I would personally have no problem letting the phone go. I haven't once had anyone call in during my show, and it would probably be a bit distracting even if it they did. I usually stress the IM as a means of making requests. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Mike Jedlicka <mikejedlicka@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi PRA, > > > I was going to send this to only the managers, but I think you all need to > know this information. I'll get right to it. We just got overdrafted again > on our bank of america account ($35 a pop), and this has been happening a > lot recently, too much (probably 3 times in the past 2 months). We just > aren't keeping afloat at this point, so I think we need to talk about what > our bare essential bills are at PRA and what could go. Here's what we're > paying ... > > Rent- $330 > phone/internet (clear)- $75 > shoutcast-25 > constant contact (mailing list)-~25 > spotlight (online payments)-$35 > server (mediatemple)-14 > PO box (medium size) $180 a year > > TOTAL > $519 a month > > we have 33 slots filled up which means if everyone paid we'd now have ($20 > a month)- $660 > > We should be in the green by $140 a month but we haven't had $$ in our > account for extra things (updating gear, maintenance, etc). It's been like > this since I took over Treasury a good 9 months ago. > > I don't know what to do about getting djs to pay on time (by the 1st of the > month)? I try to make the list of who is paying and who isn't, but we still > have so many people who don't seem to care or understand how important it is > for us. Saffron is about to put her own money in the bank and she needs to > be paid back. What can we do guys?? We won't be sustainable like this and > we may go under honestly cause I'm not paying out of pocked anymore and > Saffron won't either. > > What do you all feel about canceling the phone? Do we need constant > contact?? Devan, were you planning on getting PRA a smaller PO box soon?? > > Please let us know what you're thinking ... > > > Mike > -- ~Dave Nie'se schlect sim'wa. **************************************************************************************************************************** Wouldn't it be much worse if life _were_ fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe. -Marcus Cole, Babylon 5 ****************************************************************************************************************************