[sudo-discuss] Stripe Subscriptions

[Jenny Ryan]

Update -

Awesome response to the callout!

We're now up to *$1,640/month* on sudo-humans (up from $1,290 = $350
increase).
Factoring in recurring PayPal payments ($215), that's $1,855/mo!
We're actually almost there when factoring in the ~$40 in donations
Charley's been recording from the weekly Wednesday parties.

First goal: *$2,025* (base expenses), $170 more or ~5-6 new members paying
recommended dues of $30-40/month
Second goal: *$2,500* (actual costs factoring in Omni covering utilities) -
an additional $475/month or 12-16 new members paying $30-40/mo

<3

Jenny

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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 12:19 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Kyle Mitchell <kyle at kemitchell.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2018-01-15 11:01, Jenny Ryan wrote:
>> > We technically have just three bills - Omni ($2000/mo), Digital Ocean
>> > ($15/mo) and Gandi.net (?/yr)
>>
>> Who pays Gandi.net?  We should find out what the number is,
>> or at least cap it.  For example, "no more than $10 a month".
>>
>
> I think it's something like $15/yr, but we only recently gained control of
> our own domain and i don't have the password to that account. I'm setting
> up a passpack now and will signal text the login info to a few folks. Plz
> add any passwords you've stored for sudo!
>
>
>> We want a specific number.  Not necessarily a perfectly
>> correct number.  But a number that lets us say: "If we bring in
>> $X per month, we are meeting all of our financial obligations,
>> and can put that out of mind."
>>
>> > We used to pay $446/mo in utilities to Omni, but plead poverty in tandem
>> > with CCL early last year and reduced our monthly payment to $2000. Omni
>> is
>> > by no means financially stable as of yet, and I'm still doing the
>> > end-of-month scramble dance every month to ensure we can make our
>> mortgage
>> > payments.
>>
>> What would Sudo Room pay to cover its actual share of costs,
>> reliably, without any financial assistance from Omni?
>> $2,500 per month?
>>
>> That should be our target.  Nothing less.
>>
>
> $2500 is a good monthly number, but we should also do some fundraising
> activities (crowdfunding, parties, fixit clinic, etc) to build up an
> operating reserve fund (3 months expenses, or $7,500) and a capital reserve
> fund (equivalent to operating, for improvements and necessary building
> maintenance&repairs) = $15,000.
>
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