Those are probably mostly in the report Mark Jenkins prepared a month or so ago - i think he mailed it to Discuss.
The most significant point is that rent is going to increase by about 60% under the new terms the landlord is dictating. On Oct 14, 2012 4:23 PM, "Dan Bernardić" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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