[pradjs] Re: PRA- the bare essentials
- From: Benjamin Amberg <benjamin.amberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mikejedlicka@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:50:13 -0800
hey guys,
don't cancel the phone! are you kidding?!
i personally like having it, i don't really wanna give out my cell
phone number over the air. when the phone was working i got more
calls than i did IMs, i mean half the people that listen to my show
don't use IM and i know for a fact that while they are streaming my
show they are not actually at the computer, and i don't really get
how having your cell phone ring during your show is less obnoxious
than having the house phone ring, you can always turn the ringer off...
not to mention, getting rid of the phone takes us more off the radio
station grid than we already are, it's a status symbol we need...
also like mike said, what if there's a problem at the station?
there's been times when shit's gone haywire and i haven't had my
cell...and lemme tell ya, that feedback and white noise that can come
out of the speakers is not fun...at all...
we shouldn't really have to get rid of anything if everyone paid
their dues on time, i know i'm guilty of not paying on time just like
everyone else is, especially this month cause i've been out of town,
but we shouldn't have to sacrifice because we get lazy at times...i
dunno what the answer is though, it would seem like cutting some
costs might be effective, but it still remains that we aren't paying
dues on time...for me i just simply forget...is that the case with
other people, or is it an economic thing?
i like noah genda's idea about kicking in five bucks or so as a
christmas gift for the station to help us get out of the red and
would be more than happy to do that...i don't think that's too much
to ask...
maybe too we should be asking our listeners to kick us some bucks, i
dunno how many of you guys recommend that over the air, but maybe we
should be doing that more. someone told me once that doing something
like that is kinda cheap and desperate, but fuck, NPR does that shit
all the time, they have fundraisers and all their djs always say
something about supporting the station, we're listener and member
supported just like they are...i know times is tough for everyone
around the country, but the fact of the matter is the station needs
money...we shouldn't be above asking for it...
i think too that cutting costs will cause even more people to flake
on paying dues, 'oh, the station cut costs and the bills are down to
450 a month, well cool, i don't have to pay right away' but if four
or five more people think this then we're still screwed in the
end...i mean, the stuff we're talking about canceling will save us
what, fifty, seventy-five bucks maybe? as a group of 33 that's not
much of a change really, and frankly it doesn't really help us, it
hurts us as far as i can see...the more means of communication we let
go of, the phone, mailing lists, the smaller and less noticed we
become...
we're the PRA damnit, a legit radio station willing to talk and
communicate to our listeners, not some lentil bean sucking
prepubescent wanker unable to leave his room cause he's addicted to
W.O.W. porn and talking to his middle school buds on aol chat, we
exist in the real world where real people still communicate via
telephone.
that's just me though...i think canceling any of these things is a
bad idea, but i also have no idea how to get people to pay on time.
mike's emails help, they're great reminders, especially when an
ultimatum is given...buuuuut, we also shouldn't have to be constantly
tracked down and tackled for dues, we are adults, right?
banjo
On Nov 17, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Mike Jedlicka 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
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