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MetaTalk https://metatalk.metafilter.com/ The past 20 posts to MetaTalk Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:07:18 GMT Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:07:18 GMT en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 MeFiCoFo Financial Update, June 6, 2026 May income was up from April slightly (2%), and expenses were also up (5%), resulting in a $2K loss. The P&L can be found here (the QuickBooks P&L can be found here). Last month's update is here.

Income

Donation income was up very slightly relative to April and Feb (the most recent 4-deposit months).
Weekly donation income for the month of May averaged $3,050. Year-to-date our weekly giving average has been $2,985. This is a new metric are we introducing to provide a more consistent basis for comparison since 4 vs 5-week deposit months throw the numbers off.
Google AdSense was down again, but not to the lowest point we've see in the past six months. We were asked in last update about PageViews overall, and we can see some info in the AdSense dashboard. Traffic declined sharply last year in April and has stayed there. There don't appear to be notable trends over the past six months (basically moving up and down with a narrow band).
Amazon referral income was down a little relative to recent months.
Income includes $200 from the MeFi Fantasy Football League. Kudos to commissioner klangklangston and thanks to all that played.
A new line for income has been added to reflect Interest from our Money Market account.

Expenses

As noted last month, we absorbed the additional training costs from April in the May payroll run, so contracting expense is higher than budgeted, and accounts for basically the entirety of the losses for May. May period payroll has posted already, and we are projecting a narrower loss as a consequence for June, but still a loss.
AWS spend has been in line with our costs over the past ~9 months.

Cash Position:

Our net change in cash in May was down $2.5K (consistent with the loss shown on the P&L). Our cash reserves are $100K (Note the numbers are rounded).
Previously I was giving a 'runway' number but month to month variance really reduces the value of that—folks are free to make their own estimates with the data we have (the simplest math is that we have ~40 months of runway, but this would vary based on how conservative you project future revenue).

COMMENTARY

The mercurial oracle that is PayPal finally released some of its secrets and we finally have a a single view of all our current donations, which gives us a baseline to compare against. We currently have a projected yearly income of $160K from donations. The budget we passed in Feb projected just over $170K (note that the month over month income increase from April to May is consistent with what we budgeted, so in principle, we could see enough net new donors buy year end to hit that target).
We are going to review the budget at mid-year and likely update it as we get more precise data and see if there are other areas to narrow our losses to net zero for the rest of the year.
We made some software changes, and this, along with our the new interest line should result in a $2K net gain for the year of increased income and reduced expense.
We also have started on some other data analysis and are hoping to get a clean month-by-month donation number from the past 36 years months (the challenge we have is that cash was not deposited consistently until mid-last year, so there is no way to pull this data from our bank records, compounded by the fact that we don't have access to pre MeFiCoFo bank records).
Another area of interest going to be able to see if we can pull any analysis regarding the last spike in giving, which corresponds to 2022 fundraising drive (to see if we can determine how much one-time giving happened vs regular donations, and to see if we can see gauge the retention rate of those new subscriptions). The way we get the data across the platforms is going to make it tricky to do this with confidence, but it looks like we can set up a process to anonymize the data and use the subscription table to sort the data effectively.
The reconciliation (updated QuickBooks data so the income reports accurately, which would allow native year-over-year P&L reporting) from last year still pending.

