[Finance] Next Board Meeting

[Zen Gagne]

Thank you for your response. We can discuss this further next week.

Zennon

On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Laura Donatelli <omojean98 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Zenon,
>
> I think that these are interesting suggestions but I do have concerns how
> we might interpret some of the measures that you have suggested to assess
> operating effectiveness of BW.
>
> For example, many factors impact on the number of cyclists counted:
> weather (that day and that season), traffic intensity, recent cycling
> injuries/deaths, changes to alternative routes (road construction, new AT
> routes, signage), etc.
>
> I agree that financial resources are one key marker of how an organization
> functions, but also suggest that the involvement of the Winnipeg cycling
> community, as measured by number of active volunteers (and this could
> include those who attend education or fundraising events, buy
> jerseys/coffee, park bikes) is equally important for us to measure.
>
> Anyhow, I think it is a great idea to start this discussion at the board
> level.
>
> Laura
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:23:46 -0500
> From: zengagne at gmail.com
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> Subject: [Finance] Next Board Meeting
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> Hi All - I would like to make a motion for the next board meeting August
> 12 related to finance. I think that we should implement some new financial
> measure and non-financial measures to evaluate the operating effectiveness
> of the organization.
>
> Examples could include:
> Total donations by members/non-members in a year.
> Total Grants received
> Number of bicyclists on a certain route that we do counts
> Number of bike routes (or change in bike routes) compared to prior year.
>
> I think these types of measures will help us track how the organization is
> doing on an internal basis through finances, and on an overall basis
> through looking if the mission of the organization is being achieved on a
> year to year basis.
>
> I would like to bring this motion up that can start exploring types of
> measures to be brought to the board for the next meeting, and maybe get
> some input at the board level of things they would like to see.
>
> Thoughts? Please let me know soon and I can forward something to be
> included in the board package.
>
> Zennon
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