READ THIS: money status. our balance will be negative :( please help!
chris (fool) mccraw
outstanding donations (everyone who has gotten any donations
personally, please check the "income" sheet on the google doc and
update if needed! the only checks rolf has are from
bridgeport/r-west, so he hasn't seen shebop, anonymous donor, vitamin
water, etc), we will be in the red once security bills us and kate
puts in her expenses.
kate, please put in your expenses ASAP!
it looks worse than it is since carl has been reimbursed already, but
we are going to be around a couple hundred plus kate's expenses shy.
posters are still moving but i wouldn't count on income from them
anytime soon--i think stephen's about to break even and then i
encouraged him to pay himself back for the $400 he's been floating
since last year's musical debacle before starting to donate the
proceeds.
for the meantime i can continue to float the $150 i spent
until...well, i guess, next fundraising cycle. we'll probably still
be a little shy even with that. anyone else able to float a little of
their expense until we pull in donation #1 for next year? if you're
of small means PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. i don't want to stress anyone
out, strain budgets, or have people go hungry. even if you're of
large means and don't wanna do this, don't. but if you're in good
financial shape and can afford to && are willing to make a loan, i'm
talking to you =).
so what next? some options i can see:
- put a message out on shift/wnbr page/bikeportland that we are poor?
i'd like to not involve bikeportland, though it clearly works, because
jonathan already did this for us in '09. i'd actually like to avoid
this option entirely, since i think it works better before the ride
than after. though, on the other hand i am saddened that as far as i
know, only a single participant/member of the general public donated a
single dollar ($50 via paypal from one person) this year despite me
shilling on the FB page and the shift list.
- start fundraising for next year right now? (Steph was excited by
this prospect)
- *everyone* help with poster sales. if everyone on this list:
a) plugged this poster on their facebook or mailed to friends or
tweeted and thusly sold a couple at retail ($10)
and
b) took 5 posters to their local bike shop and said "please sell these
for us for $12, we'll split that $12 with you 50/50", and it worked,
we could probably break even.
- ask shift to donate some money to our cause. shift is comparatively
rich and rarely spends money. it's been cashflow positive this
pedalpalooza. it would have to be voted on at a business meeting in
*5 days* so if we are going to pursue this, we gotta figure out the
specifics RIGHT NOW. as shift treasurer, i feel i have a conflict of
interests so i cannot advocate for this action (either here or at the
shift meeting), but if you guys wanna proceed with it, someone needs
to come pitch at the business meeting on weds, 6 july, 6:30pm at the
leftbank annex in room 209.
- other ideas?
it would of course be nice not to start next year with a $0 balance,
so raising a grand instead of a few hundred would be pretty awesome.
let's find a solution!
K. Welch
chris (fool) mccraw
> Sorry I'm late on this, chris...
>
> I have the receipts, just need to tally them on the spreadsheet.
thanks, please do ASAP!
> My ballpark guess is I spent about $200 on garbage supplies, printing, and
> medic supplies.
good to know.
> I can float this expense for awhile, but, since it is on the credit
> card...I'd love to get some $$ back at some point.
we will definitely get you paid back.