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

[Tracy Jacobs]

Sorry Eddan,

I can give you fifty dollars for July when I next see you or  by  
paypal if you prefer.  I don't understand the politics here or why we  
are not deciding to pay some dues for rent.

Tracy

Tracy
On Jul 2, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Eddan Katz wrote:

> 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]
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