HOW YOU CAN HELP If you are giving currently, or have considered restarting a previous donation, our recommendation is that you consider migrating from monthly to quarterly if you are giving at the $5 or $10 monthly level, and that you do it via Stripe (there is a more detailed discussion on this in the December 2025 update). The new donation was all set to be pushed live, but when digging though the donation data, I realized I left out a significant constituency (donors under $5/month), which required a little more coding and updating to Stripe. That's complete, so we will launch it next week and announce via a Meta. This post was authored by 99_, and reviewed and approved by the entire board (for a detailed conversation about the "Board Account" please see this Meta)]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26922/MeFiCoFo-Financial-Update-June-6-2026 tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26922 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:07:18 GMT MeFiBoard https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26922/MeFiCoFo-Financial-Update-June-6-2026/rss A thank-you to Lorc for the steady influx of quality SFF webcomic posts. when I hit the webcomics tag, it looks like it's mostly one person posting them. Thanks, Lorc!]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26921/A-thank-you-to-Lorc-for-the-steady-influx-of-quality-SFF-webcomic-posts tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26921 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:35:37 GMT Shepherd https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26921/A-thank-you-to-Lorc-for-the-steady-influx-of-quality-SFF-webcomic-posts/rss Board Update, May 31, 2026
Meeting minutes available under the details tag at the bottom of this post. As always, please note: we have all approved these informally, but these are technically draft minutes until they are read into the record at our next Board meeting. (Additionally, the version we read into the record will not be identical to these, as it will contain our real names instead of usernames.) Some highlights, for those who don't want to peruse the full minutes: Values. Thanks to everyone who's already reviewed the values draft that we posted recently. As we mentioned there and in these minutes as we were finalizing our plans to get them to you, the idea of these values is to serve as foundation and inspiration for more practical, concrete documents – moderation policy, community guidelines, etc. More to come soon! Site rebuild. Our working group has agreed on a broad framework for restarting the work on a site rebuild, carrying on from kirkaracha's great work while ensuring we have the right systems in place for volunteer work and project management from the jump. Hopefully more to come soon; there's still a fair amount of work from here to actually asking for folks to pitch in, but we're excited to be talking about spinning it back up. Newsletter and town halls. We're delighted to see the newsletter getting some traction; it's just another nice way to create more of a sense of community. Likewise, we're hoping and planning to get at least two more town hall sessions in before the end of our collective terms. We've tentatively scheduled to hold the next one the week of June 22; details to come.

Minutes of the May 18, 2026, meeting of the MetaFilter Community Foundation

Meeting date: May 18, 2026 Meeting location: global, remote via Zoom Attendees

Board: 99_ (Treasurer), adrienneleigh, DarlingBri (Vice President), Joakim Ziegler, Kybard (President, presiding), phunniemee (Secretary, recording)
(quorum achieved)
Absent: creatrixtiara, with pre-arranged vote by proxy

Call to Order at 4:07pm CDT

Acknowledgement of video recording
phunniemee designated as notetaker

Approval of Formal Minutes

March 30, 2026 Board Meeting
Legal names have been added
Kybard makes motion for approval, 99_ seconds, motion is carried by voice vote

New Business President's Report from Kybard

Trademark status: no actions required from us, we are waiting out the anticipated 3 month review period
Reminder of our Board action items list

Working Group Reports Site policy & Moderation

Values updates

Recap of the working group call that took place on May 11
Values working document has been circulating internally for asynchronous communal edits and inputs from the board--request for all to please put attention on this if you have not already done so
Goal of this document is to establish a foundation that can be used as a baseline to inspire site policy, mod training, etc
99_ designated as the official Values Nag to make sure everyone has contributed feedback on this document and keep everyone aligned to our prescribed timeline
Next step will be to publish in Metatalk as an opportunity for the community to review and provide iteration and refinement to the Board's work--not to reinvent from scratch by Metatalk
DarlingBri asks to keep an eye for language that can be used in the moderation policy document as well and copy that over as you write it to save future work
99_ requests move the ongoing casual policy related chatter out of our group chat and into the google doc to formalize it, and collaborate there instead

Bylaws/compliance (and 501)

DarlingBri provides bylaws update and recap of meeting, Board's comments have been sent back to the legal team
Kybard moves we enter into executive session at 4:21pm, phunniemee seconds, motion is carried by voice vote.

Exit executive session at 4:39pm

Admin/financial

99_ has been working with frimble on the final edits to the new donation page and this is complete, ready for final review and approval

Will announce on Metatalk and banner when this is live

Meeting between 99_ and rrrrrrrt for anonymized donor data analysis has been scheduled
99_ provides a few updates:

Multiple staged transactions to move bulk of MeFi's funds to a high yield account were completed May 18
$480/year savings found in changing QuickBooks account subscription
99_ discovered a recurring bill tied to an external account controlled by a former owner; issue has been resolved and MeFi has been reimbursed
Discuss adding a new category for atypical money sources (e.g. $200 from a fantasy football league) to track this kind of future fundraising

creatrixtiara brings up the discussion in the May Financial Update thread about recapture and the feedback from MeFites who have indicated the conditions by which they will/won't resubscribe

Most of the feedback isn't actionable by the Board at this time but there are some things that can be addressed

Tech

Working group met and has a framework for moving forward with the site rebuild

adrienneleigh presents recap of this meeting

Going to go back to Kybard's very good project feedback scope with user stories, etc, from his pre-Board-new-site-volunteer-PM days
Need to get the site code into github to do a code review and run up a bunch of tickets, but once that happens there's no reason this project can't get moving again

We do not have a framework for actualizing this yet (getting the tools in place, rolling it out to the community, or managing it)

How do we get the community involved and who will lead is a question that must be answered before it can move forward.
Revisit this in June when the key Board members' internal schedules have cleared somewhat (Full Lives!)

