GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $1712.39.

May 17th, 2023 Update:

New donations:

1. We received $8.74 in donations via our PayPal.
2. We received $50 in our donations box at the House.

These total $58.74 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Marc was reimbursed $46.93 for getting thank-you cards printed for us. This was approved at the January 9th meeting.
2. The group committed $125 towards getting the Black Cats tabling opportunities at Lincoln Earth Day ($35) and Star City Pride ($90). This was pre-approved at the January 30th meeting, and confirmed at the February 13th meeting.
3. Jackson was reimbursed $20.70 for getting our spring calendars printed. This was approved at the March 6th meeting.
4. Jackson was reimbursed $17.91 for getting our spring calendars reprinted. This was approved at the March 20th meeting.
5. Marc was reimbursed $283.59 for getting some stickers printed for our Earth Day booth. This was approved at the March 27th meeting.
6. Marc was reimbursed $25.13 for bringing supplies for our Trans Day of Visibility poster-making party. This was approved at the April 3rd meeting.
7. Jackson was reimbursed $34.99 for renewing our secondary web domain. This was approved at the April 17th meeting.
8. Ty was reimbursed an additional $110 for unexpected expenses with tabling at Star City Pride. This was approved at the May 8th meeting.

These total $664.25 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is decreasing by $605.51, to a new overall balance of $1106.88.

June 25th, 2023 Update:

New donations:

1. Our 2023 yard sale fundraiser brought in $1137.59.
2. Richard and Christy donated $200. Thanks, y’all!
3. We received $2 in our donations box at the House.
4. We received an online donation of $4.37.

These total $1341.96 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $30.83 for picking up our summer calendars. This was approved at the May 22nd meeting.
2. Marc was “pre-imbursed” $152.19 for ordering stickers that we were distributing at Star City Pride.
3. Ty was reimbursed $75.05 for buying a new table for future Black Cat boothing and yard sale purposes. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
4. Rae is reimbursed $6.99 for bringing bottled water for Black Cat booth volunteers at Star City Pride. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
5. Ty is reimbursed $10 for buying passes into Star City Pride for our booth volunteers. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.
6. Salem is reimbursed $5 for buying a pass into Star City Pride for volunteering at our booth. This was approved at the June 12th meeting.

These total $280.06 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is increasing $1061.90, to a new overall balance of $2168.78

November 12th Update:

New donations:

1. We received $35.93 in new donations online through our PayPal.
2. We pulled $12 from our donations box at the House.
3. Jackson has collected $150 by selling yard sale leftovers online.

These total $197.93 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $8.57 for printing related to our Earth Day booth. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
2. Ty is reimbursed $147 for picking up pizza and cupcakes for our 10th Anniversary party. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
3. Ty is reimbursed $83.87 for printing related to our Star City Pride booth. This was approved at the June 26th meeting.
4. Jackson is reimbursed $34.99 for the renewal of one of our website domains. This was approved at the August 7th meeting.
5. Jackson is reimbursed $18.43 for buying two DVDs of movies for our library. This was approved at the August 14th meeting.
6. Jackson is reimbursed $23.60 for getting our fall calendars printed. This was approved at the August 28th meeting.

These total $316.46 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury is decreasing by $118.53, to a new overall balance of $2050.25.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $897.13.

2022 Updates:

New donation:

1. Our 2022 Yard Sale raised a grand total of $1245.13! This includes a few late sales afterwards of leftover items.

New debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $35.00 for temporarily upgrading his Dropbox account to accommodate the storage for our recordings of Black Musicians and Liberation with Professor Kwame Dawes and our Critical Race Theory presentation with Professor Marvin Lynn. This was pre-approved at the March 7th meeting and upheld at the March 28th meeting. The matter was closed after Ty downgraded his Dropbox in late May and took final payment at the May 30th meeting.
2. We committed $200 to a solidarity donation to the Niskithe Prayer Camp. This was approved at the May 9th meeting.
3. Jackson was reimbursed $160.88 for buying our new projector. This was discussed at the May 23rd meeting, pre-approved at the June 6th meeting, and finalized at the June 20th meeting.
4. Jackson was reimbursed $33.99 for renewing one of our website domains. This was approved at the August 1st meeting.

