[Eg-oversight-board] Action Item - Letter to Conservancy re: Accounting

[Ruth Frasur]

Gotcha.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
wrote:

>  Hi Ruth,
>
> As of now, there are no outreach donations reflected in the ledger because
> the first donation arrived in June, which is after the problem with the
> import script occurred.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> On 06/23/2015 07:33 AM, Ruth Frasur wrote:
>
> I much prefer "administrative fee," but thought, based on some
> conversations, that "donations" was how the Conservancy described this fee.
>
>
>  As far as donations go on the income side of it, based on what I saw,
> they were not defined as "outreach donations" but simply as "donations."
>  Are there two different categories: donations to the project and donations
> for outreach?  If so, how is that reflected in the accounting?
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Ruth,
>>
>> My first question relates to how donations to the Conservancy are
>> accounted.
>>
>>  Are you asking here about the 10% administrative fee that the
>> Conservancy receives? If so, I wouldn't use the term 'donations' but refer
>> to it as an administrative fee. Or are you talking about donations to the
>> Evergreen project?
>>
>> Also, related to donations, I just want to report back to the EOB that I
>> heard back from the Conservancy regarding Outreach donations. There was an
>> issue with the import script they use with PayPal, which is why we aren't
>> seeing any donations from June reflected in the ledger. Bradley Kuhn from
>> the Conservancy said he plans to address the issue with the import script
>> so that the donations can be added to the ledger.
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/23/2015 09:51 AM, Ruth Frasur wrote:
>>
>>  Chris et al,
>>
>>  Here's the text of what I'd like to know.  I've had a hard time framing
>> in it in a way that couldn't possibly be perceived as confrontational or
>> offensive, so please tear it apart and put it back together.
>>
>>  "To whom it may concern:
>>
>>  As a new member of the Evergreen Oversight Board, I am seeking
>> clarification on the accounting for the project.  After a reviewing the
>> financials before and during the most recent EOB meeting, some questions
>> arose in my mind.  My first question relates to how donations to the
>> Conservancy are accounted.  There is no visible line item that indicates
>> this amount.  My other question relates to what seem to be miscellaneous
>> expenses/incomes not having their own line item(s) in the ledger.  While
>> the numbers do seem to work out by assuming miscellaneous expense/income,
>> the actual financials, without that assumption, do not add up.  So, I guess
>> my questions both add up to transparency of the accounting for the
>> Evergreen project.  Right now, at least from my perspective, there is
>> somewhat of a “black box” right in the middle of it and an assumption that
>> “it just works.”  I’m hopeful that you can demystify what’s happening in
>> the black box."
>>
>>  --
>>  Ruth Frasur
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>
>
>  --
> Ruth Frasur
>
>
>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) 343-0128klussier at masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>
>


-- 
Ruth Frasur
Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township
Library
10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346)
p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808

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