<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv0712027457"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_5872"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_5871" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv0712027457yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488933172214_58742"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13115">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13183"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13184" dir="ltr">tl;dr Running this group costs money. Please contribute to our fundraising at SGVLUG meeting on Thursday. We have cool stuff leftover from our SCaLE booth.<br></div></div><div id="yiv0712027457yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488933172214_58744"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_7100"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13432" dir="ltr">WHY WE NEED MONEY</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13433" dir="ltr">==================<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_7149" dir="ltr">As I have mentioned before, it costs about $300/year to pay for SGVLUG/SGVHAK/SGVTech expenses. Numbers available at the end of this email. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10362" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10385" dir="ltr">We raised $91 at our SCaLE booth, so we have a ways to go</div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11730" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11888" dir="ltr">RAISING MONEY ON THURSDAY</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11911" dir="ltr">==========================</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13442" dir="ltr">We have a SGVLUG meeting this Thursday at 7pm at OpenX (888 E Walnut Street, <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13443">Pasadena</span>, <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13444">CA), so I would like to continue the fundraising there. </span>If you value our functional anarchy (and my sanity), please bring cash
with you and participate in our raffle. You can also just donate. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13445"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13446" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13447" href="https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/234637699/">https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/234637699/</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11917" dir="ltr">RAFFLE</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11918" dir="ltr">---------<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11461" dir="ltr">Everyone
will get a raffle ticket for attending the meeting. If you want to increase your
chances of winning the raffle, you can buy more tickets for $1 apiece.
We will have 3 bins for you to put the raffle ticket into, depending on
what prize you want.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11462" dir="ltr"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11463"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11464" dir="ltr">We will be raffling off <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11465"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11466" dir="ltr"> * SGVLUG/SGVHAK-ware (t-shirt or cup)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11467" dir="ltr"> * No Starch books/ebook vouchers (might have multiple winners)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11468" dir="ltr"> * Starch himself**</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11553" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11573" dir="ltr">** NOTE: I'm a little unclear about what you get as a raffle prize,
but I promised that Steven and I would pool our resources and contribute $1 for each raffle ticket in Starch's bin.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11469" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11944" dir="ltr">DONATION + REWARDS<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13255" dir="ltr">-----------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11470"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11471" dir="ltr">If you'd rather go the donation route, we have plenty of rewards, thanks to the generosity of Tux-Lab. Plus, we have some nice O'Reilly books we picked up during booth teardown at SCaLE 14x.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10664" dir="ltr"> - Tux-Lab Tux acrylic keychains for minimum of $1 donation</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10939" dir="ltr"> - O'Reilly books for minimum of $2 donation<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10962" dir="ltr"> - Tux-Lab Tux and GNU acrylic phone stands for minimum of $10 donation</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10715" dir="ltr"> - Tux-lab aluminum cases with colored acrylic covers for Arduino Uno or Raspberry Pi for minimum of $20 donation.</div><br><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11255" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10386" dir="ltr">WHERE THE MONEY GOES</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_11830" dir="ltr">======================<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_10411" dir="ltr">We give James the money and he pays the bills and accounts for it in a Google doc. Before SCaLE, we were down to $44.92 in the kitty. Most of the money going into the kitty over the past 3 years have come from individual donations, the tip jar at Tux-Lab, and a rather large donation by Tux-Lab.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8699" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8671" dir="ltr">Here is the breakdown for 2016.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8700" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"></div><table id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8585" class="yahoo-compose-table-card" dir="ltr" style="table-layout:fixed;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;border:none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><colgroup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8586"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8587" width="120"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8588" width="155"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8589" width="120"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8590" width="120"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8591" width="120"><col id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8592" width="120"></colgroup><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8593"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8594" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8595" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42374}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,5]">1/5/2016</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8596" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:underline;color:#1155cc;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"sgvtech.io"}"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8597" href="http://sgvtech.io/" target="_blank">sgvtech.io</a></td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8598" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"NameCheap"}">NameCheap</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8599" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:Verdana;font-size:90%;color:#1f1f1f;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18643966}">18643966</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8600" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":32.88}">32.88</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8601" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 year"}">1 year</td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8602" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8603" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42399}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,5]">1/30/2016</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8604" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Meetup Group"}">Meetup Group</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8605" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Meetup.com"}">Meetup.com</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8606" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8607"></td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8608" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":89.94}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,4,"\"$\"#,##0.00",1]">$89.94</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8609" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"6 months"}">6 months</td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8610" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8611" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42444}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,5]">3/15/2016</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8612" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"sgvlug.org,sgvlug.net"}">sgvlug.org,sgvlug.net</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8613" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"NameCheap"}">NameCheap</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8614" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19681687}">19681687</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8615" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25.54}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,4,"\"$\"#,##0.00",1]">$25.54</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8616" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 year"}">1 year</td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8617" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8618" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42468}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,7,"M/d/yyyy",1]">4/8/2016</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8619" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mailing List VPS"}">Mailing List VPS</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8620" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"BuyVM"}">BuyVM</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8621" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#ffffff;color:#1f1f1f;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":168563}">168563</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8622" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,4,"\"$\"#,##0.00;\"$\"-#,##0.00",1,1]">$15.00</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8623" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 year"}">1 year</td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8624" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8625" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42596}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,5,"m/d/yyyy",1]">8/14/2016</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8626" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Meetup Group"}">Meetup Group</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8627" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Meetup.com"}">Meetup.com</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8628" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8629"></td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8630" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":89.94}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,4,"\"$\"#,##0.00",1]">$89.94</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8631" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"6 months"}">6 months</td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8632" style="min-height:17px;"><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8633" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42610}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,5,"m/d/yy",1]">8/28/16</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8634" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"sgvhak.org,net,com"}">sgvhak.org,net,com</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8635" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"NameCheap"}">NameCheap</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8636" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8637"></td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8638" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;text-align:right;" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":45.05}" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,4,"\"$\"#,##0.00;\"$\"-#,##0.00",1,1]">$45.05</td><td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8639" style="padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;color:#000000;" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 year"}">1 year</td></tr></tbody></table><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8666" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_8665" dir="ltr">The total was: $298.35</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489041801738_13473" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lan<br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>