These total $429.87 in new debits.

Altogether our treasury increased $815.26 this year, to a new overall balance going into 2023 of $1712.39.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $358.28.

May 10th Update:

New donations:

1. Richard and Christy gave us $200!
2. We received a $35 donation through our PayPal!

These total $235 in new donations.

New debit:

1. Jackson was reimbursed $29.87 for renewing our web domain. This was approved at the January 18th meeting.

Altogether, our balance is increasing by a total of $205.13, to a new total of $563.41.

July 21st Update:

New donation:

1. Our yard sale fundraiser brought in $1286.35!

2. We found $2 in our donations box at the House.

These total $1288.35 in new donations.

New debits:

1. We agreed to donate $200 to a fundraiser for refugees. This was decided at the May 17th meeting.

2. We agreed to an additional $250 donation to the same fundraiser at the May 24th meeting.

3. Jackson was reimbursed $431.64 for getting the web hosting for our website renewed for the next three years. This was approved at the June 7th meeting.

These total $881.64 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing by a total of $406.71. Our new balance is $970.12.

December 31st Update:

New credits:

1. $200 donation from Richard and Christy. Thanks, y’all!
2. We pulled $10 from our public donations box.

These total $210 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $32.99 for renewing the domain for our website. This was approved at the August 2nd meeting.
2. Jackson is reimbursed $200 for donating on our behalf to the striking Kellogg’s workers. This was approved at the October 18th meeting.
3. Wyatt is reimbursed $50 for making a payment on our behalf to the artist who did some logo work for us. This was pre-approved at the November 1st meeting, and confirmed at the November 8th meeting.

These total $282.99 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury decreased $72.99, to a new total of $897.13.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We spent the entire year with this fund at $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We spent the entire year with this fund at $0.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $213.28.

May 9th Update:

New donations:

1. Richard and Christy gave us $200!

2. We collected $10 from our donations box.

These total $210 in new donations.

New debit:

Jackson renewed our house subscription to the Militant for another two years. He is reimbursed $65 for the expense. This was approved at the April 13th meeting.

This is a net increase of $145, so we now have $358.28 available.

This balance remained accurate until the end of 2020.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started and ended the year with $0.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $170.34.

January 20th Update:

New donations:

1. Wyatt donated $150!

2. $15.31 collected from our donations box.

These total $165.31 in new donations, which increases our overall balance to $335.65.

April 7th Update:

New donations:

1. We received $195 from our friends Richard and Christy! This was reported at the January 28th meeting.

2. We received $1 in our donations box at the House. Every little bit helps!

These total $196 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $30.87 for renewing one of our website domains. This was approved at the January 21st meeting.

2. We decided to make a solidarity donation of $80 to the Lincoln ISO-Twig in appreciation of the books they donated to our library. This was approved at the January 28th meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $11.24 for getting our spring calendars printed. This was approved at the February 25th meeting.

4. We made a $50 donation to the Santee Sioux nation for flood relief. Specifically, Jackson made the donation and he was reimbursed from the BCH treasury. This was decided and carried out at the March 18th meeting.

5. $272.86 is transferred from the general treasury to the library fund to cover new books purchased in the last three months.

These total $444.97 in new debits from our treasury. Altogether, our treasury is being reduced $248.97, to a new overall balance of $86.68.

June 3rd Update:

New Donations:

1. Our yard sale raised $599.14! Thanks, y’all!

2. Adam donated $60. Thanks, Adam!

3. We received $60 from Jackson selling a couple of our yard sale leftovers on Craigslist.

4. We received $1 in our donations box.

These total $720.14 in new donations.

New Debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $272.68 for buying new folding chairs for our public space. This was approved in theory at the May 6th meeting, and confirmed at the May 13th meeting.

2. Ty is reimbursed $14.93 for getting our May readings and summer calendars printed. This was approved at the May 20th meeting.

3.  We transferred $68.37 from the general treasury to the library to cover a couple of book purchases.

These total $355.98 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $364.16, to a new overall balance of $450.84.

June 23rd Update:

1. We received $50 from the sale of a yard sale leftover.

2. Jackson donated $15.

These total $65 in new donations.

New Debit:

1. Marc is reimbursed $19.26 for getting our new bookmarks printed.

(We are also setting $200 aside for Red State.)

