I was also led to believe it was magic. As for the cap, how would you go about cultivating quality members over the ones who were just there first? I mean, I guess old age could open new spots?
On 2013-12-25, at 12:23 AM, Alex Weber <alexw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if the Vendingmiser tells us how many drinks are dispensed. I > think it just powers the machine off and on depending on the time of day, > who's around to trip the motion sensor, and some other magic. > > -Alex > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Ian Trump <itr...@octopitech.com> wrote: >> As per my previous emails and personal responses to inquiries. The donations >> of our membership have yielded a small profit over the past months, >> reflected in our bank balance. >> >> Drinks and food are more or less a wash. We purchased a vending miser which >> apparently was supposed to give use detailed information on the drink >> machine but I am yet to receive any information on drinks sold vs. money >> received. >> >> I for one have privately (now public) advocated to see membership capped at >> 50 full members and 20 students. This has mostly been do to the capacity of >> the volunteer board and my personal belief that SKSP membership should be >> prized and cherished. >> >> There has been little support for my ideas :) >> >> I hope this clarifies the situation. >> >> Ian >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2013-12-24, at 20:05, "Roswyne" <rosw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Nonetheless, it would be preferable to have the remaining income needed to >>> meet our monthly expenses lined up in advance, at least tentatively. This >>> could include: >>> * estimated profit from drink sales >>> * projected income drone scheduled room rental >>> * upcoming fundraising events >>> * pledged donations >>> >>> At this point in time, I don't know how we make our monthly shortfall, and >>> would be interested in finding out. >>> On Dec 23, 2013 1:24 PM, "Jeremy Hiebert" <jkhieb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I am going to try to halt where this line of emails/thinking usually takes >>>> us. >>>> >>>> First off, SkullSpace is doing fine. It is time that our members get >>>> comfortable with the idea that this non-profit of ours is not going to be >>>> self-sustaining through memberships. That shouldn't scare anyone though. >>>> >>>> Up until now, we were usually running ~$200 short based on memberships >>>> alone. I can't find a month in the last year where we did not *easily* >>>> make up for that in donations and food/drink sales. The rent is increasing >>>> in January so there will be more of a gap to bridge. >>>> >>>> SkullSpace hosts events that bring in a decent amount of money. Think of >>>> the social, PegJam (if that is what it was called), user group meetings. >>>> Once we have our OP we will definitely see an increase in attendees at >>>> hackathons, plus earn a decent profit on drink sales. What better way to >>>> attract IT than booze? >>>> >>>> Really, all I am getting at is people need to stop thinking about just >>>> getting enough members to sustain. That hasn't happened. We basically >>>> plateaued as far as membership numbers go. Quite a few hackerspaces >>>> operate like this, relying on donations to stay in operation. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:42 PM, <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> From those numbers we're losing $400-500 per month - I assume food >>>>> purchases and members giving above their dues helps that a little bit - >>>>> but we're still at the "need 10 new full members to survive in a year" >>>>> stage? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Ian Trump <itr...@octopitech.com> >>>>> Sender: discuss-bounces@lists.skullspace.caDate: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 18:12:12 >>>>> To: <discuss@lists.skullspace.ca><discuss@lists.skullspace.ca> >>>>> Reply-To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca >>>>> Cc: ad...@skullspace.ca<ad...@skullspace.ca> >>>>> Subject: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Financial Update/ Financial Forecast >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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