Fundraising/marketing

Kybard moves we enter executive session at 4:58pm, DarlingBri seconds, motion carried by voice vote
Exit executive session at 5:03pm

Special Projects

Newsletter went out on the 15th to 227 subscribers!
MeFi Events team - have not heard back in 6 weeks (follow up sent May 13), assuming this is not moving forward
Next Town Hall(s) to be held the week of June 22nd (exact dates and times TBD)

Tooling

Discussion of Zoom merits and if we can get our needs met by Google Meet access via our existing Workspace account
Kybard makes motion to dump the paid Zoom account, 99_ seconds, motion carried by voice vote

Committee Liaison Initial Reporting BIPOC Board

BIPOC Board is winding down in favor of a renewed future effort to be determined
phunniemee moves we enter into executive session at 5:12pm, DarlingBri seconds, motion carried by voice vote
Exit executive session at 5:25pm

Moderation Oversight Committee

No updates to report

Other Business

At the Values meeting we documented the next steps, the individual person responsible for each one, and due date. Request that we follow this format for future tasks.
Reminder to please document tasks in real time and slap them on the action items list
Does anyone need any help or support for any of their Board work or tasks?
Mental health check in; bandwidth check in
Decision to schedule an adrienneleigh-on-shift-wearing-mod-hat check in about mod practicalities for moving to volunteer moderation in the future - to be attended at minimum by the independent oversight committee (Joakim Ziegler, phunniemee, Kybard)

Adjournment at 5:39pm CDT

Kybard makes motion to adjourn, 99_ seconds, motion is carried by voice vote

Minutes submitted by: phunniemee

]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26920/Board-Update-May-31-2026 tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26920 Sun, 31 May 2026 23:41:46 GMT MeFiBoard https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26920/Board-Update-May-31-2026/rss MeFi Quote keeps turning itself off https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26919/MeFi-Quote-keeps-turning-itself-off tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26919 Sun, 31 May 2026 18:00:38 GMT lapis https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26919/MeFi-Quote-keeps-turning-itself-off/rss Diane's Own Alphabet Thread
Because I want it to be a spiderweb, Catching errants with Doubly irresistible Errant letters. Your turn.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26918/Dianes-Own-Alphabet-Thread tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26918 Sun, 31 May 2026 14:12:42 GMT dianeF https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26918/Dianes-Own-Alphabet-Thread/rss ⸘alphabet thread‽ before the next election, people have brought up a question about platforms

cryptpad? do we want to go with something else? etherpad? pdf? markdown/note the sentiment: f u c k google]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26917/alphabet-thread tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26917 Sun, 31 May 2026 12:04:07 GMT HearHere https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26917/alphabet-thread/rss MetaFilter's Values
Here, in multi-tab view-only Google Doc form, is the current draft: MetaFilter's Values These values will be the foundation of important organizational developments, including:

Moderation guidelines
Governance and policies
Staff, Board and volunteer expectations
Community guidelines
Harm response and resolution practices