Altogether, the available balance of the treasury is being reduced $245.74, to a new total of $205.10. (This excludes the $200 set aside for Red State and $80 that we set aside for the ISO/Socialism Conference.)

December 14th Update

New donation:

1. We had $78.25 in our donations box!

New debits:

1. Jackson was reimbursed $32.87 for paying website domain renewal. This was approved at the June 24th meeting.

2. We approved a $70 donation to the legal defense fund of Bernard Clark Duse, Jr. at the June 24th meeting.

3. Ty is reimbursed $18.46 for getting our fall calendars printed. This was approved at the September 2nd meeting.

4. Ty is reimbursed $12.87 for getting our winter calendars printed. This was approved at the November 25th meeting.

5. Jackson is reimbursed $3.00 for printing more winter calendars when our original batch weren’t enough for our distro needs.

(A. The $200 we set aside for Red State 2019 were spent on the $50 security deposit for renting the Unitarian Church and the remaining $150 were spent on our obligation to cater breakfast for the conference. Jackson paid for both expenses, and was reimbursed with the designated treasury money. The former was approved at the July 1st meeting and the latter at the August 26th meeting.)

(B. The long-tabled $80 donation that never made it to the now-defunct Lincoln ISO was donated instead to the Fetal Alcohol treatment center in Whiteclay, Nebraska. This was confirmed at the December 2nd meeting.)

Altogether, our treasury’s overall balance has been reduced by $58.95, to a new total of $146.15.

December 31st Update:

New donation:  We received a $100 donation. Thanks!

New debit: Jackson is reimbursed $32.87 for renewing  one of our web domains for another year. This was pre-approved at the December 23rd meeting.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $67.13, to a new overall balance of $213.28.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $2.20

April 7th Update:

New donation: $272.86 was transferred from our general treasury to the library fund.

1. Jackson is reimbursed $56.11 for buying eight new books for the library. This was approved at the January 21st meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed $200.30 for placing a bulk order for our library with AK Press last year. Reimbursement had been tabled until all items had been received and payment would be more convenient for the collective. This was finalized at the January 21st meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $18.65 for buying two books for the library. This was approved at the February 4th meeting.

These total $275.06 in new debits. Our new library balance is $0.

June 3rd Update:

New Donation: We transferred $68.37 from the General Treasury.

New Debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $13.37 for buying Stars Over Latin America for our lending library. This was approved at the April 22nd meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed for buying an additional $55 worth of books and zines from Aragorn! when he was here in May. This was approved at the May 27th meeting.

These totals cancel out and our balance remains at $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $120.

April 7th Update:

We paid Serendipiti $20 for coming here from Omaha to give a workshop here on February 2nd. This was pre-approved at the January 28th meeting. We now have $100.

June 3rd Update:

We gave Aragorn $100. This was confirmed at the May 27th meeting. We now have $0.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $43.88.

March 5th Update:

New Credits

1. Jackson donated $306.

2. We received a $19.12 donation (after fees) through our PayPal button.

3. Our friends in DSA Lincoln cut us a check for $200! Thanks, comrades!

4. We received $13.45 in our donations box at the House.

These total $538.57 in new donations.

New Debits

1. Ty is reimbursed $5.79 for getting handouts printed for our discussion. This was approved at the January 22nd meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed $3.49 for getting counter-protest fliers printed. This was approved at the January 22nd meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $30.71 for renewing our web domain. This was approved at the February 5th meeting.

4. Jackson is reimbursed $7.99 for buying the documentary Whose Streets for our lending library. This was approved at the February 12th meeting.

5. Ty is reimbursed $10.19 for printing our spring calendars. This was approved at the February 19th meeting.

6. Jackson is reimbursed $300.00 for enrolling us into the Friends of AK Press. This was approved at the March 5th meeting.

These total $358.17 in new expenses.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing by $180.40, to a new overall balance of $224.28.

June 18th Update:

New Donations:

1. We received a $155 payment for buttons Ty pressed for a friend. This was confirmed at the April 2nd meeting.

2. Our yard sale raised $726.90! This was reported at the May 14th meeting.

3. The Nebraska IWW donated $200 to us for providing our space to them for a weekend training! This was reported at the May 21st meeting.

