[OSGeo Finance] Finance Steps

[Daniel Morissette]

Hi Frank, and Finance Committee,

On 11-11-10 02:03 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
> 1) A report from Daniel on the mechanics of switching over
> financial administration.  Bank accounts, credit cards, etc.  I
> know lots of this is progressing but I'd like to see a public
> record of it and what is outstanding.
>

Here is a quick summary:

- I do not have the keys to the bank accounts yet, but hopefully we're 
almost there and it's only a matter of days... it's been a very long 
process, hopefully we don't need to do that every year.

- I started playing with QuickBooks more seriously and entered my first 
transactions tonight (based on some videos that Tyler prepared for 
me)... which led me to several questions for Tyler that I just sent him. 
Hopefully his answers will allow me to make much more progress in the 
rest of the week.

- I need to wrap up the severance pay stuff for Tyler with PEO this week.


> 2) I would like to see us, the finance committee, draft a proposed
> OSGeo 2012 budget to bring forward to the board as we last did
> back in 2010 or so.  I don't want to step on Daniel's toes, but if he
> likes I'd be willing to do a first very rough pass based on what we
> used before.  I'd like us to have something for the board to
> review as much as a week before it's next meeting - tentatively
> December 8th.
>

You are welcome to start working on a first draft. Budget is my P2 after 
I get a clear understanding of the way accounting is/was done.


> 3) I'd like to see something of a projection for our end-of-year
> financial situation once costs of winding down the ED role and
> such are all taken into account.  In theory this is something that
> any of us could produce from quickbooks and discussions here
> about pending expenses.  Perhaps someone other Daniel or I
> would be interested in taking this on?
>

My goal for the week is to understand the QuickBooks stuff enough by the 
end of the week to be able to pull out a clear picture of the state of 
our finances. If there are some reports that you used to look at then 
please point me to them so that we can make sure they are up to date / 
balanced before Tyler leaves.


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