From: David North To: splice@splice.org.uk Subject: Splice renewal in one month Hi all, It's now 11 months since we started splice, which means we need to put some more money into the pot. [If you don't want to stay in for another year, please let me know right away]. If we go ahead and renew the server at the same spec, it works out as follows: Total cost / 7 people £1034.01 / 7 = £147.72 each Last year, it was 144.57 each, but I overcharged you all by £1.97 because of a mistake on Bytemark's part - so knocking that off this time round leaves just *£145.75* each to pay. Alternatively, we could double our RAM and pay £164.21 each instead. I personally would like a bit more RAM, and the shared machine and the base machine would both benefit from it, but OTOH I can understand that our lighter users might not want to pay the extra, so in the name of democracy, I'll throw this open to a majority vote. I will be away for ten days from Friday 25 June, so here's the timetable: - If you're out: please let me know *now* - If you're in: - vote by Sunday 13 June - money to my bank a/c (same as last time) by Friday 18 June I'll then get the renewal done before I take off. Lastly, I think it'd be nice to have a first birthday party for splice - dinner and drinks in Oxford one Saturday night in July? If you're up for it, reply-all with dates that work for you. Cheers, David