4. We received $31 in our donations box at the House.

These total $1112.90 in new donations.

New Debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $4.50 for materials related to a button-pressing order. This was approved at the March 26th meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed $65 for renewing the House’s subscription to the Militant for the next two years. This was approved at the March 26th meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $50 for supplies related to our 200th Birthday Party for Karl Marx on May 5th. This was pre-approved at the April 23rd meeting, and this was confirmed at the April 30th meeting.

4. Ty is reimbursed $12.07 for printing our summer calendars. This was approved at the May 21st meeting.

5. We pledged $200 in advance to help build the Red State conference. (This will be filed as a “hold” on general treasury funds until we spend it.) This was decided at the May 28th meeting.

6. Jackson is reimbursed $395.64 for renewing the hosting on our website for the next three years. This was approved at the June 4th meeting.

7. We decided to transfer $100 to our library treasury at the June 18th meeting.

These total $627.21 spent and $200 on hold.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $485.69, to a new total of $509.97 plus $200 on hold for Red State.

July 2nd Update:

We donated $54.99 to a collective to the Philippines. This was approved at the July 2nd meeting. This reduces our treasury to $454.98, plus $200 on hold for Red State.

Nov 18th Update:

New donation: We received $4 in our donations box. Thanks, y’all!

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $30.87 for renewing our secondary website domain name and its associated privacy privileges. This was approved at the July 16th meeting.

2. Ty is reimbursed $5.79 for getting printing done for our reading group. This was approved at the July 23rd meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $10.73 for getting our fall calendars printed. This was approved at the August 20th meeting.

4. (Jackson passed along the $200 we set aside to support the Red State conference to the caterers. This was reported at the August 20th meeting.)

5. Jackson is reimbursed $7.13 for getting printing done. This was approved at the September 24th meeting.

6. Jackson is reimbursed $66.23 for restocking our button parts. This was approved at the October 1st meeting.

7. Wyatt is reimbursed $10 for picking up a winter mat for our front porch. This was approved at the October 15th meeting.

8. Wyatt is reimbursed $50 for scoring two nice new bookshelves for our lending library. This was approved at the October 29th meeting.

9. We transfer $20 to the library to help cover our many recent purchases there.

These total $200.75 in new debits. Altogether, our treasury is reduced $196.75 overall, to a new balance of $258.23. (This excludes the $200 in Item 4, which were already set aside separate from the standard balance and are now spent.)

END OF YEAR Update

New Debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $7.60 for getting our winter calendars printed. This was approved at the November 19th meeting.

2. Ty is reimbursed $5.29 for getting more calendars and our discussion article printed. This was approved at the December 3rd meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $75 for making a donation on our behalf to The Triumph’s fundraiser for a new printer. This was approved at the December 10th meeting.

These total $87.89 in new debits, reducing our overall treasury balance to $170.34.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $0.

March 5th Update:

Jackson donated $100.

Jackson was reimbursed $19.19 for books for the library. This was approved at the December 4th meeting.

We now have $80.81.

June 18th Update:

New Donation:

We transferred $100 from our general treasury to the library at the June 18th meeting.

New Debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $20 for buying us Cartoon Punk: Artists Against Fascism. This was approved at the April 2nd meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed $38.58 for purchasing a number of books and zines for the House. This was approved at the April 16th meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $22.51 for picking up some books for the library. This was approved at the May 14th meeting.

These total $81.09 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing by $18.91, to a new total of $99.72.

July 2nd Update:

Jackson was reimbursed $80 for buying us a box of new books from Monthly Review Press. This was pre-approved on June 18th and confirmed at the July 2nd meeting. We now have $19.72.

November 18th Update:

New donations:

1. We received a $200 donation from two of our very generous friends! This was announced at the July 30th meeting.

2. We transfer $20 from the general treasury to cover recent purchases.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $80.57 for buying us library books at the Socialism 2018 conference. This was approved at the July 16th meeting.

2. Wyatt is reimbursed $1 for picking up a stack of books for our library from a downsizing of the SCC library. This was approved at the November 5th meeting.

3. Jackson is reimbursed $74.95 for ordering a shipment of books for our library from the aptly-named Left-Wing Books. This was pre-approved at the October 1st meeting, and confirmed at the November 12th meeting.

