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== Background on Noisebridge Financial Situation == It turns out that Noisebridge is starting to get low on funds for paying rent and keeping the lights on. This was brought to our attention during Wednesday's meeting when a member (Rubin?) was polling everyone in the space about membership/donation history, while also clueing us in about the financial situation. I was curious about how NB is funded so I looked into it more. Here's the summary of the key points from Tuesday's members meeting minutes where the financial concerns were first raised. * After paying December's Rent, Noisebridge will only have one month's expenses in the bank. ** Normally, they try to keep it at 3 months buffer, so this is the reason for concern. ** Noisebridge costs about $165/day to operate. ** There is no magic endowment funding the space. * The members' dues paid have dropped off over the last few months ** If you are a member, double check you are up to date with your dues and your paypal autopay hasn't mysteriously stopped as it has for others. ** If you aren't a member, consider joining but if that seems like a hassle or you don't want consensus rights, you can just pay "dues" via regular donation if that's more your style. ** "If you're here a lot, you should be paying dues" was the consensus [which seems reasonable] * The suggestion was raised that usergroups (like ours?) should contribute to the space financially. **Members also raised concerns of lack of engagement between groups and NB membership **Members suggest that outreach to groups might help this [agreed] * An idea to "sponsor a day of NB" was raised, and a few members picked days in December to "sponsor" (at $165/each) * Idea of a suggested $5 dayuse donation was raised for encouraging regular, but infrequent users to contribute to the space.
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