[SpaceProgram] Revising costs

[cole santos]

Ya thats fine I just didnt want to piss anyone off lol

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ricky Ng-Adam <rngadam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have they been selected? I thought we had changed the proposal to leave the
> nomination and selection to the organization. in addition to renewal periods
> every few months. I think it's a fair and more democratic process.
>
> On Jan 11, 2012 2:16 AM, "cole santos" <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The original proposal relies on a traveling co-administrators, and
>> they have already been chosen. I think that is an important part of
>> the whole proposal. Now I also think that some hackerspaces may be
>> able to provide lodging ala couch surfer once in a while if conditions
>> and personalities permit, but we should not rely on that and it should
>> be included in the budget and we should do our best not to spend it.
>> But ultimately I think that decision is up to the originally proposed
>> co-administrators.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Alex Cureton-Griffiths <alexcg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I've been having some thoughts on the costs of the project. i made a
>> > copy of the spreadsheet here with some changes.
>> >
>> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dC1Lc043cktCUnJlSFVNQkdFVTFYbkE
>> >
>> > Changes include:
>> > * Switching GM to be more stationary, less traveling position. (since
>> > one way to keep costs down is just have one director travel. Note:
>> > I've just done that bit as a thought exercise, and am not pushing for
>> > it).
>> > * Reducing consulting costs (e.g. 500 USD every month for graphic
>> > design seems excessive to me)
>> > * Removing events (since we have option of doing them online)
>> >
>> > Also, I reference the staff costs spreadsheet. I made that myself and
>> > it rejigs cost for GM/community manager. That sheet's at:
>> >
>> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dG1Mblh4U0lXd2p5bl9yZUhfU0pVVGc
>> >
>> > As a result of the changes I've pushed allocation for projects to just
>> > over 35k per project (from 30k originally)
>> >
>> > Stuff I'm not sure about:
>> > * IT costs
>> > * Rent - if GM doesn't travel, rent would depend where they live. I
>> > have no idea about US rentals (where I would envision GM being based
>> > due to hackerspace density in the US)
>> > * Other consulting costs
>> >
>> > Also, who put the costs spreadsheet together originally? Then I'll
>> > know who I can direct questions to
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