| Grex > Coop13 > #387: Cyberspace Communications finances for 2006 |
| Cyberspace Communications finances for 2006 | 
Jan 11 03:41 UTC 2007 |
This is a special year-end report on Grex's finances for 2006.
Beginning Balance $3,735.11
Average Total
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Credits $330.00 $3,960.00 Membership dues
$33.33 $400.00 Sale of old Sun equipment to mdw
$20.00 $240.00 Miscellaneous donations
$1.14 $13.62 Interest
$0.20 $2.38 Silly Hat Fund
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$384.67 $4,616.00
Debits $100.00 $1,200.00 Colocation fees
$48.33 $579.98 Phone bills
$6.93 $83.17 Paypal discounts
$3.33 $40.00 Rental of P.O. Box
$2.49 $29.90 Fees to maintain our domain names
$1.67 $20.00 Fees to maintain our corporate status
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$162.75 $1,953.05
Ending Balance $6,398.06
We added 24 people to the membership rolls in 2006:
beebot, c3067692, charcat, cross, easlern, firewizz, glenda, jadecat,
kaf28, kingjon, koppula, lapdragon, llama, lutefisk, matasw, mudlark,
muthu, nharmon, pmakinen, ringbark, scholar, stefburn, steve, and walkman.
Of those, 15 were still paid-up members at the end of the year.
At the beginning of 2006 we had 48 paid-up members. At the end of 2006 we
had 53 paid-up members. We had an average of 49 paid-up members during the
year.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to Grex in 2006:
ajax, arabella, arthurp, aruba, atticus, beebot, c3067692, chanur, charcat,
coyote, cross, easlern, eskarina, firewizz, fitz, garrigan, gelinas,
glenda, gorg, i, jadecat, janc, jason, jep, kaf28, kaplan, kedar, keesan,
khamsun, kingjon, koppula, krj, lapdragon, llama, lutefisk, matasw,
mbroggy, mbusse, mdw, mnac, mrtuna, muthu, naftee, nharmon, pengo,
pmakinen, polygon, rcurl, remmers, ringbark, robfitz, scholar, scott,
slynne, srw, stefburn, steve, trh, vortayne, walkman, wh, witling, wlevak,
and a few more people who asked to remain anonymous. Thanks all!
| response 1 of 47: |
Jan 11 03:44 UTC 2007 |
It seems pretty clear that Grex had a pretty good year, financially. In fact, a very good year. We had twice as many new members as in 2005, and we took in a lot more than we spent. Thank you to everyone who supported Grex in 2006!
| response 2 of 47: |
Jan 11 04:04 UTC 2007 |
But this is the people's money! If we have a surplus, we should give it back and stimulate the economy.
| response 3 of 47: |
Jan 11 04:08 UTC 2007 |
Zing!
| response 4 of 47: |
Jan 16 22:36 UTC 2007 |
What is grex gonna do with that net gain of ~$2,500?
| response 5 of 47: |
Jan 16 23:09 UTC 2007 |
Contract a sysadmin outsourcing firm in Bangladesh.
| response 6 of 47: |
Jan 16 23:49 UTC 2007 |
Burn!
| response 7 of 47: |
Jan 17 05:18 UTC 2007 |
First, we should all take a deep breath, and feel good for a moment that Grex did so well over the past year. It hasn't always been the case, so we deserve to enjoy it. But absolutely, if there are problems we can solve by throwing a little money at them, now is a good time to do that. People have been talking about a RAID array. How much staff time will be required to install a RAID array if we buy one?
| response 8 of 47: |
Jan 17 05:39 UTC 2007 |
It would be a fairly significant investment; essentially, the system would have to be reinstalled onto it. That might not be a bad thing, as grex is due for an operating system upgrade anyway (it is now two OpenBSD releases behind).
| response 9 of 47: |
Jan 17 17:03 UTC 2007 |
Are there any system upgrades which require money but not significant time, and after which the users will see an immediate improvement?
| response 10 of 47: |
Jan 17 17:06 UTC 2007 |
Very important technical purchase: send chocolate to all of the active participants in the technical conferences