...And a look at Y2K+2's operations as well. Budget results 2002 Income Proposed Actuals Dues 01 4500 2680 Advertising 1500 1228 Conventions 1500 -604 Transfer from Savings - 1000 Interest 200 132 Total 7700 4438 Budget results 2002 Expenses 02 Proposed Actuals 02 Reserves 1000 0 Convention seed 1000 892 Operations 800 310 Printing 3600 3578 Unbudgeted 0 42 Postage 1500 1340 Permits/fees 120 145 Totals 8020 630 Status of MidSouth Region as of 12/31/02 Total members: 452 Associate members: 32 Members paid up for 2003: 189 Members due for 2003: 231 Total balance in checking: $677.26 Total balance in savings: $4063.73 Accounts receivable:$0 Growth of all member types since 1 Jan 2001: -128 (34 new, 162 dropped). Proposed 2003 Budget Income: 00 Dues: 3800 Advertising: 1400 Conventions: 500 Interest: 100 Total: 5800 Expenses: Convention seed: 0 Operations: 800 Printing: 3600 Postage: 1400 Permit/fees: 135 Total: 5935 Actually, we're not looking very healthy having taken in nearly two grand less than what we spent. The convention programs are not showing positive cash flows, in fact 3 of the 4 conventions we sponsored lost money. Memberships are down and considering that we deleted 56 members at the begining of the year 2002 and 106 in November, the total loss is severe. I don't know if this is due to the aging of the hobby or if is just that we have not been providing percieved value to the membership. Does anybody have any good ideas? We need your help! Naturally, ads are only included in the Dispatch so long as the businesses feel that they are showing a positive return for what they spend, so tell the various merchants that you saw their ad here. Likewise to convention managers who place their convention ads in here. The real shortfalls are in Conventions, over which we have no great control and dues over which YOU do have the control The unbudgeted expense ($42) was for more society checks from AEDC Credit Union's printer. Back to Dispatch January 2003 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com