Paul, how has this been handled in the past? Have both Awards and Messier Marathon Awards been put into one category? Some time in the future, someone may want to determine how much was spent on the individual awards and, lumping them into one, would not permit this. Also what's the "110 Best of the NGC" Order supposed to be about? Thanks, aj Paul Dickson wrote: > Here is the budget agreed upon at the board meeting last week (Feb 22). > I've broken up this list into four categories to better show were the > money will be spent. > > Just looking at this for the past week, I can see at least two lines which > I expect no expenditure this year. > > Is there really a need for separate line items for Awards and Messier > Marathon Awards? (I talking about merging and summing, not deleting.) > > Newsletter 1500 > > Meeting > GCU Room Rental 360 > Insurance 300 > Honoraria for Speakers 750 > Holiday Party 100 > 1510 > > External > Grand Canyon Star Party Luncheon 300 > Internation Dark-Sky Association Dues 100 > 400 > > Miscellaneous > Field Trips 200 > J-Jons 110 > First Aid Supplies 20 > Awards 100 > Messier Marathon Awards 100 > Stationary 100 > "110 Best of the NGC" Order 50 > Bank Checks 30 > Other Postage 60 > Miscellaneous 100 > 870 > > Total 4280 > > -Paul