Scratch the first version, apologies! Here are the corrected figures.
After mulling over Leann's financial report I have been working on some
ideas for us to discuss. It would help if you had a printed copy of the
treasurer's report while looking at this. All of the figures used are
from the report front page and are not current numbers.
Looking at the figures and setting some modest goals, with the present
report numbers in parentheses:
100 USA members (87) x 32.00 = 3200.00
15 Canadian members ( 9) x 34.00 = 510.00
100 overseas members (76) x 36.00 = 3600.00
Total (215 members) = 7310.00
Current member funds projection = 5826.00
Funds increased by = 1484.00
Our deficit projected on page one is 3352.00, increasing the membership
to 215 would decrease that to 1868.00 so this is worth working on right
now. Let's also look at additional methods of decreasing the deficit
with the tools we already have:
Publications expenses estimates:
Chit Chats (4) = 1280.00
Gekkos (2) = 6780.00
website = 1000.00
Shipping ($225per Chit Chat/Gekko) = 1350.00
Total =10410.00
Offer Chit Chat as a .pdf, website only or combination of the two and
save the printing and shipping of Chit Chat (subtract cost of Chit Chat
1280 and shipping 900 = *2180* from publications expenses).
Revised publications expenses = 8230.00
That puts a real dent in the deficit 3352.00 - 2180.00 = 1172.00
Add some more members from above 3364.00 - 3552.00 = +112.00 small
surplus!
Add in already passed motion to offer sold out Gekkos as .pdfs, 5.00 per
issue, let's say we sold 30 of these in one year = $150.00. At 6.50
(discussed at length with Dr. Doug Mader as a common practice these
days) per issue 195.00. That would contribute even more to reduce the
deficit. We could make it $7.50 for non-members. People ask me about
back issues all the time when I working the GGA table at shows.
The bookstore is a nice income generator for the GGA and already has a
clientele. We need to publicize/modernize it more so all the members and
non-members are aware of it as a valuable resource in the gecko community.
Fund raising is another option that should bear fruit provided we work
on it with team members.
My goal is to generate a useful discussion from these ideas.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie
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