4. Wyatt is reimbursed $81 for picking up books and zines for our library at the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief workshop. This was approved at the November 12th meeting.

These currently total $237.52 in new debits. Altogether, the treasury is decreasing $17.52, which leaves us with $2.20.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $50.

 

March 5th Update:

Jackson donated $100.

We pledge $50 toward paying for an ISO speaker coming to Lincoln in April. This was approved at the March 5th Meeting. These funds are currently on hold.

We currently have $100 available, and $50 on hold for the ISO speaker.

June 18th Update:

We contributed $30 towards travel expenses for the ISO speaker who came in from Chicago in Mid-April. This was confirmed at the April 23rd meeting.

We now have $120 available.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $479.78.

February 13th Update

New donation:

1. We received $97 in our donations box.

New debits:

1. Jackson was reimbursed $25 for getting one of our communal laptops repaired through his job. This was approved at the January 9th meeting.
2. Jackson was reimbursed $50 for making a donation on the group’s behalf to an IWW member shot by a Neo-Nazi in Seattle. This was approved at the January 30th meeting.
3. Jackson was reimbursed $27.87 for renewing some of our webhosting for another year. This was approved at the January 30th.

These total $102.87 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is decreasing $5.87. Our new balance is $473.91.

March 13th Update

New donations

1. Richard donated $50. Thanks, Richard!

2. We pulled $23 from our donations box.

These total $73 in new donations.

New debits

1. Jackson is reimbursed $20 and Ty is reimbursed $6 for calendar printing. This was approved at the February 27th meeting.
2. Jackson is reimbursed $35 for registering us for Lincoln Earth Day. This was requested at the February 27th meeting, and confirmed at the March 13th meeting.
3. Jackson is reimbursed $20 for donating on our behalf to the Taiwanese Marriage Equality fundraiser. This was approved at the March 6th meeting.
4. Jackson is reimbursed $31.88 for buying us a large, new whiteboard and more dry-erase markers for use in our discussions and workshops. This was approved at the March 6th meeting.
5. Ty is reimbursed $12.87 for getting some fliers printed in the last week. This was approved at the March 6th meeting.
6. We are transferring $100 to our Speaker’s Treasury to provide for our speaker coming up from Houston for “The Coming Repression.” This was approved at the March 13th meeting.
7. We are transferring $200 to our Library Treasury to cover a large order of books from Monthly Review Press. This was approved at the March 13th meeting.

These total $425.75 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is decreasing $352.75, to a new total of $121.16.

August 21st Update

New donations:

1. Jackson donated $166.
2. Joe of the SWP donated $18 to share our table at Earth Day.
3. We raised $16.25 at Lincoln Earth Day.
4. James donated $2.
5. We raised $39.09 at the Renters Together Resource Fair.
6. Richard and Christy donated $150!
7. We collected $35.79 from our donations box.

These total $427.13 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson was reimbursed $50 for making a donation on our behalf to the Omaha GDC for the legal expenses of Omaha activists who were unjustly arrested by the Omaha police at a counter-protest against Trump. This was approved at the April 3rd meeting.
2. Jackson was reimbursed $19.73 for picking up our summer calendars. This was approved at the May 22nd meeting.
3. Jackson was reimbursed $26.24 for buying our paper cutter. This was approved at the May 29th meeting.
4. Jackson was reimbursed $193.39 for renewing our website for another year. This was approved at the July 31st meeting.
5. Ty was reimbursed $12.07 for picking up our fall calendars. This was approved at the August 14th meeting.
6. Jackson was reimbursed $50 for making a donation on our behalf to the victims of the Neo-Nazi attack in CVille. This was approved at the August 14th meeting.

These total $351.43 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $75.70, to a new total of $196.86.

September 18th Update:

New debits:

1. $100 was transferred to our Speakers’ Treasury. This was approved at our August 21st meeting.
2. Jackson was reimbursed $29.90 for buying labels for our buttons. This was approved at the August 28th meeting.

These total $129.90 in new debits. Our new balance is $66.96.

