<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>Dear Pat -- What is the venue rental?</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Judi</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><span style="color:rgb(191, 0, 191);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></span></span><hr style="width:100%;height:2px;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "><span style="color:rgb(191, 0, 191);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="3">Judi Galardi's</font><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;">THRAE BACK ATCHA!</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0,
255);"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">is here. Not here! At my website: www.judithgalardi.com or </span>at: www.authorhouse.com. My other books are also available.<br></div> <div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Pat Barron <pat@lectroid.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> wplug-board@wplug.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 26, 2012 12:50 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [wplug-board] WPLUG finances<br>
</font> </div> <br>The discussion on wplug-plan (about the banner and how much we'd be <br>willing to pay for something like that) motivated me to run these <br>numbers. I've tried to project WPLUG's financial position going <br>forward, if we spend money only on things that we absolutely have to <br>spend money on (taking my best guesses as to what we'd be spending on <br>things like the picnic, and paying for our use of WSCC), and assuming <br>the current trends in membership renewal rates continue sort of as they <br>have. The numbers I came up with sort of made me sit up and take <br>notice. I've included them here (please excuse the formatting, this is <br>a straight cut and paste, it might not look very good in this e-mail...):<br><br>2012<br><br>Opening balance: 925<br>+ 16 renewals: 320<br>- PO Box 94<br>- Venue rental
240<br>- Picnic 75<br>- Contingencies 50<br>- Linode 420<br> ---------<br>Closing balance: 369<br><br>2013<br><br>Opening balalnce: 329<br>+ 14 renewals 280<br>- PO Box 94<br>- Venue rental 240<br>- Domain reg 30<br>- Picnic 75<br>- Continginces 50<br> ----------<br>Closing balance:
160<br><br>2014<br><br>Opening balance: 120<br>+ 14 renewals 280<br>- PO Box 94<br>- Venue rental 240<br>- Picnic 75<br>- Contingencies 50<br> ----------<br>Closing balance: -19<br><br>So basically, at our current spend rate (spending only on things we <br>absolutely have to spend on) and current income, I'm projecting we have <br>money until about mid-2014 before we start having issues. Even if my <br>guesses as to expenses are a little off, I think the point ends up being <br>that we're spending money faster than we're taking money in. If it ends
<br>up not being a problem in 2014, it still is likely to be a problem in 2015.<br><br>Not even sure where I'm going with this, other than mention that it's <br>something we definitely need to think about. Over the next year or so, <br>finding ways to improve our income stream (as well as minimize expenses) <br>will become sort of important.<br><br>--Pat.<br>_______________________________________________<br>wplug-board mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:wplug-board@wplug.org" href="mailto:wplug-board@wplug.org">wplug-board@wplug.org</a><br><a href="http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-board" target="_blank">http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-board</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>