11k MAY be a bit too low. I would like to see us have about 15k a year, as that will give us some money for sending out techs (which we do NOT get for free from Cologix) in case of failures, and also replacing things that break when you least expect it.

Reid 

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Mike Horwath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 01:50:26PM -0500, Dean Bahls wrote:
> The only comment I have is regarding the acquisition of new members.
> Since MICE is still relatively young, I'd encourage us to look at
> ways to make it easy for companies to come on board.  Can we extend
> the life expectancy of hardware from 3 years to 5 or 6 years?  The
> switches really should live much longer than 3 years in the way we
> are using them.

Extending the life won't give enough revenue to buy another set of
switches.

So extending the life would not really change the fee structure much.

> And one question: A significant portion of the annual cost is
> related to the Base Member Fee, and a large portion of that is
> associated with the Cologix-donated space and power fees that are
> currently forgiven.  I agree with the notion that charging members
> for those otherwise forgiven fees is a good way to build cash
> reserves without asking for more donations.

MICE can't survive on donations.

> Is $11K annual a reasonable number for a MICE bank account?

In my opinion: yes.


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