Cyberspace Communications finances for January and February 2005

Mar 13 20:50 UTC 2005

Here is the treasurer's report on Cyberspace Communications, Inc. finances 
through February 28, 2005

Beginning Balance     $3,226.84

Credits                 $336.00         Member contributions
                         $34.28         Micellaneous contributions
                          $3.03         Interest on our savings account
                          $0.70         Error on Paypal fee in December
                   ------------
                        $374.01

Debits                   $84.43         Pumpkin Rent for February
                         $61.02         Electricity for January
                         $61.02         Electricity for February
                         $91.44         Phone Bill for January
                        $166.73         Phone Bill for February
                        $270.00         DSL January 15 through March 15
                          $9.93         Paypal fees (income = $264)
                         $38.00         P.O. box renewal
                        $200.00         provide.net colocation (Through 3/22)
                          $0.10         Error on check to Radio Shack
                   ------------
                        $982.67

Ending Balance        $2,618.18

Our current balance breaks down as follows:

$2,361.64               General Fund
  $173.99               Silly Hat Fund
   $60.00               Spare Parts Fund
   $22.55               Infrastructure Fund

The money is distributed like this:

  $726.88   Checking account
$1,891.30   Savings account earning 0.55% interest annually

We had no new members in January and February.  We are currently 
at 71 members, 54 of whom are paid through at least March 15th.  (The 
others expired recently and are in a grace period.)

Notes:

- This report combines both January and February activity.  Sorry it is so 
late - there has been so much going on with Grex that the treasurer's job 
fell through the cracks.

- I made an error recording the Paypal fees in December.  They were $5.15,
not $5.85.

- Joe bought two DB25 to DB9 adapters at Radio Shack, so we could plug the 
modems directly into Grex and avoid using the terminal server.  
Unfortunately, they didn't work, so he took them back.  Through some fluke 
of accounting, we lost $.10 on the deal.  Go figure.

- We renewed our P.O. Box through February 2nd of next year.

Thanks to everyone who contributed in January and February:

charcat, dang, jep, mbroggy, micronix, srw, vxjester, witling, and one user 
whose login we don't know yet.

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.  We 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 24:

Mar 13 21:28 UTC 2005

Right.  Some of them may become members, though.  For various reasons, their
formal membership is on hold.

response 4 of 24:

Mar 14 14:34 UTC 2005

Random acts of kindness are of course welcome, and are reported as
miscellaneous donations.

response 6 of 24:

Mar 14 18:16 UTC 2005

Thank you Jim and Sindi.  10 hours.  Wow.

response 8 of 24:

Mar 14 19:27 UTC 2005

Two more bins today.  He has somehow been managing to flatten the metal cases.
Probably closer to 20 hours if you include my time.  We never got to look
inside a T1 box before, or the box the modems plugged into.  PCs were not a
big treat.  It is the drives that take a long time and need special tools.
My artistic neighbor likes the little boards with copper coils for making
flowers from.  You can see his work at Big City Bakery on Miller.  Wire
sculpture animals.  
If we were to take all the steel 10 miles or so we could get 3 cents a pound
for it instead of putting it at the curb but that wastes fuel.  How many tons
of grex landed on the porch?  

Last call on the SUN terminals before they go to Kiwanis or get picked up with
the Kiwanis computer junk to take to a place on Jackson Rd.  

response 10 of 24:

Mar 15 00:07 UTC 2005

("Deconstruct" has a very specific technical meaning in the field of critical
theory, and is no doubt inapplicable to petty accounting.)

response 12 of 24:

Mar 15 03:29 UTC 2005

How do projected bills for provide.net (rent and broadband connection) compare
with projected income from only about 50 paying members?  Plus the $45 phone
of course.  Any other ongoing expenses that I forgot?  No insurance,
electricity, or property tax now.  

response 14 of 24:

Mar 15 22:02 UTC 2005

Mark (and Joe), could you have a rough breakdown of typical monthly or 
quarterly income and expenses for the Board meeting on Friday, 3/18?

response 16 of 24:

Mar 17 02:28 UTC 2005

I realized that we did have a new member in January, and I forgot to
acknowledge him.  He is vxjester.

response 18 of 24:

Mar 18 21:06 UTC 2005

Yes, things should be even better in the months ahead.

response 20 of 24:

Mar 19 23:49 UTC 2005

Yes, but only in the states of Nevada and New Mexico.  Guess we 
should do something about that, eh?

response 22 of 24:

Mar 20 00:43 UTC 2005

Mark is now an official assistant treasurer, by board action.  He 
has generously agreed to help out, as needed.  Joe is point person 
on staff and has his hands full.  

Thanks, Mark, for jumping back in.

response 24 of 24:

May 17 02:15 UTC 2006

TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE