[SpaceProgram] Revising costs

[Alex Cureton-Griffiths]

So, if it's the case that the directors haven't been selected yet, can
anyone see any issues with tweaking the roles? Admittedly my cost
reduction in terms of staff costs/travel didn't save much, but there
may be other ways we can tweak the roles to reduce costs



On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:22 AM, cole santos <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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