[Imc-finance] IMC-Atlanta Amendment to Proposal B - Sunset Clause
Warren Goodwin
warren at riseup.net
Sun Jun 2 00:08:03 2002
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Atlanta IMC supports proposal B (Including the St. Louis amendments )=20
, but only as a temporary and provisional method of fund allocation.
It is the sense of the group that we need a budget-based fund=20
allocation procedure, rather than the line item-expenditure process=20
outlined in B. We are concerned that if we look at each proposal=20
individually, we will rapidly spend our funds without properly prioritizing=
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them.
Atlanta IMC is working on ideas for a draft of a budget based expenditure=20
procedure.
Atlanta IMC suggests as an amendment that a sunset clause be added to=20
Proposal B; that proposal B expire on July 31st 2002. This will allow us=20
to fund extremely pressing needs in the short term, give us all a chance to=
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create a more balanced budgeting process for the future, and ensure that we=
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are not locked in into an unwise spending process.
Proposal B as amended would read:
For making fund allocations we will follow the following decision-making=20
timeline:
=B7 EMERGENCY FUNDING: 2 Days
=B7 REGULAR FUNDING below 500$: 1 week -- with 1 day extensions by=20
request.
NOTE: original text was 4 days -- with 1 day extensions by request.=20
Ammendment proposed by St. Louis IMC.
=B7 REGULAR FUNDING above 500$: 2 weeks -- with 2-day extensions by=20
request.
NOTE: original text was 1 week -- with 2 day extensions by request.=20
Ammendment proposed by St. Louis IMC.
=B7 SUNSET CLAUSE: This process will be used as as an interim=20
measure only until 7/31/02
-Sincerely,
Warren Goodwin,
for IMC-Atlanta
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<font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times">Atlanta IMC supports proposal B
(Including the St. Louis amendments ) , but only as a
temporary and provisional method of fund allocation. <br><br>
It is the sense of the group that we need a budget-based fund
allocation procedure, rather than the line item-expenditure process
outlined in B. We are concerned that if we look at each proposal
individually, we will rapidly spend our funds without properly
prioritizing them. <br><br>
Atlanta IMC is working on ideas for a draft of a budget based expenditure
procedure.<br><br>
Atlanta IMC suggests as an amendment that a sunset clause be added
to Proposal B; that proposal B expire on July 31st 2002. This will
allow us to fund extremely pressing needs in the short term, give us all
a chance to create a more balanced budgeting process for the future, and
ensure that we are not locked in into an unwise spending
process.<br><br>
Proposal B as amended would read:<br>
</font>For making fund allocations we will follow the following
decision-making timeline: <br>
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FUNDING: 2 Days <br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab> </=
x-tab></font>REGULAR
FUNDING below 500$: <b>1 week</b> -- with 1 day extensions by request.=20
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<dd>NOTE: original text was <b><i>4 days</b> -- with 1 day extensions by
request.</i> Ammendment proposed by St. Louis IMC.=20
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</dl><font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab> &nb=
sp;</x-tab></font>REGULAR
FUNDING above 500$: <b>2 weeks</b> -- with 2-day extensions by request.=20
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<dd>NOTE: original text was <b><i>1 week</b> -- with 2 day extensions by
request.</i> Ammendment proposed by St. Louis IMC.=20
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</font><b>SUNSET CLAUSE: This process will be used as as an interim
measure only until 7/31/02<br>
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-Sincerely,<br>
Warren Goodwin,<br>
for IMC-Atlanta<br><br>
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