The main, practical application of these values is to establish a common framework which will underpin all of those things going forward. As a Board we have been working hard and collaboratively to get this document to a place where it's ready for public view. It is not "final" at this stage, but we think it's in a pretty good place and are looking more for any issues of polish or need to iterate from this version. (Not so much in terms of proofreading as in refining intention and meaning, but if you're the copy-editing sort, feel free to make a redlined copy and send it over.) Please take a look; please let us know what you think. We're excited to share and to use this to move forward.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26916/MetaFilters-Values tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26916 Tue, 26 May 2026 00:27:05 GMT MeFiBoard https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26916/MetaFilters-Values/rss FPP about a Sci Fi story
Here are the other things I can remember about the story: I believe the story was posted to a stand alone website, but maybe it was part of a larger website. The story was definitely freely available and intended to be read on the website. This was not a book/ebook. They had to wear special space suits or hazmat suits to go out of the research station, but I can't remember why. There may have been something weird about the plant life? Or maybe the air? I believe there were multiple research stations. The setting was jungle like. I don't remember mentions of any animals. I recall that people exposed to plant life/air outside the research station may have come back and committed murder or suicide. At one point, the main character and some other members of the research station went out in a jeep [for some reason that I can't recall]. One or both jeeps broke down. I think it's implied that the plant life may have made one of the jeeps disappear? This may have been the point where the main character started to spin out/lose his grip on reality. There was a very ominous sense about the story, that built up more and more as you continued with the diary entries. It may have ended abruptly or on some sort of cliffhanger. The post was probably at least several years old, may have been even older. I'm hoping someone remembers this story and can provide a link to it. Thank you!]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26915/FPP-about-a-Sci-Fi-story tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26915 Mon, 25 May 2026 18:35:54 GMT litera scripta manet https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26915/FPP-about-a-Sci-Fi-story/rss Please don't claim "we are all a bit [mental health issue]" this AskMe post, a reply says "we all have some form of ADHD or dementia".

This is not true, and I feel it is dismissive of people who really do have those diagnoses, and the challenges that come with them. And also an important feature of some diagnoses, not least ADHD, is that while you, the person with the diagnosis believe that your problems are common and normal, they are not. Getting over this belief can be a big barrier to getting help. So this statement is positively unhelpful too. I don't want to single out the person who said this. I've read this kind of thing before on and off Metafilter, referencing OCD, or autism, and other diagnoses. I've probably done it myself in the past. It's commonplace. But I'd like us to do better please.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26914/Please-dont-claim-we-are-all-a-bit-mental-health-issue tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26914 Sat, 23 May 2026 05:49:12 GMT i_am_joe's_spleen https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26914/Please-dont-claim-we-are-all-a-bit-mental-health-issue/rss 16K=1K 16000, while yes, just another goddamned Icelandic novelist, made his 1,000th post to the blue today. He makes this site, and the web as a whole, a better place.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26913/16K1K tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26913 Fri, 22 May 2026 18:07:33 GMT Rumple https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26913/16K1K/rss Hey, can we not screw around on askmefi? eg answer their questions hyperliterally in a way that obviously isn't relevant to the issue at hand Suggestion: people who do this more than once should be banned

Banned really, really hard. It's poor behavior and frankly pretty mean. I have been on the record many times as being very tolerant of various wacky posting styles, but being "clever" at the expense of someone who is hurting is nasty work. Also I think it goes without saying not to call people's questions hilarious or generally be hostile to ask her. It's not JudgeMe!]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26912/Hey-can-we-not-screw-around-on-askmefi tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26912 Tue, 19 May 2026 22:18:47 GMT knobknosher https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26912/Hey-can-we-not-screw-around-on-askmefi/rss MeFiCoFo Financial Update, May 11, 2026 April income was down from March (-26%). Expenses were down 15%, resulting in a loss ~$2K loss. This was a four deposit month (last month was five), so much of this was to be expected based on our deposit cadence. Relative to our projected budget, we did okay, but our budget projected small increases each month from donation income, which we did not see, so careful management of this will be necessary. The P&L can be found here. Last month's update is here.

Income

Google AdSense income rebounded 'sharply' (month-over-month) - effectively doubling. This is good news, but not supported by any data/insight (meaning we don't know why it happened or if it can be sustained). Given the variance and potential upside (this was a bigger number than I thought we would be seeing from current trends), I'll put this on the board agenda as an item to review (can we find a community member who has specific expertise, etc.). Amazon referral income was in line with our recent monthly average.
Donation income was down to not quite Feburary levels (which was the most recent four deposit month). Our MRR in Stripe drifted down. The April weekly average compared to March was also down a small amount, but up relative to the weekly average in February. The variances across these periods is less than 10% (and I understand that 10% isn't a rounding error, but our revenue is highly dependent on when people signed up and at what levels and we don't have any models that show what should be expected based on past data).
We are going start looking into deeper dive into giving data this month with a community volunteer.

