Since the new floorplan, even our new location is not confirmed, tell us what you want. Space for a desk and a chair and a filing cabinet? I'm sure we could work that in and you could pay month-to-month. Upon discontinuing, we could just eat up the space again.
On 1 November 2012 15:30, Gordon Taylor <gtay...@macdon.com> wrote: > Maybe not necessary to have a locked office...maybe a locked desk? It would > be nice to indicate some square footage...even for a small small small > office. A person could then just bring in those big room-dividers. > > That's about it I think. > > GT > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca] On Behalf Of Justin Lacko > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 3:19 PM > To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca > Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] cashflow post move, yellow dog location, > the gap and more > > What are your requirements for an office? Would you just need a desk? > Keep in mind the space we're looking at is wide-open and we can't build > permanent walls in it. I don't know if we could offer a locked room but I'm > sure we could create some kind of gate (?) that clearly says private area - > keep out. I think all members would respect this. > > On 1 November 2012 15:11, Gordon Taylor <gtay...@macdon.com> wrote: >> I would pay extra for an office >> GT >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca >> [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca] On Behalf Of Michael >> Kozakewich >> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:36 PM >> To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca >> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] cashflow post move, yellow dog >> location, the gap and more >> >> We're going to have to re-jigger the floor plan a little, because it IS >> still big and there's a lot we can do with it. >> >> Has anyone talked about office space for members? Ron said he'd be willing >> to pay for a little space somewhere where he can work. I was thinking we >> could design little 5'x4' cubicles or something, for $100/month, which we >> could also give to members who need additional storage space. >> >> Justin, can you upload the floor-plan you got? We can take a look at what >> works where. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Justin Lacko >> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:21 PM >> To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca >> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] cashflow post move, yellow dog >> location, the gap and more >> >> We're a not-for-profit and I wouldn't call this reselling. These aren't >> commercial servers - they're members' servers and the cost is going to help >> offset power. These are the same servers we're hosting right now, for the >> most part. You seem to be thinking in terms of some kind of official >> reseller plan - I'm thinking member-based machines that are already >> operating. >> >> Do we require walls for a server room? Can we not stand up two racks against >> the wall in a low-traffic area? Do we not already have UPSes that you have >> been testing out? >> >> On 1 November 2012 14:16, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Considering extra expenses, that's more like $400-500 per month away >>> from breaking even. I don't like the financials of this move, we >>> should try to always assume worst-case. >>> >>> Also I'm not sure about charging for server space - we have no SLAs, >>> no walls for our server room there, heck you didn't even put a server >>> room on the plans. Also paid server space should have redundant >>> internet and more UPSes, neither of which we have, and I'm not sure >>> VOI will be happy about us reselling our free service for money - >>> they seemed to indicate it was no-SLA/hobbyist/not for profit before. >>> >>> >>> On 11/1/12, Justin Lacko <jus...@takaji.ca> wrote: >>>> Mark, >>>> >>>> $80 pledge - 1 member >>>> $60 pledge - 14 members >>>> $50 pledge - 6 members >>>> $40 pledge - 2 members >>>> >>>> Total: $1300 from 22 members >>>> 1 member was undecided >>>> 19 members still need to be contacted. >>>> >>>> 1 member is willing to relocate his servers to our space and pay $100/mo. >>>> >>>> Other considerations from the meeting: >>>> Server space: $10/mo. >>>> Classroom rental: $50/event >>>> Power estimate: $300/mo. >>>> >>>> Assume our rent is $2100/mo., add power = $2400/mo. >>>> Assume remaining 19 members only pay $40/mo. = $760/mo. >>>> >>>> $1300 + $760 + $100 + $30 (estimate 3 servers being hosted) = $2190/mo. >>>> >>>> Therefore, we are actually $210 away from breaking even. ***However, >>>> this doesn't include the cost of insurance, which I believe Courtney >>>> will look into to see if the price would be changing.*** >>>> >>>> Now don't forget that we have ~$8000 in our bank. This can serve as >>>> the source of our discretionary spending month-to-month. I would put >>>> a limit of $400/mo. or something similar from these funds. >>>> >>>> I'm confident that we can talk to the remaining 19 members and ask >>>> if they are willing to pay more than $40/mo. to help us out with this. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
