Talk:Special Project : SEM
Budget Timeline
The language does not specify the time frame the budget is for. Is this a annual budget? I would like the text updated to state this. Simply injecting the word 'annual' would be fine.
--eviljoel[1]
RE: Budget Timeline
The 2013 budget vote says:
The board and area hosts are authorized to spend money from the general fund up to the amounts specified in the budget for the 2013 fiscal year. This authorization is retroactive as of January 1, and it replaces the existing area host budget for 2013.
The board is also authorized to spend money from the general fund for any special projects that are properly approved by a membership vote. They may exercise this power at any time after the original approval, provided that....
So my interpretation is that the budget is tied to the 2013 fiscal year, but special projects stay on the list until either the Board votes to start them or the membership votes to remove them from the list, even if they span across years. Otherwise the Board couldn't really start a project in December. Special projects have no time limit because they are not budget line items.
Once the Board votes to kick off the special project, there is no required timeline to complete it. But does this matter? The funds stay around until the money is spent. Given that this is a small amount, does it really matter if there isn't a timeline?
--Ryan
One Time Budget
This is a one time budget. A future expendenture would require a new vote.
--Hef (talk) 02:04, 15 September 2013 (CDT)
RE: RE: Budget Timeline
So your interpretation is that this budget is for the length of the project and funding does not renewal at any point?
--Eviljoel (talk) 20:26, 13 September 2013 (CDT)
RE: RE: RE: Budget Timeline
I'm not sure what you are asking.
If you are asking about what this vote will do: Special projects do not renew once they are approved and their money spent. But note that budgets do not automatically renew. Just as Tim put through the 2013 Budget vote, someone will need to write and get member approval for a 2014 budget, or all the areas suddenly have no funds on Jan 1.
If you are asking what the SEM needs: Yes, it will require an ongoing allocation for supplies and maintenance. This shouldn't be a lot, and it isn't any different in its needs than many of the other tools we own. That said, the SEM is in a weird place because it has no area host claiming it and supporting it through the area's budget.
--Ryan
RE: RE: RE: RE: Budget Timeline
Bry mentions a budget of $550. Are we voting that $550 be allocated for use with the SEM and that this budget does not renewal at any point? If you want more money for the SEM at any point, you will have to ask the membership for more money, right?