Expenses

The April period reflects our new scheduling budget (down about 15%). I erroneously stated last month that the onboarding/training costs would be in this update, but since we moved to paying contractors on the 1st of the following month, everything lags (which is compounded by the fact that we title these posts when they occur, which is the subsequent to the reporting period). The additional expenses were in the April period but paid on May 1, so they will be part of the June reporting (so mod expense will be up about 15% in the next period and return the level in this report after that).
AWS spend has been in line with our costs over the past ~9 months.
Included in Other this month was a tax payment to the state of Delaware.
Included in Other this month is honoraria payments for the BIPOC Board members.

Cash Position:

Our net change in cash in March was down $1,900 (consistent with the loss shown on the P&L). Our cash reserves are $101K (Note the numbers are rounded).
Previously I was giving a 'runway' number but month to month variance really reduces the value of that—folks are free to make their own estimates with the data we have (the simplest math is that we have ~25 months of runway, but this would vary based on how conservative you project future revenue).

COMMENTARY

Here is the QuickBooks P&L. We are going to continue with dual reporting (Google Sheets and QB) for a few more months. The time commitment isn't significant and I may revise the process a little, but I think the Google Sheets P&L is going to be a permanent thing - it's a compact view, captures budget performance all in one view and I really don't think I can make something in QB that matches or improves on it (for fans of reporting details, what will change is I will just take the QB values as an export and plug them into the Sheets P&L - currently, I do a manual monthly register off our checking account and compare that to the QB automated import - we've been spot on for four months now, but I still find one or two edge cases each month, so my inherently cautious nature about this stuff means I'm happy to keep testing it).
The reconciliation from last year still pending.
A couple members have pointed out that given our cash position, a high-yield savings account would be a smart option. One of our current banking relationships has a 3.5% money market option, and we have established the account and are in the process of funding it. Kudos to members pwnguin and rrrrrrrrrt for keeping me honest on getting this done.

HOW YOU CAN HELP If you are giving currently, or have considered restarting a previous donation, our recommendation is that you consider migrating from monthly to quarterly if you are giving at the $5 or $10 monthly level, and that you do it via Stripe (there is a more detailed discussion on this in the December 2025 update). We are in the Q&A Process for the revised donations page. It should be live mid-month. This post was authored by 99_, and reviewed and approved by the board (for a detailed conversation about the "Board Account" please see this Meta)]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26911/MeFiCoFo-Financial-Update-May-11-2026 tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26911 Sun, 10 May 2026 18:24:55 GMT MeFiBoard https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26911/MeFiCoFo-Financial-Update-May-11-2026/rss How did I find this page? (Admin suggested posting to MeTa) this link (https://thomaswc.com/2025.html) on April 29. I was just trying to track down where I found it. In my browser history, the site I visited directly before I went to that link was MetaFilter. I see it was posted here in December. (https://www.metafilter.com/211620/A-different-kind-of-end-of-year-puzzle-for-2025) But I have no idea how I found that page....

....and I distinctly remember that, in the post where I saw the original link, there was a comment from someone who had modded the game and allowed it to go on indefinitely. I don't see that comment anywhere on the MetaFilter post. So I'd like to ask for help finding how I got to that MetaFilter post, or if anyone happened to know where the post with the modding is. (Before anyone suggests moving this to AskMe, I asked the mods where it would fit best, here or AskMe, and they said I'd probably get better responses in MeTa.)]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26910/How-did-I-find-this-page-Admin-suggested-posting-to-MeTa tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26910 Sat, 09 May 2026 16:12:56 GMT tzikeh https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26910/How-did-I-find-this-page-Admin-suggested-posting-to-MeTa/rss CanCon on the Blue
For some reason this feels like a recent development, though I do not have any stats, just going off vibes. Well, whether there is actually a conscious effort to increase these types of posts or not, this Canadian likes it very much, and I hope others do, too! Thank you again ]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26909/CanCon-on-the-Blue tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26909 Thu, 07 May 2026 17:50:44 GMT tinydancer https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26909/CanCon-on-the-Blue/rss I think that something in the back end is broken here. I'm pretty sure that chavenet mentioned that he double posted because the first one didn't take.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26908/I-think-that-something-in-the-back-end-is-broken tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26908 Thu, 07 May 2026 01:19:31 GMT ashbury https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26908/I-think-that-something-in-the-back-end-is-broken/rss suggestion: book series on fanfare requested before and received a favorable response, but that was nearly 8 years ago, so I'm going to suggest it again: add a field to "book" posts on Fanfare to indicate the series the book is a part of, if applicable.]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26907/suggestion-book-series-on-fanfare tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26907 Sun, 03 May 2026 22:42:26 GMT adamrice https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26907/suggestion-book-series-on-fanfare/rss celebrating jessamyn https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26906/celebrating-jessamyn tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26906 Sun, 03 May 2026 07:47:12 GMT HearHere https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26906/celebrating-jessamyn/rss r/metafilter: Is it time to take it back? r/metafilter is our "official" outpost on Reddit. Is it time for the community to take it back?

