Hi all,

If we have a tutorial at WikiConference USA, it will likely be recorded on video so that others can watch later. There is also the possibility that we might be able to live-stream the workshop.

One of the reasons that we chose Xero is that it allows all of our board members to have read-only access via an Internet connection, meaning that any board member can look into the books at a time and place convenient to them. I feel that this is helpful in facilitating good governance.

Pine

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott@gmail.com> wrote:
I would also be very interested in learning more about accounting. I would suspect that Berlin would be the best place to give a tutorial but as Pine has pointed out not everyone will be there. I therefore think that such a tutorial should be given at multiple places throughout the year so the maximum number of people who need it or who want to do a refresher can sit in and learn this basic but very important skill. 

Cheers,

Douglas. 


On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:
I was thinking of that, but unless something so wonderful happens that I can drop other commitments, I'll be staying home this year when so many others are having fun in Berlin.

Pine

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra@wikimedia.org.au> wrote:
may also be of interest in Berlin given may affiliates outside the US also use it

On 31 December 2015 at 12:40, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi folks,

I'm now reasonably comfortable with Xero for the purposes of affiliate internal accounting. I'm wondering, would anyone be interested in a tutorial about accounting basics in Xero at WikiConference USA 2016? If there's enough interest, I'm happy to lead a tutorial. We plan to have a lot of video recording equipment at the conference, so it's possible that we can facilitate live remote participation and/or recording for later viewing. I'm trying to get a feeling for whether this would be of interest to other Wikimedia affiliates, including those who would like to understand finance reports prepared by others. I'm not a CPA, but I know enough to feel comfortable with
accounting for movement funds in Xero. (: Let me know if this would be of interest to you.

Legal disclaimer: the focus will be how to use the software, not what the laws are in your particular jurisdiction.

Possible topics:

Reports
Chart of accounts
Bank feeds
Reconciliation
Expense claims
Bills
Accounts receivable
Petty cash
Sales tax
Use tax

Let me know (:

Regards,

Pine

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