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Voting's not a hassle - it's how the membership decides how to spend funds. Investing spending power in a tiny portion of our membership is something that needs to be done with care. --[[User:Dbever|Dbever]] ([[User talk:Dbever|talk]]) 14:57, 6 January 2015 (CST)

Voting's not a hassle - it's how the membership decides how to spend funds. Investing spending power in a tiny portion of our membership is something that needs to be done with care. --[[User:Dbever|Dbever]] ([[User talk:Dbever|talk]]) 14:57, 6 January 2015 (CST)

Voting is a hassle - there are too many fingers in the pot at vote time and everyone and their aunt has something to say about the vote.  By pre-approving certain expenditure via a vote we are removing the onus of creating another vote on the area host.  There is no difference on the membership voting to approve a $1000 expense now or via a vote in the future especially when the expense is known about,  it makes financial sense to plan for it.  Votes are unplanned ad hoc expenditure which is hard to budget for! --[[User:Amishhammer|Amishhammer]] ([[User talk:Amishhammer|talk]]) 17:58, 6 January 2015 (CST)

:Voting is a hassle - there are too many fingers in the pot at vote time and everyone and their aunt has something to say about the vote.  By pre-approving certain expenditure via a vote we are removing the onus of creating another vote on the area host.  There is no difference on the membership voting to approve a $1000 expense now or via a vote in the future especially when the expense is known about,  it makes financial sense to plan for it.  Votes are unplanned ad hoc expenditure which is hard to budget for! --[[User:Amishhammer|Amishhammer]] ([[User talk:Amishhammer|talk]]) 17:58, 6 January 2015 (CST)

Everyone '''should''' have something to say - that's the point of an organization run by the members. If you want to discourage discussion of the organization's expenditures, then say that. --[[User:Dbever|Dbever]] ([[User talk:Dbever|talk]]) 18:13, 6 January 2015 (CST)

::Everyone '''should''' have something to say - that's the point of an organization run by the members. If you want to discourage discussion of the organization's expenditures, then say that. --[[User:Dbever|Dbever]] ([[User talk:Dbever|talk]]) 18:13, 6 January 2015 (CST)

Adding large expenditures in the general budget vote also means that you are tying the fate of the general budget to the fate of the individual large expenditure. If people do not agree with the specific item, they are forced to vote no on the general budget. We need a general budget more than that specific item. --[[User:Bry|Bry]] ([[User talk:Bry|talk]]) 18:18, 6 January 2015 (CST)

::Adding large expenditures in the general budget vote also means that you are tying the fate of the general budget to the fate of the individual large expenditure. If people do not agree with the specific item, they are forced to vote no on the general budget. We need a general budget more than that specific item. --[[User:Bry|Bry]] ([[User talk:Bry|talk]]) 18:18, 6 January 2015 (CST)

I'm in agreement with Bry and Derek on this. Voting is not a hassle to be avoided. Writing votes is not that hard. The area hosts answer to the stakeholder of the organization, which are the members. [[User:Justin|Justin]] ([[User talk:Justin|talk]]) 18:47, 6 January 2015 (CST)

:::I'm in agreement with Bry and Derek on this. Voting is not a hassle to be avoided. Writing votes is not that hard. The area hosts answer to the stakeholder of the organization, which are the members. [[User:Justin|Justin]] ([[User talk:Justin|talk]]) 18:47, 6 January 2015 (CST)