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<div><br></div><div><br></div>Can I suggest that we have another all group meeting in a couple of weeks time in Lincoln. There is a lot of important chat going on through this email stream, but it would be good<div>to meet up again face to face.</div><div><br></div><div>I will get on this tomorrow and send through some suggested dates.</div><div><br></div><div>Bw,</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br><br>> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:38:15 +0000<br>> From: joss@josswinn.org<br>> To: ssc@lists.aktivix.org<br>> Subject: Re: [SSC] Running costs<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 01/03/11 16:21, David Young wrote:<br>> > Hi all,<br>> > <br>> > Following Joss' lead, I've created a spreadsheet on Google Docs to try<br>> > to arrive at a first approximation of the running costs of the SSC, at<br>> > least for the first year. You can view and edit it here:<br>> > <br>> > https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0At_QTZoJRJqRdHIybENrbXlFcWNzcldsNDFhajFWYkE&hl=en_GB&authkey=CMeiwv0I<br>> > <https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0At_QTZoJRJqRdHIybENrbXlFcWNzcldsNDFhajFWYkE&hl=en_GB&authkey=CMeiwv0I><br>> > <br>> > This is (very) rough at the moment. Please add any categories of cost<br>> > you can think of and estimated recurrence. If anyone wants to suggest a<br>> > different format or way to plan this, please feel free. There are lots<br>> > of Excel and Google templates around to plan monthly budgets, for<br>> > example, but I think it would be as well to try to keep it relatively<br>> > simple at this stage.<br>> > <br>> > Once we've populated this, I propose that a small group of us meets to<br>> > estimate amounts. Ideally this would include support from the<br>> > Lincolnshire CDA - do you know if is this a service they offer, Joss?<br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks, David. Yes, Charles has prepared an outline Business Plan for us<br>> and it is part of the overall service the CDA provide:<br>> <br>> https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/ssc/2011-February/000031.html<br>> <br>> > This will ensure we're on the right track with our estimates, and that<br>> > we've thought of everything. We can then feed back to the group. Let me<br>> > know if you're interested in being part of that sub-group. I guess we'd<br>> > need to meet sometime over the next few weeks.<br>> <br>> Would be good to have this agreed by end of this month, if possible.<br>> <br>> > <br>> > This could form part of Terry's suggested "business plan" for the SSC.<br>> > It would at least give us an idea of how much we'd need in terms of<br>> > membership contribution to break even, or have a small operating surplus<br>> > to ensure continuity and sustainability.<br>> > <br>> > Cheers,<br>> > David.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > SSC mailing list<br>> > SSC@lists.aktivix.org<br>> > https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/ssc<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> SSC mailing list<br>> SSC@lists.aktivix.org<br>> https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/ssc<br></div> </body>
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