November 13th Update:

1. We received $64 in our donations box. Thanks, y’all! Our new balance is $130.96.

November 20th Update:

New donation:

1. Susan donated $5 at our movie on Friday. Thanks, Susan!

New debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $3.21 for paying for our movie on Friday. This was approved at the November 20th meeting.

2. Ty is reimbursed $12.07 for getting our winter calendars printed. This was approved at the November 20th meeting.

3. We transfer $76.78 to our Library Treasury so that it can cover a reimbursement to Jackson for some books. This was approved at the November 20th meeting.

These total $92.08 in debits from our General Treasury. Altogether, our treasury balance is decreasing $87.08, to a new overall balance of $43.88.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with a balance of $2.09, but also with a $65 IOU to Jackson.

February 13th Update

New donation:

1. Jackson donated $130.

New debit:

1. Jackson was reimbursed $19 for purchasing four books for the library. This was approved at the January 30th meeting.

Overall, the IOU is paid off and we still have $48.09.

March 13th Update

New donation: We transferred $200 from the General Treasury at the March 13th meeting.

New debits

1. Ty is reimbursed $20 for buying Queering Anarchism for our library. This was approved at our February 20th meeting.

2. Jackson is reimbursed $211.93 for placing a large order from Monthly Review Press for our library. This was approved at the March 13th meeting.

Altogether, our treasury is declining $31.93, to a new overall balance of $16.16.

August 21st Update

1. Jackson was reimbursed $5 for donating a book to the library. This was approved at the April 3rd meeting.
2. Jackson donated $50.

Altogether, our treasury increased $45, to a new balance of $61.16

September 18th Update:

New donations:

1. Jackson donated $55.
2. James donated $32.

These total $87 in new donations.

New debit:

Ty is reimbursed $106.13 for buying us some AK Press books. This was discussed at the September 11th meeting and confirmed at the September 18th meeting.

Altogether, our library treasury is reducing $19.13, to a new balance of $42.03.

November 20th Update:

New Donation:

1. We transferred $76.78 from our General Treasury. This was approved at the November 20th meeting.

New debit:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $118.81 for buying 28 new books for our library. This was approved at the November 20th meeting.

Our balance is now $0.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $100.

March 13th Update

New donation: We’re transferred $100 from our General Treasury at the March 13th meeting. Our new balance is $200.

August 21st Update

1. We donated $100 to James.
2. We donated $100 to Jude of Tilted Scales Collective. This was pre-approved at the June 12th meeting, and confirmed at the June 19th meeting.

We currently have $0.

September 18th Update:

1. We transferred $100 from our General Treasury at the August 21st meeting.
2. We donated $50 to Serendipiti for doing a workshop here. This was pre-approved at the August 21st meeting and confirmed at the August 28th meeting.

We now have $50.

GENERAL TREASURY

We started the year with $302.47.

March 21st Update:

New donations:

1. $44 were pulled from our donations boxes.
2. Jackson donated $102.These total $146 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $5.34 for buying posterboards for the counter-protest against the Walk For Life. This was approved at the February 1st meeting.
2. Ty is reimbursed $6.99 for printing Spring calendars. This was approved at the February 22nd meeting.
3. Jackson is reimbursed $35 for reserving us a table at Lincoln Earth Day. This was approved at the February 29th meeting.
4. Jackson is reimbursed $32.79 for buying a speaker to improve our audio capabilities at movie nights. This was approved at the March 14th meeting.These total $80.12 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $65.88, to a new total of $368.35

April 25th Update:

New donations:

1. Jackson is donating $146.
2. We received $25 in donations at Lincoln Earth Day.
3. We received a $10 donation from Robert. Thanks, Robert!

These total $181 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $12.42 for buying added privacy for our web hosting. This was approved at the April 11th meeting.
2. Jackson is reimbursed $53 for making a PayPal donation on our behalf to an aspiring Infoshop in Chicago. This was approved at the April 18th meeting.
3. Ty is reimbursed $27.46 for making copies of zines that we distributed at Lincoln Earth Day. This was pre-approved at the April 18th meeting, and confirmed at the April 25th meeting.

These total $92.88 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $88.12, to a new overall balance of $456.47.

June 27th Update:

New Donations

1. Our yard sale raised $597.30!
2. We received $26 in our donations box.

These total $623.30 in new donations.

