<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hey All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Quick update on <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HmOcG7hJLD1G0unCMPcsDnXr4RIA_PMKEE5ne-hhQR8/edit?usp=sharing" class="">the spreadsheet</a>. I added a “cost per month” column and filled it in for all the employers with the “publish” box checked.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The “description” column should be the only text that shows up in the pop-up; I also updated and kind of standardized the descriptions for the aforementioned ready-to-go entries.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think if we’re going to use the leaf system it should be zero to three leaves:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Zero: No subsidy (may do pre-tax)</div><div class="">One: Some subsidy, cost to employee is 50/month or more</div><div class="">Two: Some subsidy, cost to employee is 10-50 per month</div><div class="">Three: Cost to employee is less than 10 per month</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dollars above are pre-tax, so in fact if they are able to purchase with pre-tax dollars the actual cost to the employee may be lower.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If we know an employer doesn’t do the pre-tax thing, they get a tortoise.</div><div class="">If they subsidize parking more than transit, they get a car.</div><div class="">If they give way better transit benefits to some employees than others, they get unbalances scales.</div><div class="">If they go above and beyond, they get a gold ribbon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t remember how we’re supposed indicate these badges on the spreadsheet. If someone can tell me I can add those in later today.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Katie</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">Katie Wilson</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class="">General Secretary</font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class="">Transit Riders Union</font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class=""><a href="https://transitriders.org" class="">https://transitriders.org</a></font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class=""><font color="#666666" class="">206-781-7204</font></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#999999" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">people, including students, seniors, and people with disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power we </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. We will </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public transportation system in </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">Seattle and beyond, so that every human being has access to safe, </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">affordable, and reliable public transit.</font></i></div></div></div>
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