[Finance] Updated financial reports

[Bill N]

Good grief, I forgot the attachments. (But nobody mentioned that??) 
Anyway,....

      I am attaching a couple of samples of the Treasurer's Report 
according to the ideas we discussed in July.  These are as of June 30. 
I'll also do them for July 31.
      Version A includes most of what we discussed: more detail, a 
(zero) line for Grants, clearer labels, an asset breakdown.  I've only 
added one note--more may be appropriate.
      Version B is a more ambitious attempt to relate amounts to the 
things we actually do.  But sometimes the underlying accounts don't 
reflect our activity accurately (or often our activity moves in novel 
directions).  Several amounts should likely be moved around (or posted 
to new accounts).  One thing I've done is move most of Mark's contract 
into Advocacy, Outreach, and Bike Racks, (using $250/mo. more or less 
and leaving the remainder under Staff payments).  This could be 
augmented by a more detailed time accounting report from Mark (but not 
too detailed :-).
      I have also included a column for last month's Net which helps 
clarify what has happened in the last month and gives a general sense of 
progress.
      I am also introducing the idea of Core Competencies--here 
Advocacy, Outreach, and Projects--more or less corresponding to "Our 
Work" as it appears on the website.  More specifically they are the 
things that we do well, that we are known and respected for.  They are 
the things on which we want to spend money as opposed to the things we 
do to raise money.  (Raising money is more of a "hygienic priority" in 
the terminology of 20th century business seminars.)
      We have never really discussed Core Competencies in relation to 
our mission (or even our mission for quite a while now).  Focusing on 
Core Competencies can help us choose the right things to do and avoid 
getting diverted into things that miss the mark.
      More discussion would be good.  Our basic mission, our Core 
Competencies, our website menus/pages and our financial account names 
should all reflect the same underlying understanding.  So far they don't.
      I feel there lots of opportunities for improving things here.
      --Bill