Reply To: Exercise 8: Details, Sustainability, and Financials
Here is my spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yTRnqxkT5Srhx-dqnmfO1KaFrRS1nNYciaZTDUq41qY/edit?usp=sharing
I have no intentions of generating revenue through my project, nor any assumptions that there will be costs involved. If there are costs, I would anticipate they would be very small and I’m okay with not being profitable. For the purpose of this exercise, I could apply for funding, ask for food donations, or require a small membership fee for participants. Perhaps this would be something to do in the future if the group grew substantially. For now, I get free food because I have food SNAPS. I can also host meetings at my workplace which will not cost anything. The only costs I can see right now are my own time and effort. I believe that the rewards (fulfillment, friendship, new perspectives, experience organizing, etc) for my time and effort will greatly outweigh the “costs.”
I do feel I understand my project a little bit better and I’m beginning to consider the potential for complexities that may arise. The only revisions I made were to host it in a different location and consider how to pay for food in the future. I’m sure I have some blindspots, so please reply if you see them. I foresee potential problems if I let this project consume too much of my time, thereby taking away too much from other profitable work to sustain my life. Also, if I plan to continue this once I move out of New York state, I will have to pay for food out of pocket. However, others will also bring food for the potluck and thus I think the cost would balance out with the free food I’d be eating from others. If necessary, I can ask for a small participation fee and/or apply for funding to pay for food and space. It’d be nice to talk with Johannes again about organizing this sort of meeting to get an understanding of how he managed the logistics.