.00         Miscellaneous donations
                          $1.68         Interest on our savings account
                   ------------
                        $480.68

Debits                   $80.41         Pumpkin Rent for April
                         $61.02         Electricity for March
                         $15.05         Back-electricity for February
                         $15.05         Back-electricity for January
                         $93.75         Phone Bill
                        $135.00         DSL March 15 through April 15
                          $5.19         Paypal fees (income = $117)
                         $10.00         Good standing certificate (see below)
                   ------------
                        $415.47

Ending Balance        $4,574.01

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$4,327.47               General Fund
  $163.99               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund
   $22.55               Infrastructure Fund

The money is distributed like this:

$1,199.14   Checking account
$3,374.87   Savings account earning 0.55% interest annually

We had one new member (killvin) and one returning member 
(saw) in March.  We are currently at 81 members, 78 of whom are 
paid through at least April 15th.  (The others expired recently and 
are in a grace period.)

Notes:

- Kip put a power meter in the Pumpkin, and it shows that we are now 
using about 850 watts for both OldGrex and NextGrex.  This increases 
our electricity payment to $61.02/month.  We first put NextGrex in the 
Pumpkin around the beginning of the year, so we paid extra this month 
to make up for underpaying in January and February.

- The IRS requested we send a letter from the State of Michigan saying 
that we are a corporation in good standing.  That cost us $10.

- We had another Paypal transaction reversed this month.  I was 
awaiting ID before activating the membership of the user who sent 
money, so no unauthorized access was gained.  I replied right away to 
the mail Paypal sent about it, so hopefully we will avoid the $10 
penalty we owed last time.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in March:

dpc, fhoda, i, kami, killvin, mooncat, robh, saw, siamiam, srw, and 
one person who asked 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.

response 2 of 3:

Apr 3 06:56 UTC 2004

I wish we would start having the debit and credit sections NEXT TO EACH OTHER,
instead of ABOVE AND BELOW EACH OTHER.  We want to look like a real
corporation here.