From: caleb waldorf <caleb.waldorf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: when to cancel classes?
In-Reply-To: when to cancel classes?
Date: April 6th 2008

hola,

I perhaps have a third option which combines the first two.  we add an additional 25% to the cost of all classes to create a fund to deal with these situations ($20 class becomes $25).  in the short term this wouldn't necessarily help the losses that are coming up, but it could be a sustainable model over the long haul.  

If a class does come up short then there could be "deliberations" to decide whether or not it should be supported (having this money would also be nice to provide a cushion to those who can't pay the fees).

This doesn't deal with the day issue though.  A week seems unrealistic, but it wouldn't be great if a teacher invested time into a class that was going to be cancelled with short notice.

btw, hello everyone.  this is my first email from the list so if i'm repeating stuff that has already been covered, i apologize.
best,
c


On Apr 6, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Sean Dockray wrote:


now we're coming up on some classes where teachers have a fee and this means that if we don't have enough students paying then we actually spend more money than we take in.  this can't happen, so it brings up the possibility of canceling the class.

when should this happen? some number of days before the class is scheduled to start?  should it be standard or dependent on the class?

there are 2 degrees of losing money on a class:
1. we don't meet overhead, admin, and teacher's fees (usually overhead takes the loss here because the other two are hard expenses).  here we can still offer the class and just kind of push the loss into the future.  not great but at least classes happen.
2. we don't meet administration and teacher's fees.  here we won't last long because we'll spend rent on teacher's fee and lose the space, so we really can't offer the class.

maybe i worked it all out in this email?  we just need to set a number of days? or are there other thoughts?


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