[Ob-media-multi] [Ob-media] [Ob-media-external] URGENT: E5 Rent

Farhad Ebrahimi farhad at occupyboston.org
Sun Mar 11 20:17:19 EDT 2012


My understanding is that we have no money other than the $2k per month that we were generously donated by a donor -- who's also part of the working group. I'm not sure how much of that money has been spent in previous months.

Joshua, are we up to speed on this with FAWG?

Best,
-- Farhad

On Mar 11, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Joseph Ramsey wrote:

> Approximately how much money does Media have right now?
>  
> -Joe
> 
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler <amberpaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be different if there was a project underway and all authonomously raised and donated money to the Media WG was committed to same.  DSB
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Joshua Eaton <jeaton at post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 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).
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler <amberpaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Farhad Ebrahimi <farhad at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> It seems to me that we have three choices:
> 
> (1) Bring another proposal to GA.
> 
> (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.
> 
> (3) Move our gear out of E5 and start passing the hat for our meetings there.
> 
> What do folks think?
> 
> Best,
> -- Farhad
> 
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Joshua Eaton wrote:
> 
>> Dear Folks,
>> 
>> I spoke with Liam today and got two critical pieces of information:
>> The Media Working Group's rent at E5 was payed up through February 29. This means that our March rent is currently past-due.
>> 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.
>> Sorry to be the bearer of this not-great news.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Joshua
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Joshua A. Eaton, MDiv
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