New Debits

1. Ty was reimbursed $6.44 for calendar printing. This was approved at the May 23rd meeting.
2. Jackson was reimbursed $44.95 for buying a bike rack for the house. This was approved at the May 30th meeting.
3. We donated $20 to Emilio of Social Justice Education Network for coming back to Lincoln to give a talk on Misogyny and Nerd Culture. This was approved at the May 30th meeting.
4. We decided to contribute $100 to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Jackson made the donation, so he was reimbursed from the treasury. This was approved at the June 20th meeting.

These total $171.39 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is increasing $451.91, to a new overall balance of $908.38.

September 19th Update:

New donations:

1. Ju Ping contributed $20 toward our donation to the Sacramento anti-fascists.
2. Jackson donated $27.
3. We raised $40.50 from the sale of leftover donations from our spring yard sale.
4. Ju Ping contributed $20 toward our solidarity donation to the Standing Rock Sioux’s work against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

These total $107.50 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Jackson is reimbursed $50 for donating on our behalf to the Sacramento anti-fascists’ medical fund. This contribution was decided at the July 11th meeting, and reimbursement was confirmed at …
2. Jackson is reimbursed $10 for donating on our behalf to the the prisoner support zinesters/indymedia “BLEAECK”. This was decided at the July 11th meeting, and reimbursement was confirmed at …
3. Jackson is reimbursed $27.87 for renewing our web domain and privacy. This was decided at the July 18th meeting.
4. Jackson is reimbursed $50 for donating on our behalf to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as an offering of solidarity for their work against the Dakota Access Pipeline. This was decided at the August 22nd meeting.
5. Ty is reimbursed $7.78 for flier printing. This was approved at the August 22nd meeting.
6. Jackson is reimbursed $37.96 for purchasing a longarm stapler and a box of staples for it. This was confirmed at the August 22nd meeting.
7. Jackson is reimbursed $37.39 for finally finding a replacement keyboard for our collective laptop. This was confirmed at the August 29th meeting.
8. Ty is reimbursed $7.78 for flier and button printing. This was approved at the September 5th meeting, and confirmed at the September 12th meeting.

These total $228.78 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is decreasing $121.28, to a new total of $787.10.

December 4th Update

New debits:

1. We transferred $300 to our library treasury to pay for a major order from Haymarket Books. This was approved at the October 31st meeting.
2. Ty is reimbursed $7.78 for getting our winter calendars printed. This was approved at the November 21st meeting.

These total $307.78 in new debits to our treasury. Our balance is now $479.78.

LIBRARY TREASURY

We started the year with $44.65.

March 21st Update:

Jackson donated $100. Our balance is now $144.65.

April 25th Update:

Jackson donated $20. Our balance is now $164.65.

Library

September 19th Update:

New donation:  Jackson donated $40.

New debit:  We bought a copy of Equality Press’s new book To Dare to Tell the Truth for $19. This was approved at the July 11th meeting, and confirmed at the July 25th meeting.

Altogether, our treasury increased by $21, to a new total of $185.65.

December 4th Update

New donations:

1. Jackson donated $20.
2. Wyatt donated $45.
3. We transferred $300 from the general treasury to pay for a major order from Haymarket Books. This was approved at the October 31st meeting.

These total $365 in new donations.

New debits:

1. Ty is reimbursed $7 for buying us books for the library. This was approved at the October 31st meeting.
2. Jackson is reimbursed $10 for buying two books from Pathfinder Press for the library. This was approved at the November 7th meeting.
3. Jackson is to be reimbursed $596.56 for our Haymarket Books order. Since that amount exceeded our planned budget, and is greater than our current available treasury, it was decided at the November 7th meeting that Jackson would take a delayed reimbursement on the difference. The treasury will have an IOU and will pay him back as funds become available.

These total $613.56 in new debits. Overall, the treasury is decreasing by $248.56. The treasury will stand officially at $2.09, plus a $65 IOU to Jackson to be paid as funds become available.

SPEAKERS TREASURY

We started the year with $50.

March 21st Update:

Jackson donated $50. Our balance is now $100.

April 25th Update:

1. Jackson donated $20.
2. We contributed $20 to the traveling expenses of a speaker coming to SP CE Commons. This was approved at the April 25th Meeting.

