I never bargained for this when I took the job on, and its a difficult challenge. Our last treasurer has made such a convoluted pickle of it all that we are struggling ot get going.
PM and I had a meeting here last night to decide on our strategy and with the help of Mr Vicar (or should that be "Priest-in-Charge"…) who is turning up for everything at the moment and seems very encouraged by all that is going on, we made a lot of progress by concluding that the best thing to do is start over again. Establish the bank balances (why do we have SO MANY accounts?? There must be eight different ones...) at the end of May, then use a hand-written meyhosd of book keeping to at least manage the Sales and Purchase Ledgers.
We've established that nothing has been banked since MARCH!!! But today I understand that PM counted up all the monies in the safe and has something ridiculoous like £1700 to bank tomorrow.
It will come together, but I would pray that it doesn't reveal itself to be even more complex.
of course it could, when we are faced with the administrater's resignation in a few months time.
That's the same person.
Hmmm....
Tomorrow I'm delivering a white board to the church office in a vain attempt to introduce some management to the centre. PM and the church secretary have agreed to support the idea and use it themselves, so that it at least appears not to single out th administrater...
Sent the Hundred Years Book to the printers today. We are doing the cover sin house, and the printer is doing us a favour by adding them and stapling for no charge. So the bill is only going to be £65.00 for 100 copies. D has agreed that we can pay for this from the office, so I am going to try a retail price of £1.50. I'm hoping that the picture cover and a couple of updated chapters will justify it being more than the original £1.00 I was considering.
July 1st is to be our big 'reunion' event, following the Summer fete on the Saturday to which the same 'old boys' are invited. So far, we have about forty people saying they will come along to help us celebrate quietly 140 years.
Our plan is to have a big "do" next year to mark the official consecration of the place in July 1868.
Tx has been out over there this evening joining in with a gardening party. We leave it always too lon gbetween these sessions, but by all accounts the place is looking really at its humble best now. Vic was there at that AS WELL!
I've been at home trying to fit stupid bast*rd magnetic locks on some of the kitchen cupboards. Baggins is surfing on her feet now, and just opens and empties anything she can get her hands on. Several times a day!!
trying, without success. It says on the tin that the magnets work through doors up to 28mm thick.
But obviously not on doors on 18mm thick. Buggery plop.
Found the name sof two people I know also going to Fulham Palace on the 5th.
Spoke to Biscuit - exams going "kind of OK-ish" (Philosophy tomorrow).
And Kink says I should have no dificulty finding a laptop on eBay for £500.
Its a scary thought. My first experience of a PC.
PC = Piece of Crap.
OK viruses, come and get it!