r/metafilter is an embarrassment. It is run by multiple former owners of Metafilter (Jessamyn and Rhaomi), is an abysmal failure of engagement by modern web standards, and pretty much just screams "::emoji:: ::emoji:: we don't know how the internet works". Is there any reason the community hasn't decided to reclaim this space and actually make something good of it, or at the very least stopped making it so actively bad, so as not to drive away potential new members here?]]> https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26905/r-metafilter-Is-it-time-to-take-it-back tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2026:site.26905 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:07:33 GMT plagued out moggies https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26905/r-metafilter-Is-it-time-to-take-it-back/rss MeFiCoFo Financial Update, April 22, 2026 March income was up from February (15%). Expenses were down 15%, resulting in a break even month. This was a five deposit month, so our weekly average was higher. That means having a break even month isn't great (ideally we should register about a 10% 'profit' in these months). The P&L can be found here (see note below). Last month's update is here.

Income

Google AdSense income has declined again MoM (month-over-month) - we are basically at the lowest point for AdSense. No internal review or discussion on this item (note that the change is about ~$100 - even a big drop is relatively small to our overall revenue picture at this point). Amazon referral income looks up because of the calendar we got two deposits in one month. But the average per period is in line with the past 12 months on average.
Donation income was up because it was a five deposit month. Our MRR in Stripe rebounded a little. We revised our deposit schedule so that all our money comes in weekly on Mondays, so we can project monthly income better. It's not perfect, because year over year numbers aren't relevant yet (because from what we can tell, there weren't dependable / scheduled transfers until mid-year 2025). But from the data as of this writing, April is underperforming about 10% (this is also a little suspect to project - the data is going to be based on pretty arbitrary sign up periods; it would be great if our income came in at $YEAR/52, but it hasn't worked like that).

Expenses

This is the first month where we would see some savings relative to the previously announced scheduling changes, but we incurred additional costs due to staffing decisions. We will see some additional expense relative to budget as a consequence of this (additional shifts for onboarding/training) in the April period. No other funds have been used to remunerate board, committee or volunteer support in this period (note this excludes the spend that was announced in this Meta - for reporting purposes, this spend is 'mod expense')
AWS spend has been in line with our costs over the past ~9 months.

Cash Position:

Our net change in cash in March was down $100 (consistent with the loss shown on the P&L) Our cash reserves are $103K (Note the numbers are rounded).
Previously I was giving a 'runway' number but month to month variance really reduces the value of that—folks are free to make their own estimates with the data we have (the simplest math is that we have ~25 months of runway, but this would vary based on how conservative you project future revenue).

TAX UPDATE The State of Delaware payment was executed. Tax Year 2025 is wrapped up. COMMENTARY

Here is the QuickBooks P&L. Per last month's note, we are going to run this alongside the manual P&L for another 2-3 months, and then sunset the Google Sheet in favor of reporting directly from QuickBooks. The reconciliation from last year still has not moved forward, but hopefully I can find some time in April to work through the backlog.
We've added a performance against budget section at the bottom of the P&L (the Budget tab is still there). Jan & Feb were basically just zeroed out because I was updating the number as we moved forward (meaning there was no budget number to compare against). Now that we have an approved budget, each period update will show if we are on track.

Financial Controls handover

Transition from the Interim Board is 95% complete. PayPal still needs some cleanup, but otherwise we can confirm that the new board has signatory authority and is the primary or only contact point (this is a reprint from last update).
We are starting the process to do some giving analysis (working with a member who has stepped up to try to wrangle our multiple data sources into something useful).
GitHub was resolved as the last stray payment account we're aware of that needed to be transitioned. It now goes through checking and gets captured in our expenses.