[HamWAN PSDR] [HamWAN Board] VOTE: Approve purchase of 2 cell sites worth of gear

[Benjamin Krueger]

Can we have more details about the terms of the credit account please?


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We're moving into a busy deployment season.  We must be ready to capture
> sites for expanding the HamWAN network as they become available.  The sites
> don't work on our schedule, we must be ready to work on theirs.  The
> discussions we're holding with site owners are indicating we're about to
> need 1-2 more sites worth of gear in the next few weeks.  This spending
> request is to approve a purchase of enough equipment to stand up 2 cell
> sites, with a spending limit of $4000.  It should come in just a little
> above $3000 from what I can tell.
>
> Despite the low current donation levels, we have a credit limit of $8000
> we can use.  I believe it'd be best to get the network on the air, allow
> the user base to expand, and then pay down the initial build-out costs.
>  The only reason we have anything on the air right now is because of this
> policy.  We do have enough cash on hand (about $1400) to make interest
> payments on this debt for a year should the fund raising continue to be a
> challenge even with a larger network footprint.  Since my report of last
> week's fund raising, we've raised another $100 dollars, making for a total
> of $220 raised in the last week.  I'm trying to hang on to at least $1000
> of cash as a float in case of emergencies, so we're still shy $1100 on the
> cash-only cell site purchase.
>
> Directors, please cast your votes.  My vote is for approving this
> spending.  Voting will close 24 hours from the time of this email. (Monday,
> just after 7PM PST)  List members, feel free to talk to directors to
> influence votes.
>
> --Bart
>
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Benjamin
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