[sudoroom] July Rent: Inversion of a Ponzi Scheme?

[Eddan Katz]

At the decision-making in-gathering last week, it was decided not to 
make a decision about existing Sudo Room fund-raising income to be used 
to pay rent at 2135 Broadway, at this time. The rationale being that 
we've had a hard enough time making a decision about how to make 
decisions that the process should probably not be complicated any 
further. I applaud our resilience of deliberation, but then there is the 
matter of July rent.

I would like to propose something not on behalf of Sudo Room officially, 
but that I hope will help us accomplish our goals, at this time. The 
rent due for July for the "Box Office" and "Orange Closet" amounts to 
$575. Since the "box office" will be central to our Art Murmur happening 
and the "orange closet" continues to be filled in our obsolete 
technology drive, I wanted to ask the good Sudo folk on this list to 
pitch in for that amount. Tracy already gave me $40 last week and Marc 
publicly announced his willingness to give me $60 on-list. I want to 
make sure that everyone is clear about the fact that if you would like 
to give me money at any time, you are most welcome to. I have accounts 
with most mobile and online payment providers, if that makes it any easier.

But in terms of the $575 for July rent at 2135 Broadway, I wanted to 
continue in our straw poll practice of gauging how many people would be 
willing to chip in. If you're willing to go in together on rent for the 
space in July, please reply to this email with a +1 (to me and/or the 
list). By 6pm on Friday (the start of Art Murmur), I will ask these 
voluntary contributors to give me $575 divided by the number of people 
willing to volunteer. Needless to say - the higher the number of people 
contributing, the lower the contribution amount. If the number of 
contributors results in a sum too steep for any volunteer in particular, 
the Art Murmur event could be an opportunity to draw in others to cover 
that amount.

This contribution does not constitute membership in Sudo Room, nor does 
it enable special voting power, the use of a shelf, or a free t-shirt. I 
was hoping though to get some help to display a running list of the 
names of contributors against one of the walls at 2135 Broadway on 
Friday. If someone objects to the use of this list to solicit July rent 
for and/or to the display of the names of this group on the wall, please 
speak up and/or use the anonymous Sudo pages to voice your concerns.

-Eddan
[self-appointed exchequer]