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

[Anca Mosoiu]

I can likewise contribue $50 (but don't want to be on the hook for more). :)

Anca.


On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Ryan Stellar <rstellar at gmail.com> wrote:

> When is the next IRL meeting?
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> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> Sorry Eddan,
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>> 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:
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>>  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
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