CDMAS Newsletter
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ChrisBuono
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I'm just brainstorming here, but what if we offer an advertising package including a full back page ad in the monthly newsletter and a banner ad on our home page for the calendar month. We could either charge a fee or use it in exchange for some value in donations.
Is a current council member willing to write a brief kickoff letter to the general membership?
Does anyone mind if I feature my own tank for the first newsletter? It'll be much easier to get a picture and information from myself during this ramp-up period.
What do you all think about a small financial report as well to be included with each publication? Keep it simple; just money in, money spent, EOM total.
Jaze, I'll take you up on your offer. Thanks! Would you be willing to write a brief synopsis of the October meeting as well as what's planned for the November meeting?
Lastly, I'll out Linda C. I asked her to write our first educational article of anemone conservation and propagation. She has yet to commit.
Is a current council member willing to write a brief kickoff letter to the general membership?
Does anyone mind if I feature my own tank for the first newsletter? It'll be much easier to get a picture and information from myself during this ramp-up period.
What do you all think about a small financial report as well to be included with each publication? Keep it simple; just money in, money spent, EOM total.
Jaze, I'll take you up on your offer. Thanks! Would you be willing to write a brief synopsis of the October meeting as well as what's planned for the November meeting?
Lastly, I'll out Linda C. I asked her to write our first educational article of anemone conservation and propagation. She has yet to commit.
Rainer, I am with you 100%. I wish we could restrict the club to being a non material based group in order to stop these recurring topics. I really don't think the discounts and free frags and whatever else we get makes much of a positive impact on how much fun it is to hang out with a beer in front of other member's tanks. However, it unfortunately seems to detract from it quite a bit.
Rainer Feyer
Premium Member
As some smart person has said in the past:
"I can see the wheels turning"!
In our case, history may be our best teacher once again.
Vin, I'll be up for a good yap and beer any time!
"I can see the wheels turning"!
In our case, history may be our best teacher once again.
Vin, I'll be up for a good yap and beer any time!
ChrisBuono
New member
Let's shoot for November 1st.
xian
Premium Member
--Is a current council member willing to write a brief kickoff letter to the general membership?
Yes. I will. PM me some general ideas on what you were thinking and I'll get started. As secretary I should be doing some of the writing.
--Does anyone mind if I feature my own tank for the first newsletter? It'll be much easier to get a picture and information from myself during this ramp-up period.
Why not. Have at it.
--What do you all think about a small financial report as well to be included with each publication? Keep it simple; just money in, money spent, EOM total.
Vin?
--Jaze, I'll take you up on your offer. Thanks! Would you be willing to write a brief synopsis of the October meeting as well as what's planned for the November meeting?
Good Idea.
--Lastly, I'll out Linda C. I asked her to write our first educational article of anemone conservation and propagation. She has yet to commit.
I hope she does
Yes. I will. PM me some general ideas on what you were thinking and I'll get started. As secretary I should be doing some of the writing.
--Does anyone mind if I feature my own tank for the first newsletter? It'll be much easier to get a picture and information from myself during this ramp-up period.
Why not. Have at it.
--What do you all think about a small financial report as well to be included with each publication? Keep it simple; just money in, money spent, EOM total.
Vin?
--Jaze, I'll take you up on your offer. Thanks! Would you be willing to write a brief synopsis of the October meeting as well as what's planned for the November meeting?
Good Idea.
--Lastly, I'll out Linda C. I asked her to write our first educational article of anemone conservation and propagation. She has yet to commit.
I hope she does
ChrisBuono
New member
I don't agree. I think the question we need to ask is, why not include it? I can't think of a good reason. In a club such as ours, I think it should be readily available information.
I'm willing to bet two or less people (not a council member) have even asked to see the financials over the past few months or more, but I'm also willing to bet a bunch of people are curious nonetheless and would like to see it included just as a matter of course.
I'm willing to bet two or less people (not a council member) have even asked to see the financials over the past few months or more, but I'm also willing to bet a bunch of people are curious nonetheless and would like to see it included just as a matter of course.
jallard
New member
I was expecting your reply......your predictable.
My opinion is just that, my opinion.......and so you have your opinions too. If people have asked about the financials of CDMAS....they simply didn't ask the right person. I have yet to hear anyone ask! Concidering you have only been to about 3 CDMAS functions I find it hard to believe you hear much yourself.
We have a tresurer...it Vin not you. And if ANYONE wants to know what CDMAS has or does with the money go to a meeting and ask a council member, we have nothing to hide.
