[General] Two Thoughts About Money & Our Finances

[David M]

Some of us *want* to be very active members, but our health doesn't 
allow us to do as much as we'd like.  <sigh>
It will be better somewhat when summer's heat has dissipated.

David Merchant



Matt wrote:
> Ethan Chew wrote:
>   
>>         Therefore, I propose we put the following change to our rules
>> for shop contributions, taking into consideration that there are some
>> members who have decided to contribute non-financially:
>> Members are required to choose either of the following to contribute to
>> the shop:
>>
>>     * Help w/ chores and tasks - The Fac Com has several weekly/monthly
>>       chores that must be done.
>>
>> -OR-
>>
>>     * Donate a minimum dollar amount - We can compute this based on how
>>       many members we have (or will have) who can contribute and how
>>       much money we need to keep the shop running.
>>
>> I feel this is the most fair and available option to our group to help
>> us with money.  Please let me know your thoughts. 
>>     
>
> Seeing the state of our trash can alone, I'm for this. There are a
> few members that do not use the shop on a regular basis, but would
> like to be members and contribute some. Obviously we don't want to
> turn them away, every little bit helps. How do would you want to
> account for them?
>
> #matt
>
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