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10-16-2006, 03:36 PM | #1 |
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is anyone else sick of how things are always done on the cheap?
we are planning a stake camporee at a campsite with no running water or restroom facilities. We estimate about 135 people will be there, on a relatively small parcel of land.
I suggested we rent a port-o-pottie. They said it was a good idea, but that we really couldn't afford the $125. !!!!!!!!!!!!! When you can't afford something like this, it's time to go back to the drawing board. I'm sick of running a program with zero budget. |
10-16-2006, 04:54 PM | #2 |
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That's why they often call a well-to-do member into the YM, so that he foots the bill for all the "we can't afford items."
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10-16-2006, 06:53 PM | #3 | |
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Have you talked with the Bishopric and Ward Clerk? I know we were setting our budgets back in August for the new year. We had several auxilaries who hadn't even touched their budget. And we pulled funds from them to go towards other activities. We kept scouts and YM seperate but money usually flowed between the two without any hesitation. I know it's a bit more taxing as a scout master but I remember doing several different fund raisers including a ward supported garage sale each year that helped fund our scout camps each summer. We had a member who owned a nice commercial lot and we'd collect garage sale items from the ward and would advertise it well. The sales never paid for the troop entirely but it went a long way to help offset the costs. We also participated in several local events including a Western Days celebration in our community where each year we had a booth that allowed people to take a sledge hammer to a car. The cars and sledgehammers were always donated, the glass and lights were removed for safety. It was always a big money maker. Just some suggestions. Good luck.
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10-16-2006, 08:58 PM | #4 |
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I was exec. secretary for 1.5 yr and never was a budget discussed. It's done entirely on the fly. All I know is that we by Aug./Sept. we were in the red, and it's not like we have had activities that cost money.
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10-16-2006, 09:32 PM | #5 |
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Wow, that seems like poor management to me. The financial clerk should be on top of that. In the red on budget? Time for an audit.
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10-16-2006, 09:35 PM | #6 |
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meaning YM/Scouts is in the red, not the entire ward.
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10-17-2006, 04:48 PM | #7 | |
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As to money, there is never enough. Fundraisers can fill the gap.
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10-17-2006, 05:19 PM | #8 | |
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Scout Committee's too are very helpful and can take some of the pressure off yourself. Growing up I remember it included the parents of the scouts in the program, the YM Pres., Scoutmaster, and also a member of the Bishopric. I remember the Senior Patrol Leader attending these meetings as well. I remember they handled the fundraising, built and pieced together our patrol boxes, etc.
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10-17-2006, 08:08 PM | #9 |
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The same parents that can't buy their kids scout handbooks are the ones on the scout committee. enuff said.
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10-16-2006, 06:30 PM | #10 | |
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