There's no way we *cannot* do electrical renos.
To say it again, we could still do the big electrical renovations
without committing our reserves and operational revenues to it.
If members held a campaign over several months where we get earmarked
donations and also tried to nail a grant it could still happen.
(it would be the same budget I just posted with this extra income just
described and an equal amount of reno spending on the expense side +
higher electrical usage due to more capacity being online )
(tip: grant funders like it when other monies are also put on the table
so they feel their assistence has a leverage value
tip #2:
http://www.assiniboine.mb.ca/My-Community/Sponsorships---Grants/About-Sustainable-Community-Gr.aspx
next deadline March 9
)
But, if you are saying we *must* do electrical renovations even without
significant donations and/or a grant then you're saying we have to use
some combination of:
* diping into our reserves (currently at 3 months rent + ~$1200)
and
* using operating revenue to pay a loan.
And if that's where you stand then tell us where your preference lies --
do you want us to make some kind of structural change to boost
membership revenues (to come into effect post renovations) or should
Skullspace just pay for everything using our current reserves and
revenues and forgoe the security of having a discretionary budget?
Or, despite what you've said are you actually in favour of the SnikneJ
plan in the interium -- that is you agree that the renos *must* be
largly funded by grants and donations which would have to happen first
(which could take awhile) and that the renovations can not *at this time
once we sign the new lease* be funded by our reserves and operational
revenue paying down a loan.
Mark
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