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

[Ryan Stellar]

When is the next IRL meeting?

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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