[TriLUG] Financial Status (The pizza email)

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

Random query.  I put TriLUG down as my smile.amazon.com charity.  How much 
(if anything) do you actually get from Amazon, or are they saving it all 
to themselves?

William Sutton

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019, Brian McCullough via TriLUG wrote:

>
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 03:34:26PM -0400, Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG wrote:
>> 
>> >     For the past many months, TriLUG has been running at a deficit.
>> >Although we have had meeting sponsors before, they have been few and
>> >far between. So we had to rely on the donations we have received in
>> >the "The Bucket" we place every meeting by the pizzas and the credit
>> >card donations to cover our meeting expenses (Pizzas and Drinks).
>> >
>> >We are asking for your help in solving this issue.
>> 
>> I'm happy to to my part, although I'm afraid that is only by making sure I
>> cover my costs in the bucket rather than secure outside funding.
>> 
>> How much does a slice a pizza cost the club? Know that, I can make sure I
>> cover my slices plus a few extra.
>
> Thank you for the question, Jack.
>
> Thanks to various discounts that we receive, our cost is approximately
> $1 per slice for the pizza alone.  Drinks, ice, cups and various other
> items are extra.
>
> For a long time, we have suggested that the minimum price for a "Meeting
> Sponsor" is $300, which is not a lot above our costs for a meeting such
> as last night.
>
>
>
>
>> Best,
>> Jack
>
>
> Brian
>
>
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