[HCoop-Discuss] HCoop-Discuss Digest, Vol 49, Issue 6

[C. Howell]

Not that I'm planning on doing this, but if we decide to withdraw from the
coop if the prices are raised, will we be able to get back the balance in
our accounts?

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <hcoop-discuss-request at lists.hcoop.net>wrote:

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>   1. Budget Issues, Membership Meeting,        and Overhauling HCoop
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> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:31:07 -0400
> From: Clinton Ebadi <clinton at unknownlamer.org>
> Subject: [HCoop-Discuss] Budget Issues, Membership Meeting,     and
>        Overhauling HCoop
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> Greetings,
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> As the result of the last few general member meetings on IRC, plans
> have been drawn up to perform a hardware upgrade and to adjust our
> dues structure to return to financial stability. A number of important
> events are occurring within the next week:
>
>  * A poll has been opened at
>   <https://members.hcoop.net/portal/poll?id=28> asking members for
>   input on potential dues adjustment plans
>  * A general membership meeting has been scheduled for October 18 at
>   18:00 UTC
>  * A board meeting and vote on service upgrade related matters will be
>   scheduled shortly thereafter
>
> What follows are brief summaries of the major topics to be
> discussed. This message has also been CCed to hcoop-discuss for
> discussion.
>
> * Datacenter Move and Hardware Upgrade
>
> A wiki page has been created at <http://wiki.hcoop.net/Migration2009>
> with semi-finalized plans for a datacenter move and hardware
> upgrade. This should allow us to:
>
>  * Increase reliability
>  * Decrease costs in the long term (12-18 months)
>  * Increase capacity allowing expansion
>
> More details are available on the wiki page. We are also open to
> remaining at Peer1 with a modest hardware upgrade to increase
> capacity.
>
> * Dues Restructuring
>
> Presently our monthly costs are $6.06 per pledge [0] as of the October
> Peer1 billing cycle. With dues fixed at $5/month/pledge this is
> causing us to run an appreciable monthly deficit.
>
> The board is proposing that we alter dues to reflect actual costs by
> fixing them to a function of our monthly recurring costs:
>
>  * Dues would be adjusted quarterly
>  * Dues would be set at (recurring costs) / (number of members)
>  * The board would be authorized to add up to $3/month for a
>   non-recurring costs fund (with excess funds above a certain amount
>   disbursed to members at the end of the fiscal year).
>
> Tentatively dues would be set at $7 for the December dues cycle unless
> there is major opposition.
>
> Switching to this model would have several advantages:
>
>  * Dues would reflect actual costs, but remain stable most of the time
>   preventing the issues with varying dues each month that we had
>   before the fixed dues system was enacted
>  * We would avoid running a deficit again
>  * We would have funds for regular hardware upgrades and emergency
>   replacements for failed hardware
>  * With enough members (e.g. 300) dues could even end up lower than
> $5/month
>
> There are, naturally, a few potential disadvantages, and so we require
> member input in order to make a properly balanced decision.
>
> A poll has been set up at [1] asking the maximum amount each member is
> willing to spend on HCoop per month. It will be open from October 13th
> through October 19th; please take the time to respond and to discuss
> your opinion on hcoop-discuss.
>
> A wiki page has been created with budget projections and more
> information at <http://wiki.hcoop.net/DuesRestructuring>.
>
> [0] http://wiki.hcoop.net/HcoopBudget
> [1] https://members.hcoop.net/portal/poll?id=28
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