Budget Timeline
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Ongoing
Tie these things up before starting the process for peace of mind:
- Reorganize any line items in the books due to committee changes, etc.
- Keep up on all tasks listed in Closing out the month
- Solicit input from all staff members
- Keep a list of upcoming changes that may affect the budget
Timeline
- File schedule requests (schedule at freegeek dot org) in late August (at the latest).
- 2 (two) Beancounters for 4 hours per day for entire week - Sept. 6-12, 2008
- Close out the middle month of the previous quarter (in this case) August. See Closing out the month.
- Produce actuals for previous several months
- Estimate future income and expenses
- Same 2 beancounters meet with Treasurer to ID bugs - Sept. 13-20
- Beancounters iron out bugs & review with Treasurer - Sept. 13-20
- Send budget to board - Sept. 24th = ideal; Oct. 1st = latest! (one to two weeks prior)
- Attempt to close out month for September in case any last minute things come to light.
- Board Meeting - Oct. 8th (2nd Wednesday of Quarter)