*EDIT*
Maybe a year end statment is appropriate but not monthly, just my opinion
ChrisBuono
New member
Joe, maybe you misunderstood what I wrote. I was agreeing with you that I thought very few people, if any, have asked. I've never asked and I know of no one else who has either.
My point was, that's no reason not to include it. No one suggested anyone has anything to hide. Let's not let this get out of hand again.
Ours is a group almost totally funded by its members. It just seems natural to me to post the numbers to those same people. It doesn't have to be big or involved; a couple of lines.
I may be relatively new, but that doesn't make me wrong.
And, if I'm predictable, and you and I keep doing the same dance, that makes you predictable too. Watch where you're pointing that finger.
My point was, that's no reason not to include it. No one suggested anyone has anything to hide. Let's not let this get out of hand again.
Ours is a group almost totally funded by its members. It just seems natural to me to post the numbers to those same people. It doesn't have to be big or involved; a couple of lines.
I may be relatively new, but that doesn't make me wrong.
And, if I'm predictable, and you and I keep doing the same dance, that makes you predictable too. Watch where you're pointing that finger.
ChrisBuono
New member
Fair enough.
I'm just engaging in healthy dialog. I hope it's taken as such.
Once I have a draft of the first newsletter, I'll send it to the council for review.
I'm just engaging in healthy dialog. I hope it's taken as such.
Once I have a draft of the first newsletter, I'll send it to the council for review.
I don't know. There is certainly nothing to hide within the financial details, but I still find it a little akward just throwing it out there as public information. Something just doesn't feel right about it and I think in a way that it's too much information and would just become another thing for people to bicker about.
I'll have to look into this further before I commit to an opinion.
What are we talking here, detail of every transaction or just a current balance?
I'll have to look into this further before I commit to an opinion.
What are we talking here, detail of every transaction or just a current balance?
I have to agree with Vin. Thats to much public info esp if non-members can access it. If it is strictly a club newsletter sent via email to only members then it could slide. If there are plans for a link on the forum to the newsletter then the info should be left out.
We have been to several meetings and have been curious to how the funds are managed. Esp now stated in the bylaws of having a statement at meetings. Something that has never been shown. Sure no one has asked, but if we had there wouldn't be anything to look at. I have been tempted to ask but didn't want to make any waves so to speak.
We have been to several meetings and have been curious to how the funds are managed. Esp now stated in the bylaws of having a statement at meetings. Something that has never been shown. Sure no one has asked, but if we had there wouldn't be anything to look at. I have been tempted to ask but didn't want to make any waves so to speak.
jallard
New member
We currently have a simple excel spread sheet...thats pretty much it. We have not really spent much of the "club" funds. We do have a website and web host which we have to pay for. We did also spend some money at our 1 and only club even...the frag workshop. Other than that, nothing substancial to speak of. And we aren't making thousands either 
You are right....if you asked we wouldn't have had anything at the meeting to show ...its not required. In all fairness the bylaws now state "The Treasurer will supply a complete financial report on a monthly basis to the CDMAS Council" This has been the practice prior to the bylaws. However....we could have told a member a round about amount.
You are right....if you asked we wouldn't have had anything at the meeting to show ...its not required. In all fairness the bylaws now state "The Treasurer will supply a complete financial report on a monthly basis to the CDMAS Council" This has been the practice prior to the bylaws. However....we could have told a member a round about amount.
Minor point, but I did ask at the meeting held at Joe's....not for specifics, just whether they would be disclosed to any member who asked and was told....Yes. That was all I needed to know!
Anyway, I also belong to a much bigger club (totally unrelated to this hobby)....well, at each monthly meeting total money spent and total money taken in is disclosed (to members only) but NOT printed in our monthly newsletter. Once a year, all that money is broken down, listed, and a copy is supplied to each member at the meeting or upon request.
Monetary amounts are never printed in the newsletter, but fully disclosed at each meeting.
Anyway, I also belong to a much bigger club (totally unrelated to this hobby)....well, at each monthly meeting total money spent and total money taken in is disclosed (to members only) but NOT printed in our monthly newsletter. Once a year, all that money is broken down, listed, and a copy is supplied to each member at the meeting or upon request.
Monetary amounts are never printed in the newsletter, but fully disclosed at each meeting.
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That is useful information Tony, thank you. However, since we don't really have "announcements" at our meetings (which is probably a good thing), I wonder how we would disclose the information.
Maybe a good idea would be for me to bring the spreadsheet to the meeting with me and anyone wanting to see it can.
Maybe a good idea would be for me to bring the spreadsheet to the meeting with me and anyone wanting to see it can.
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