Ok, an informal discussion at a weekly meeting is fine: I didn't mean to say it had to be a formal, balloted vote.
But if we're losing money every month, I don't think we should be taking on such expenses... and others might agree. On Jan 13, 2014 12:17 PM, "Ron" <r...@skullsecurity.net> wrote: > Expenses of that level don't require a vote per our bylaws. > Traditionally, we usually do best-effort consensus: that is, bring it up > in the meeting and get a rough consensus. If people are generally in > favour or apathetic, we do it. If they're generally against it, we look > for other options. > > Ron > > On 2014-01-13 01:08, Roswyne wrote: > > Ian, when she was hired, I understood this to be an expense you were > > personally covering, due to frequently working at the space. > > > > Is this shifting to a SkSp expense? If so, we need to vote in it. I'm > > against taking on additional expenses until we're actually breaking even. > > On Jan 12, 2014 7:51 PM, "Ian Trump" <itr...@octopitech.com> wrote: > > > > > I second what Siu said. More complex financial analysis is beyond both > > > the tools and capability of the volunteer board at present. > > > > > > There is/was a membership tracking project to create a SkullSpace > > > membership portal with administrative and accounting features - it has > > > languished due to resource constraints. > > > > > > On a more positive side, Grace Polson the cleaning woman will be > > > attending SkullSpace tomorrow morning to begin regular monthly > cleaning. I > > > expect this expense to be around 100 per > > > Month. > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On 2014-01-12, at 19:37, "Roswyne" <rosw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Typically the requested donation for food or drink at the space is > > > double the cost, rounded. > > > > > > i.e. the average cost of canned drinks might be $0.56/can, but we > round it > > > up and request a dollar. > > > > > > If we assume that sort of pricing, and that everyone is honest and up > to > > > date, then you can estimate the profit as being roughly equal to costs. > > > > > > Otherwise, you'd have to take inventory regularly and strictly separate > > > food & drink money from general donations, which I think isn't a good > use > > > of volunteer time. :) > > > On Jan 12, 2014 6:07 PM, "Jeremy Hiebert" <jkhieb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I'll need to interface with Ian and find out where we are at right > now. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Nathan Wild <nathan.w...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > >> > > >>> Thanks Jeremy! > > >>> > > >>> Is there a summary of intake vs expenditure available anywhere? I'd > > >>> love to see this - particularly as we are poised to buy more stuff... > > >>> > > >>> If not maybe now would be a good time to take a snapshot of > > >>> profitability, as we have nothing on-hand for snacks. > > >>> > > >>> Nathan T. Wild > > >>> On Jan 12, 2014 3:12 PM, "Jeremy Hiebert" <jkhieb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Justin, all drink, food, and donations that are dropped in the box > are > > >>>> lumped under donations. We can't actually "sell" food and drink. > Those > > >>>> boxes are emptied weekly and yes, they are counted. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Ian Trump <itr...@octopitech.com > >wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Dish drying towels. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On 2014-01-12, at 14:07, "Alex Weber" <alexw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Hey everyone, > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > Nate is making a Costco run and has room for some SkullSpace > > >>>>> shopping. What are we out of? 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