Hi Mark, Here is the post form last week, the message remains the same.
The club is at 41 full member equivalents, we need 52 full member equivalents to be sustainable. We are losing -$460 approximately per month, I am not counting donations above a 40.00 per full member equivalent, because they are donations - they may go away at any moment. Interestingly food and beverage sales manage to pay our monthly Hydro bill (more or less). Current projections show "Death" on the 1'st of October 2014 if things remained the same, which they won't and we would rally and not let that happen. That's 18 months to get 11 full member equivalents and not loose anyone along this way. When we get to 52 we can start looking at the nice to haves, right now we must focus on the must haves. The 3D printer was deemed a must have by the membership to attract more members. It was funded by the membership outside of regular dues and donations. So, please let's be very careful about incurring expenses, we are very close to complete sustainability. Ian PS; Donations of time and materials are so important to the club bottom line that stuff has a huge impact, a box of cable or stuff like that keeps the "Day of Doom" far away. All of you who have put in sweat equity, given equipment and "raw" IT material, or made financial contributions above the 40.00 have really sustained the club - on behalf of the board you have our sincere thanks. Ian From: discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca] On Behalf Of Mark Campbell Sent: April-01-13 9:43 AM To: Skull Space Discussion List Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Noisebridge's finances So, what's SkullSpace's burn rate? On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Ron <r...@skullsecurity.net<mailto:r...@skullsecurity.net>> wrote: This email went out to Noisebridge's mailing list last week: https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/035494.html For those who don't know, Noisebridge is San Francisco's hackerspace. Their expenses are $5000/month, and their current burn rate is $2000/month. They're predicting running out of reserve in 3 months. That makes me feel a *whole* lot better about us. But should also serve as a cautionary tale. :) Also, from that email: > If you are another hackerspace, and you communally pledge $10, we will > come and wash your dishes and try and fix your 3D printer. Sign me up! :) Seriously though, they're asking for as many people as possible to donate $10/month. If you can spare $10 - and you want to keep one of the coolest hackerspaces running - pledge. Although if you have a spare $10/month, why aren't you giving it to us? ;) Ron _______________________________________________ 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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