This ledger reflects the financial status of creating and maintaining a
new home for
the digest. Excess will be retained for repair/upgrade requirements and
administerial
expenses (such things as domain name creation/maintenance, etc.). This
ledger shall be
maintained as a public record.
Promash sponsorship, HBD
store royalties, donations, paypal fees
01/24/04
$225.00
$7.93
$4094.90
Donations, paypal fees
01/27/04
$500.00
$1.33
$4593.57
Donations, paypal fees
01/30/04
$535.00
$21.77
$5106.80
Sponsorship, Donations, paypal fees
02/08/04
$204.00
$4902.80
ISP - Jan
02/10/04
$3145.00
$8047.80
Donations, B3 sponsorship
02/17/04
$26.85
$8020.95
HomeBrew Fleamarket domain renewals
02/20/04
$208.95
$7812.00
HBD.ORG domain renewal, PO
box renewal
02/25/04
$20.00
$7832.00
Donation
02/28/04
$50.00
$1.75
$7880.25
Donation, paypal fee
03/01/04
$5.00
$0.45
$7884.80
Donation, paypal fee
03/03/04
$200.00
$8084.80
Donations
03/03/04
$204.00
$7880.80
ISP Feb
03/05/04
$3000.00
$10880.80
Northern Brewer Sponsorship
03/05/04
$70.00
$10810.80
Returned Uncashable Donation Checks
03/16/04
$780.00
$8.42
$11582.38
Skotrat Sponsorship, Donations, Paypal fee
03/17/04
$280.00
$11862.38
Brew Rats Sponsorship
04/07/04
$204.00
$11658.38
ISP March
04/09/04
$25.00
$11683.38
Donation
04/18/04
$204.00
$11479.38
ISP April
04/18/04
$815.00
$12294.38
KLOB Sponsorship, AHA Responsorship (recorded), BabsTech.com income (180)
05/08/04
$204.00
$12090.38
ISP May
05/13/04
$761.00
$11329.18
New server for brew
05/15/04
$529.95
$10799.23
Drives, network switch, cooling fan
05/23/04
$1146.40
$9653.03
Replacement/remote KVM system
05/27/04
$79.45
$9673.58
Discus Software Upgrade
06/01/04
$180.00
$35.80
$9717.78
Hosting Income; Domain name renewals
06/07/04
$222.06
$9495.72
ISP June plus prorate of partial May (due to upgrade)
06/17/04
$210.00
$9705.72
Donations
07/07/04
$214.00
$9491.72
ISP July
07/11/04
$50.00
$2.55
$9539.17
Donations, paypal fees
07/11/04
$500.00
$10039.17
Promash sponsorship check
07/29/04
$5.00
$0.45
$10043.72
Donation, Paypal fee
08/09/04
$214.00
$9829.72
ISP Aug
08/16/04
$25.00
$1.28
$9853.44
Donation, Paypal fee
09/07/04
$214.00
$9639.44
ISP Sep
09/17/04
$25.00
$9664.44
Donation
10/05/04
$60.00
$9724.44
hosting income
10/06/04
$214.00
$9510.44
ISP Oct
10/24/04
$50.00
$9560.44
Donation
11/01/04
$95.70
$9464.74
HBD.ORG domain names
(brewery, recipator, fleamarket, etc) not already accounted for, secure
certs
11/06/04
$214.00
$9250.74
ISP Nov
11/18/04
$10.00
$0.59
$9260.15
Donation, Paypal fee
11/22/04
$20.00
$0.88
$9279.27
Donation, Paypal fee
11/23/04
$45.00
$1.91
$9322.36
Donations, Paypal fees
11/28/04
$30.00
$1.17
$9351.19
Donation, Paypal fee
12/05/04
$346.00
$9005.19
ISP December; OS Support
Subscription
12/06/04
$1575.00
$7430.19
Annual electricity
reimbursement
12/09/04
$35.00
$1.87
$7463.32
Donations, Paypal fees
12/22/04
$70.00
$7533.32
Donations
Note: Entries are made online and "on the fly".
The ledger is occasionally pulled into Excel, sloppy math errors are
corrected, and the page is put back online. This was last performed on
11/01/04.
All donations to the Home Brew Digest are appreciated and used to cover
its operating expenses - predominantly the maintenance of the server
equipment and the domain name. Currently, the Digest has no bank account
of its own. Donations must be made payable to Pat
Babcock in order for the funds to be used. Donations can be
mailed to:
HBD Server Fund
PO Box 871309
Canton Township, MI 48187-6309
NOTE: My bank has become very picky, and is
returning ANY checks that have "HBD SERVER FUND" on the "pay to" line - even
if written with "Or Pat Babcock". Please ensure that my name is the only
thing on the "pay to" line. If you wish to have "HBD Server Fund" on the
check, please ensure it is only in the Memo field. Thanks.
Electricity Reimbursement:
The HBD represents a significant
increase in electricity expenses to the Janitor's household. There have
been no other significant changes to the household which could account for
an increase in electricity usage over the past five years.
To make up the difference, electricity costs over the two and a half years
on record prior to the HBD's move to its own connection were averaged
month-to-month (there is an average for each month). These averages are
adjusted for current per-kilowatt-hour rates and then subracted from the
current month's bill as the basis for reimbursement.
Detroit Edison has an uncanny knack for screwing up such systems. They
rely almost exclusively on estimated readings for billing, and then come
out once every six months or so to do an actual reading. They then compile
the charges for the entire six month period, deduct any payments made
against the estimated readings during that same period, and bill the
remainder/reimburse the excess. This is why it may appear that the
electricity charge is inconsistent month to month. This is not so much of an
issue since the HBD has been in this setting for several years now.
Finally, rather than go through the comparison and estimate routine every
six months, the reimbursements from the preceeding year will be adjusted by
any electrical rate increase and applied annually.
Note #2: 20040523 One of our major 2004 sponsors recommended that his donation
be used to purchase my time in order to update and repair the network in
order to improve its uptime. I did not feel comfortable with the HBD paying
me for my services - after all, it is precisely this that chaffed me with
respect to the AHA a few years back. Instead, I opted to purchase a few
pieces of equipment which will give me better capability to remotely resolve
issues with the physical machines, and am donating my time to rebuild the
HBD server and the services contained therein.
It is my hope that these actions will improve the HBD and increase its
sustainability. Rebuild of the HBD server is underway (as many are painfully
aware)...