We still have $100.

These total $221.69 in new debits.

Altogether, our treasury is decreasing $21.69. Our overall balance is now $418.40.

October 19th Update

New debits

1) Ty is reimbursed $13.94 for printing costs. This was approved at the October 19th meeting.

2) Jackson is reimbursed $100 for making a donation on the collective’s behalf toward Ella’s fundraiser. This was approved at the October 19th meeting.

These total $113.94 in new debits. Our overall balance is now $304.46.

GENERAL TREASURY
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Treasury log, April 2012 to December 31, 2013

Donations:

1) After our resignation from the LUNk Collective, Black Cat members Ashley, Jackson, and Tati received one-half of the then-LUNk Treasury, totalling $2482.06.
2) Jackson donated an additional $2299.59 over the last year.
3) Brian donated $4.

$4785.65 total before debits

Debits:

1) $100 were paid to Brian for ownership of the projector. (5-24-12)
2) A $100 donation was made to the Bike Kitchen, after they were robbed of all of their tools. (July 2012)
3) Jackson was reimbursed $33.87 after paying for web hosting with privacy for Blackcathouse.org. (8-16-12)
4) Jackson was reimbursed $44.97 for paying for theblackcathouse.org domain. (1-21-13)
5) Jackson was reimbursed $3660 for paying for bathroom construction. (3-7-13)
6) Jackson was reimbursed $20 for buying a projector screen. (3-11-13)

After all of these changes, the overall balance is $826.81.

March 18 Update

Our fundraising garage sale of March 15th and 16th was a huge success, raising $999.54 for a wheelchair ramp. Our overall balance is now $1826.35.

March 26 update

Jackson donated $10. Our balance is now $1836.35.

April 4 update

1) Monte donated $210.
2) Ashley donated $140
3) Tati donated $40
4) Jackson donated $20.

These total $410 in new donations. Our balance is now $2246.35.

May 13 update

New debits:

1) Jackson is reimbursed $5.33 for buying a chair. (See 4/22/13 meeting minutes.)
2) Ashley is reimbursed $13.78 for march supplies. (See 5/6/13 meeting minutes.)
3) Jackson is reimbursed $6.69 for printing May Day fliers. (See 5/6/13 meeting minutes.)

These total $25.80 in deductions from the treasury.

New donations:

1) Ashley donated $500
2) Jackson donated $500
3) Tati donated $500
4) We received an additional $500 loan from Ashley toward the ramp. The collective will need to repay this.

These total $2000 in new donations.

Altogether, our balance is increasing $1974.20. Our new overall balance is $4220.55. (We also owe Ashley $500.)

June 4, 2013 Update

1) Ashley donated $1.
2) Jackson was reimbursed $4180 for paying for the construction of the wheelchair ramp.

Our balance is now $41.55. (We still owe Ashley $500.)

September 2, 2013 Update

1) $4 were taken from our donations box.

Our balance is now $45.55. (We still owe Ashley $500.)

October 15, 2013 Update

1) Jackson was reimbursed for printing costs ($14.98) and posterboards ($6.41), or $21.39 total. These were approved in the October 14th meeting.

Our balance is now $24.16. (We still owe Ashley $500.)

December 31, 2013 Update

1) Jackson is donating $61.
2) $5 were taken from the donations box.
3) Jackson was reimbursed $14.88 for purchasing a toner refill kit for our copy machine. This was approved in the December 30th meeting.
4) We transferred $8.95 to the library treasury to cover Jackson’s reimbursement for purchase of library books. This was approved in the December 30th meeting.
5) Ashley forgave the $500 loan that was put toward our ramp contruction in spring. This was announced at the December 30th meeting.

Altogether, we received $66 in new credits, and we lost $23.83 to new debits. That means our treasury increases by a total of $42.17. And we are officially debt-free! We ended the year with our general treasury at $66.33.

LIBRARY

On July 29, 2013, we officially started a library treasury with a $10 donation.

On August 12, we reimbursed Jackson $3.95 for purchasing a book for the library. Our current balance in the library treasury is $6.05.

On December 30, we transferred $8.95 from the general treasury. Jackson was then reimbursed $15 from the library treasury to cover the cost of several new books for the library. Our library treasury was reduced to $0.