Sorry if I missed this, but is there a way for you to provide more numbers in this report? What kinds of numbers are we looking at?
How many members? How much revenue now? How much revenue is needed? Perhaps other relevant numbers that I did not think of. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -- Dan Bernardic Learn more about me at http://gravatar.com/dbernar
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