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Grex > Oldcoop > #273: Cyberspace Communications finances for May 2005 | |
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tod
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response 5 of 35:
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Jun 15 00:10 UTC 2005 |
I move that we replenish the inventory of silly hats. Let's start with Jim
Naftee.
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naftee
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response 6 of 35:
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Jun 15 01:31 UTC 2005 |
can i buy your hat ?
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tod
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response 7 of 35:
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Jun 15 05:46 UTC 2005 |
You can shine my helmet
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naftee
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response 8 of 35:
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Jun 21 17:56 UTC 2005 |
This is ridiculous. If I get someone else to write me a cheque for a GreX
membership, and the cheque has their name and address pre-printed on it,
then that's "good enough" ID, even though I don't actually have anything to
do with the person who wrote the cheque ?!
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nharmon
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response 9 of 35:
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Jun 21 18:02 UTC 2005 |
No, it has to be a personal check from your parents or guardians, or from your
self.
See: http://www.grex.org/memfaq.html
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scholar
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response 10 of 35:
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Jun 21 18:37 UTC 2005 |
does grex accept canadian tax rebate cheques?
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nharmon
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response 11 of 35:
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Jun 21 18:56 UTC 2005 |
No
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naftee
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response 12 of 35:
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Jun 21 20:43 UTC 2005 |
And how does the treasurer prove it's from the parents ?
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aruba
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response 13 of 35:
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Jun 21 21:24 UTC 2005 |
Try me. :)
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naftee
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response 14 of 35:
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Jun 21 22:27 UTC 2005 |
You personally phone that person up and say "ARE YOU THE LEGAL GUARDIAN OF
SUCHANDSUCH< ?".
Or maybe you hire a private eye to figure out who they are.
All this stinks of identity theft.
I think GreX is a front for stealing people's SIN numbers.
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nharmon
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response 15 of 35:
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Jun 21 23:01 UTC 2005 |
What in god's name is a SIN number?
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naftee
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response 16 of 35:
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Jun 22 00:34 UTC 2005 |
It's God's version of an SSN. We have them here in Canada.
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jared
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response 17 of 35:
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Jun 26 01:22 UTC 2005 |
I'm no longer a deadbeat.
q
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aruba
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response 18 of 35:
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Jun 26 05:16 UTC 2005 |
Thanks Jared!
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tod
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response 19 of 35:
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Jun 26 14:04 UTC 2005 |
re #17
You're more like a sweet potato! ;)
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jared
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response 20 of 35:
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Jun 26 14:31 UTC 2005 |
The past two years Mark has been kind enough to keep nagging me,
so i've removed the need for him to nag for at least another
year or more. I'm quite happy to see grex with a positive cash
flow, It should help out a lot with the necessary upgrades
(disk capacity mostly I suspect) Grex will need in the
upcoming months/years.
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mary
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response 21 of 35:
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Jun 26 16:06 UTC 2005 |
Thanks, Jared, a lot.
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naftee
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response 22 of 35:
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Jun 26 17:30 UTC 2005 |
thanks, Mary, a lot
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ric
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response 23 of 35:
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Jun 27 14:30 UTC 2005 |
Oh, I saw someone mention somewhere in this conference that they wouldn't
object to doubling of membership rates to raise additional funds. I just
wanted to state for the record that I WOULD object to the doubling of
membership rates. It's basically a donation and nothing else anyway. Force
me to donate $120, and you'll probably get $0. People are welcome to donate
over and above the $60 membership rate, and if Grex needs to raise more money,
it should be publicized.
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keesan
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response 24 of 35:
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Jun 27 14:39 UTC 2005 |
The current membership rate is more than adequate for ongoing expenses and
people seem willing to make additional donations if we need hardware.
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jep
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response 25 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:04 UTC 2005 |
I was the one who mentioned doubling the membership rate. It's the
same now as it was the day Grex came on-line. If we needed more money,
then increasing the membership rate would be acceptable to me.
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nharmon
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response 26 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:05 UTC 2005 |
I'm with Rick. I would object to doubling the membership rate...but I might
sponsor a hard drive or something.
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tod
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response 27 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:57 UTC 2005 |
Anybody want to prime up the auction to raise funds? I don't see a reason
to juice member costs when there are many alternatives that could include the
userbase.
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aruba
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response 28 of 35:
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Jun 27 22:13 UTC 2005 |
I would always prefer to have more members than to raise the amount it
costs to be a member. More members means a stronger community, and I
rather have that than a richer one. We have probably set the membership
rate lower than th intersection of the supply and demand curves, for that
reason.
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jep
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response 29 of 35:
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Jun 28 14:42 UTC 2005 |
I agree that it'd be better to see more members than to get more money
from the current members than to increase rates. However, membership
is declining and no one has been able to do anything about it for a few
years now.
I am not advocating that we increase membership fees. I'm just saying
that it's been a long time that Grex has had the same rates, and if
some increase were necessary, I would be willing to pay more.
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