Since individual committees dont have individual finances anymore, is there any point in saying that you want the committee to recieve honorarium? The only reason I still do it is so that science committee recieves credit for the class, but honorarium also prolongs the acceptance process.
Should I just not select honorarium or does selecting honorarium still help the committee?
@Bizwacky - Do we have a simple way to track class activity by committee? How does it factor into any decision process at this point?
The donated honorarium does increase the committee budget, intent is that it functions the same as if you took the $50 and donated it to the committee. In practice it hadn’t been working that way but I’ve asked our bookkeepers to fix it, I haven’t checked if that’s happened yet.
Ah, I was always under the impression that, since roughly 2018-2019, the idea was that the board would just look at committee activity or something if you wanted to spend more than a couple hundred bucks. If you were just spending money on basic supplies or basic tools, you wouldnt need board approval. I’m surprised to hear the committees still have budgets. I dont think we have been tracking our budget in science if that is the case.
Committees have budgets that are intended to serve as a guideline for what’s reasonable to spend on operating expenses (small tools, consumables, repairs and maintenance, etc.). For reference, Science’s is $1000/6 months. Capital expenses on major tools or other major spending (over $2000) go to the board for approval.
As far as purchase approvals, the committee chair can spend up to $200, up to $500 requires a committee vote, and up to $2000 I can approve alongside the committee vote. >$2000 goes to the board.
Okay, thanks for the clarification! I appreciate it
Yes so be nice to the treasurer. Lol
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