[Finance] Updated financial reports

[Mark Cohoe]

Thanks Bill, got them that time!

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bill Newman <bill.newman at plumdee.ca> wrote:

> (Found a bad setting in the mailing list.  Try again. )
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Finance mailing list
> Finance at lists.bikewinnipeg.ca
> http://lists.bikewinnipeg.ca/listinfo.cgi/finance-bikewinnipeg.ca
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.bikewinnipeg.ca/pipermail/finance-bikewinnipeg.ca/attachments/20170906/ba90b882/attachment-0002.htm>