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I have attached the 2017 financials. These are just the Operations
Report and the Balance Sheet. I have not added any notes (except
the usual disclaimer).<br>
It was a good year with a profit of over $5000--not bad for a
non-profit organization. Of course this means we can focus on
spending money on advancing our primary objective--making cycling a
Winnipeg transportation choice. Non-profits are judged on how
effectively they spend money, not on how they earn money.<br>
Grants, corporate sponsors, and individual donations are all
up. These are our most important sources of funds, almost $13,000
this year. <br>
Spending on our strategic areas--Advocacy (influencing decision
makers), Outreach (encouraging cyclists), and Projects (to provide
direct deliverables and consulting for the benefit of cyclists)--is
light, except that the Staff Contract, of course, provides major
benefits across all three areas. More could be done to move staff
costs out of the overhead area and into the strategic area.<br>
This is the same format we used previously. Any comments on
detail level, or terminology?<br>
--Bill<br>
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