Talk:2011 Budget/Controls

1. The Board of Trustees will write and publish a budget outlining expected income and expenditure during the financial year.

Suggest 'previous financial year'. We should allow for non-Board member participation writing the budget; technically, we should only require that the Board approves the budget. Mike Peel 19:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean "next financial year"? Not much point writing a budget for the previous year! Involving others is a good thing, but I don't know if it needs to go in the actual policy. We can change "write" to "approve" without losing anything, though. --Tango 20:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I misread the sentence as "write and publish a budget ... during the financial year". Suggest "for the next financial year". Changing 'write' to 'approve' sounds good. Mike Peel 20:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

2. "This will be published before or soon after the beginning of the financial year."

Suggest a time limit of 1 month after the beginning of the financial year. 'soon' is a relative term. Mike Peel 19:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

This policy is only intended to last a year and I intend us to approve it at the same time as we approve the budget, so such a restriction wouldn't really work. I should add something to say that the policy needs to be reviewed in advance of the next year-end, though. --Tango 20:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

True, but it would be good to future-proof it regardless. Mike Peel 20:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

3. Opportunity fund

Suggest that the Board allocates funding out of the opportunity fund to project budgets, with a board member attached, rather than approving items individually. Also: this sentence needs less commas... Mike Peel 19:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that's how I intend it to work. It's not what I've written, that is true - I should amend that. None of my sentences ever require less commas. Some do require fewer commas, though! ;) --Tango 20:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Also suggest renaming "Authorisation of Expenditure form" to "Expense authorisation form", and "Request for Reimbursement form" simply to "Expense form". Mike Peel 19:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

We're not just talking about expenses (which usually refers to personal expenses, such as travel and accommodation), we're talking about all expenditure. --Tango 20:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand the difference, tbh. Mike Peel 20:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)