You probably shouldn't use that floor plan as I just drew a rectangle and have no dimensions at all. :P However, I'll upload that and the slides tonight.
On 1 November 2012 14:36, Michael Kozakewich <mkozakew...@icosidodecahedron.com> wrote: > We're going to have to re-jigger the floor plan a little, because it IS > still big and there's a lot we can do with it. > > Has anyone talked about office space for members? Ron said he'd be willing > to pay for a little space somewhere where he can work. I was thinking we > could design little 5'x4' cubicles or something, for $100/month, which we > could also give to members who need additional storage space. > > Justin, can you upload the floor-plan you got? We can take a look at what > works where. > > -----Original Message----- From: Justin Lacko > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:21 PM > To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca > Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] cashflow post move, yellow dog location, > the gap and more > > > We're a not-for-profit and I wouldn't call this reselling. These > aren't commercial servers - they're members' servers and the cost is > going to help offset power. These are the same servers we're hosting > right now, for the most part. You seem to be thinking in terms of some > kind of official reseller plan - I'm thinking member-based machines > that are already operating. > > Do we require walls for a server room? Can we not stand up two racks > against the wall in a low-traffic area? Do we not already have UPSes > that you have been testing out? > > On 1 November 2012 14:16, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Considering extra expenses, that's more like $400-500 per month away >> from breaking even. I don't like the financials of this move, we >> should try to always assume worst-case. >> >> Also I'm not sure about charging for server space - we have no SLAs, >> no walls for our server room there, heck you didn't even put a server >> room on the plans. Also paid server space should have redundant >> internet and more UPSes, neither of which we have, and I'm not sure >> VOI will be happy about us reselling our free service for money - they >> seemed to indicate it was no-SLA/hobbyist/not for profit before. >> >> >> On 11/1/12, Justin Lacko <jus...@takaji.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Mark, >>> >>> $80 pledge - 1 member >>> $60 pledge - 14 members >>> $50 pledge - 6 members >>> $40 pledge - 2 members >>> >>> Total: $1300 from 22 members >>> 1 member was undecided >>> 19 members still need to be contacted. >>> >>> 1 member is willing to relocate his servers to our space and pay $100/mo. >>> >>> Other considerations from the meeting: >>> Server space: $10/mo. >>> Classroom rental: $50/event >>> Power estimate: $300/mo. >>> >>> Assume our rent is $2100/mo., add power = $2400/mo. >>> Assume remaining 19 members only pay $40/mo. = $760/mo. >>> >>> $1300 + $760 + $100 + $30 (estimate 3 servers being hosted) = $2190/mo. >>> >>> Therefore, we are actually $210 away from breaking even. ***However, >>> this doesn't include the cost of insurance, which I believe Courtney >>> will look into to see if the price would be changing.*** >>> >>> Now don't forget that we have ~$8000 in our bank. This can serve as >>> the source of our discretionary spending month-to-month. I would put a >>> limit of $400/mo. or something similar from these funds. >>> >>> I'm confident that we can talk to the remaining 19 members and ask if >>> they are willing to pay more than $40/mo. to help us out with this. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-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/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-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/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
