[TriLUG] Financial Status (The pizza email)

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:17 PM William Sutton via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
      0.5%. But the idea is that you buy whatever you usually buy at
Amazon at the normal price you would pay, and some of it gets
transferred to trilug. The shirts, which are also available at Amazon
are different: by wearing it you not only help let others know but
also most of the profits are reinvested at trilug.


> 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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