Ron, I will donate extra per month and am signalling my intention to fill out a new PAD. Let's all help SkullSpace!
As well, in November or December I am going to hold a circuit-board how-to class. Details to come. ~Justin On 14 October 2012 14:21, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey everybody, > > I don't post day-to-day business to announce@ very often, but as I > alluded to in the subject, this is very important. Basically, it's vital > to the survival of SkullSpace at this point, as scary as that sounds. > > With the new lease that the landlord is proposing, we're going to be > stretched thin. So thin that it's really not realistic to survive > without making some changes. I don't believe moving is an option - we're > not going to find anything better than what we have, and we're going to > wind up with either shitty space or more expensive space, with the same > problems. > > There are three ways to solve this, and I think we should be working on > implementing all three: > > 1. If you're not a member, and you'd like to become one, please talk to > me! If you join now, we'll give you the first month for free! Just email > me directly (ron @ skullsecurity.net) and we'll make arrangements! Also, > if you have any friends who you think would be interested, bring 'em to > SkullSpace and show them around! > > 2. If you ARE a member, and you can afford to pay more than $40/month, > please consider filling out a new PAD that includes a monthly donation. > I've personally offered to do this, as did nearly everybody in the > budget meeting. If you can afford $50, $60, or even $100, it'll make a > *huge* difference. > > For what it's worth, we had a visitor this week whose hackerspace runs > entirely off monthly donations, and they have people who pay $200 and > $300 each month, because they can afford it. > > I understand that not everybody can afford more than $40, but if you can > and you wish to donate extra money, please email me directly and we'll > sort it out. ron @ skullsecurity.net > > 3. More events! We've had several events the last couple weeks, and have > more planned! If you have an idea for an event, don't be shy! Take the > reigns, and if you need anything at all, let me know. I'm here to help > and facilitate as much as I can. And when we do have events, please > pass the hate, particularly for non-members. $5 or $10 per person isn't > an unreasonable donation! > > So yeah, that's my appeal. We desperately need to raise our income in > a short timeframe to offset the rent increase. If we don't, we're going > to be homeless. Or worse. So please help out! > > Ron > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlB7EMMACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/Q94QCgqOGxHYqYtDtQ+EGUOFZHBRe5 > +uIAoNotBVc58wGvhMwMexc1lC+LLh8U > =cu9j > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Announce Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Announce > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-announce-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
