On Monday, March 03, 2014 12:27:50 Torrie Fischer wrote: > On Monday, March 03, 2014 12:05:08 Craig Bergdorf wrote: > > or, if it's $200 and you know for a fact the space needs it right now, > > just > > grudgingly buy it and hold mild anger towards those that said it wasn't > > needed (sorry, in a mood). Unless (crosses fingers) this is meant as a > > way > > > to test a new, functional system for the space approving purchases, if so: > I would really like to develop a finance committee for the space but I do > not have the bandwidth, so I'm taking a very brute force approach to it by > asking discuss@ for expenditures. > > > Is there a budget for the space that includes consumables like toilet > > paper > > that any member is allowed to see / comment on? What percentage of the > > remainder of that does this $200 represent? > > Yes, thats the $50 maintenance budget. > > https://synhak.org/wiki/Maintenance_Budget > > This $200 is an investment into our monthly AWS budget, which is a separate > entry that gets wrapped up into accounts payable, which is currently > estimated at $435. This $200 would therefore be 31% of the estimated $635 > total, should this be agreed upon. > > > As I mentioned before, I think this is a great idea, and the lower price > > tag just makes it better. I also have mentioned we should be paying more > > for internet so we can supplement our real host with some old fashioned > > house file servers (and a webcam/open sign/phone that doesn't require so > > much maintenance). > > Open sign and the webcam don't need much maintenance once they're configured > and left untouched. The recent synhak.org infrastructure rebuilding I > finished that involves disposable web servers removes a lot of the failure > points we previously suffered with the system. I was hoping to work on > removing a bunch more failure points on the client side, but not today. > > > If a call for comments is up, my only concern is one of not knowing if the > > amount we have for monthly improvements has included all the consumables I > > would think higher priority (such as toilet paper). I am also surprised > > that there is a penny left in this fund after 2 months of building. > > Most of the buildout was in the form of membership dues credit. For some > reason, nobody has actually asked for any reimbursement yet. I thought I was > very transparent on how much money we had available for reimbursement, how > much membership credit was available, and what the difference was between > credit and reimbursement. > > SYNHAK, Inc has so far spent $21.29 on four floodlights, and $22.15 on some > kitchen supplies. That is it. I'm serious.
For giggles, here's our checking account from December 1st 2013 to today: http://i.imgur.com/z3rOjib.png I'm happy to explain any entries :) > > Heck, I've had $150 in SYNHAK reimbursement cash on my person every single > day I was at the space over the last two months. > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Torrie Fischer > > <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net>wrote: > > > On Monday, March 03, 2014 11:35:51 Justin Herman wrote: > > > > I agree with Andrew, > > > > > > > > I hold several concerns about this proposal and think we need to > > > > evaluate > > > > the needs of the infrastructure. > > > > > > If you've got "several concerns", what are those concerns? I too can > > > claim > > > to > > > be "concerned" about something and not actually say why. > > > > > > Instead of doing any useful synhak work today or tomorrow, I'll be > > > producing a > > > technical report that shows why this investment will benefit the hacker > > > community we aim to support. > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Buczko > > > > > > <a4s...@dsprototyping.com>wrote: > > > > > WAT? > > > > > > > > > > first you said it was $1.60 > > > > > Then $16.40 > > > > > Now it's $123.10 > > > > > > > > > > ? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Torrie Fischer > > > > > > <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net>wrote: > > > > >> Previous thread: > > > > >> > > > > >> https://synhak.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-February/003393.html > > > > >> > > > > >> I'd like to propose that we spend $200 to reserve the two t1.micro > > > > >> instances > > > > >> in that proposal for the purpose of web servers. > > > > >> > > > > >> Our current AWS expenditure is still ~$80/mo. Spending $200 up > > > > >> front > > > > > > will > > > > > > > >> reduce that bill by $16.40/mo and keep our infrastructure expenses > > > > >> low > > > > >> for the > > > > >> next three years. Thats an extra $16.40 we can invest elsewhere > > > > >> with > > > > >> a > > > > >> break > > > > >> even point of 12 months. > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> Discuss mailing list > > > > >> Discuss@synhak.org > > > > >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > > Discuss@synhak.org > > > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss@synhak.org > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
