[SSC] Running costs

[Joss Winn]

On 01/03/11 16:21, David Young wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Following Joss' lead, I've created a spreadsheet on Google Docs to try
> to arrive at a first approximation of the running costs of the SSC, at
> least for the first year. You can view and edit it here:
> 
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0At_QTZoJRJqRdHIybENrbXlFcWNzcldsNDFhajFWYkE&hl=en_GB&authkey=CMeiwv0I
> <https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0At_QTZoJRJqRdHIybENrbXlFcWNzcldsNDFhajFWYkE&hl=en_GB&authkey=CMeiwv0I>
> 
> This is (very) rough at the moment. Please add any categories of cost
> you can think of and estimated recurrence. If anyone wants to suggest a
> different format or way to plan this, please feel free. There are lots
> of Excel and Google templates around to plan monthly budgets, for
> example, but I think it would be as well to try to keep it relatively
> simple at this stage.
> 
> Once we've populated this, I propose that a small group of us meets to
> estimate amounts. Ideally this would include support from the
> Lincolnshire CDA - do you know if is this a service they offer, Joss?


Thanks, David. Yes, Charles has prepared an outline Business Plan for us
and it is part of the overall service the CDA provide:

https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/2011-February/000031.html

> This will ensure we're on the right track with our estimates, and that
> we've thought of everything. We can then feed back to the group. Let me
> know if you're interested in being part of that sub-group. I guess we'd
> need to meet sometime over the next few weeks.

Would be good to have this agreed by end of this month, if possible.

> 
> This could form part of Terry's suggested "business plan" for the SSC.
> It would at least give us an idea of how much we'd need in terms of
> membership contribution to break even, or have a small operating surplus
> to ensure continuity and sustainability.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 
> 
> 
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