This is exactly how I feel about things, too. We should pay the rent out of the 2K per month we already have (though I honestly think we can get more bang for our buck elsewhere, and that might be worth discussing).<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amberpaw@gmail.com">amberpaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<strong><font color="#33cc00">Because of the 2k a month, I think getting funding at a GA right now would be contentious, despite how much media does for other groups. I think rent should be paid from the donations received and held as a media line item. there is no other need as pressing. DSB</font></strong><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Farhad Ebrahimi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farhad@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">farhad@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">It seems to me that we have three choices:<div><br></div><div>(1) Bring another proposal to GA.</div><div><br></div><div>(2) Find another source for funding. The elephant in the room is, of course, the $2k a month we already that we still haven't decided what to do with.</div>
<div><br></div><div>(3) Move our gear out of E5 and start passing the hat for our meetings there.</div><div><br></div><div>What do folks think?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>-- Farhad</div><div><br><div><div><div>
<div>On Mar 11, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Joshua Eaton wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Dear Folks,<div><br></div><div>I spoke with Liam today and got two critical pieces of information:</div>
<div><ul><li>The Media Working Group's rent at E5 was payed up through February 29. <b>This means that our March rent is currently past-due.</b></li>
<li>The funds we received from GA for rent only went through February 29, as well, meaning that we'd have to make a new proposal to GA for any additional funds.</li></ul><div>Sorry to be the bearer of this not-great news.</div>
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