[mdlug-admin] [mdlug] Meeting

[Robert Meier]

Ray, 

> > I believe mdlug exhausted its supply of ribbons for sale.
> > I need to place the order by 2007.03.01.

> Where?

Susan <star__gazer at wowway.com> of
       Stilyagi (Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association)

> The catering fund doesn't have $100.

They are sold in lots of 50.  Is it worth $25.

> When will you know the actual cost?

When they are delivered.

Susan lists the low-volume costs and at the time of order,
expects an agreement to pay the computed low-volume cost.

Occasionally, (once a year?), she orders ribbons for Stilyagi
and extends the order to other groups at strict no-profit, no-loss.
The actual cost depends on the total volume ordered (by Penguicon,
Stilyagi, Youmacon, ...) attendees, and could be as little as
1/2 the low-volume cost, but in the past has usually been about
25% below the estimate.  As the fad for ribbons is fading,
I don't expect the actual cost to be more than 10% below the
low-volume cost this year.

> I'm astonished to learn that the things cost anywhere near that much!

We were asking $1 for the ribbons.

> The last supply of these ribbons lasted four year.

This is why I ask before placing the order.

Do we want more ribbons?
How many did we buy four years ago?  (I no longer remember.)
How many (lots of 50 for $25) do we want?

Asking,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier