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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
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On 11/6/2014 3:47 PM, Grace Dunbar wrote:<br>
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Kathy Lussier <<a
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wrote:<br>
> Thank you for all of your work on this budget Buzzy
and for addressing our<br>
> questions and comments!<br>
><br>
> I would like to make a motion to approve the
Evergreen 2015 Conference<br>
> budget as presented.<br>
><br>
> Kathy<br>
><br>
> Kathy Lussier<br>
> Project Coordinator<br>
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative<br>
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href="tel:%28508%29%20343-0128" value="+15083430128">(508)
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href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a><br>
> Twitter: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a><br>
> #evergreen IRC: kmlussier<br>
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> On 11/6/2014 12:56 PM, Buzzy Nielsen wrote:<br>
><br>
> Kathy, Tony from the Conservancy, and I chatted
today to address some of<br>
> your further questions and concerns. Here's a final
version of the budget.<br>
><br>
> Cheers!<br>
> Buzzy<br>
><br>
> ************************************<br>
> Library Director<br>
> Hood River County Library District<br>
> 502 State Street<br>
> Hood River, Oregon 97031<br>
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> On 11/04/2014 01:23 PM, Buzzy Nielsen wrote:<br>
><br>
> I'm sorry, I sent two different versions of the
budget in my last message.<br>
> These are correct.<br>
><br>
> Cheers!<br>
> Buzzy<br>
><br>
> ************************************<br>
> Library Director<br>
> Hood River County Library District<br>
> 502 State Street<br>
> Hood River, Oregon 97031<br>
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value="+15413877062">541-387-7062</a><br>
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> On 11/04/2014 09:37 AM, Buzzy Nielsen wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> In regards to your questions:<br>
><br>
> Thanks for catching the error in the recording
calculation. I've corrected<br>
> it in the attached document.<br>
> The hotel doesn't have a minimum amount to spend on
meals, but they're<br>
> pretty insistent on having a lunch. The food costs
are directly calculated<br>
> based on attendance, so it may be higher or lower.
This seems like it would<br>
> be a good point to bring the SFC into the
discussion with the hotel.<br>
> I believe that the equipment rental and technology
costs will be lower than<br>
> expected, so I've adjusted those line items
accordingly. I've also slightly<br>
> adjusted the registration fees.<br>
><br>
><br>
> New budget attached.<br>
><br>
> Cheers!<br>
> Buzzy<br>
><br>
><br>
> ************************************<br>
> Library Director<br>
> Hood River County Library District<br>
> 502 State Street<br>
> Hood River, Oregon 97031<br>
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value="+15413877062">541-387-7062</a><br>
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> On 11/03/2014 01:55 PM, Grace Dunbar wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Buzzy,<br>
> Thanks for sending this along. Overall it looks
pretty good, I can't see<br>
> anything big that you might have missed.<br>
> Like Kathy, though, I noticed that the recording
fee calculation looks to be<br>
> off by about $2,500 depending on what is meant by
"quantity".<br>
><br>
> I'm also curious what the food and beverage minimum
is for the venue and<br>
> what the reasoning is for the Friday lunch. Is it
lack of restaurants or<br>
> trouble meeting the food/beverage minimum? Do you
mind sharing what the<br>
> food and beverage minimum is?<br>
><br>
> I am concerned that there's a thin margin in the
budget. If you get a few<br>
> less sponsorships or registrations than you expect
then you will be in the<br>
> red. I'd like to see the conference aim for a
$5,000-ish profit from the<br>
> conference so that in the event of lower turnout or
poor sponsorship you'd<br>
> be looking at a break-even instead of a loss.<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
> Grace<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Ben Hyman <<a
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> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> A belated thanks to Buzzy for pulling the
preliminary budget together.<br>
>> Looking good so far - will watch for responses
to Kathy's questions.<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers<br>
>> Ben<br>
>> On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Kathy Lussier
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > Hi all,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks you for sending the proposed budget
along Buzzy! All, it would be<br>
>> > great if we could have an e-mail vote on
the budget soon so that the SFC<br>
>> > folks can begin finishing up the contract
details for the venue.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I do have a couple of questions about the
budget.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > In the interest of cutting down costs,
particularly when it comes to the<br>
>> > high food costs we see at these
conferences, I noticed you added a lunch to<br>
>> > the budget for the 2015 conference. We did
have a sponsored lunch at the<br>
>> > 2013 conference in Vancouver, but,
otherwise, it isn't something that has<br>
>> > been provided at past conferences. Amy and
I considered adding one when we<br>
>> > were considering a venue that wasn't close
to many restaurants, but we<br>
>> > luckily ended up at a venue where lunch
options were numerous. Are you<br>
>> > adding it to the conference because you're
in a similar situation where it<br>
>> > will be difficult for people to find lunch
in a timely manner? If so, I<br>
>> > would recommend adding it as another
sponsorship opportunity to help defray<br>
>> > costs. You could look at the Vancouver
conference's page to get a sense of<br>
>> > how much to charge for this sponsorship
opportunity -<br>
>> > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://eg2013.sitka.bclibraries.ca/sponsors/index.html"
target="_blank">http://eg2013.sitka.bclibraries.ca/sponsors/index.html</a>.
It definitely should<br>
>> > be higher than a breakfast sponsorship.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Do you expect to have a food &
beverage minimum in the contract with the<br>
>> > venue? I ask just to see if there is a
potential for those food costs to go<br>
>> > down if registration ends up being lower
than expected. Just to add a data<br>
>> > point for the rest of the Board, the
registration numbers we saw last year<br>
>> > were 189 total registrations, about 30 of
which were one-day registrations<br>
>> > for local library staff who couldn't
attend the entire three-day conference.<br>
>> > When our numbers came in lower than
expected, it was difficult to adjust the<br>
>> > cost side of the budget because of our
food & beverage minimum.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > The calculation for the recording fee
appears to be off. I see $500 (per<br>
>> > day?, per session?) with a quantity of
eight, but the total is $1,500.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks!<br>
>> > Kathy<br>
>> > Kathy Lussier<br>
>> > Project Coordinator<br>
>> > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative<br>
>> > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28508%29%20343-0128" value="+15083430128">(508)
343-0128</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Twitter:<br>
>> > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier"
target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > #evergreen IRC: kmlussier<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On 10/27/2014 11:21 PM, Buzzy Nielsen
wrote:<br>
>> >> Hi everyone,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Attached is a draft conference budget
(in Excel and OpenDocument<br>
>> >> formats)for your review and approval.
I have tried to keep the registration<br>
>> >> fees down. I've also tried to
underestimate revenue while overestimating<br>
>> >> costs to help ensure that we do not
have overruns.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I'm happy to answer any questions that
you have.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Cheers!<br>
>> >> Buzzy Nielsen<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> ************************************<br>
>> >> Library Director<br>
>> >> Hood River County Library District<br>
>> >> 502 State Street<br>
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