--- Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote: >
What exactly are you suggesting? That Maveric149 should be the treasurer or he should be some sort
of
financial clerk?
No. The treasurer is a board position. But the board is empowered to delegate activity to identified persons or to committees. Mav would be financial officer, and report to the Board.
That clears it up a bit. Your original message did not go into much detail as to what exactly the role was. Personally I didn't see that there would be much financial work to do. So it did seem to me to be a bit redunant have both a treasurer and a financial officer.
But then again I am not familiar with intimate details of the foundations financial dealings. Would you be able to further describe this financial officer role and how it differs treasurer?
I believe it is important to get a set accounts
drawn
including a balance sheet and statement of income
and
expenditure. Then have them audited by a
chartered
accountant. Because often when applying for
grants
they will request an audited set of accounts.
Might you explain what you are thinking of, when you mention "a chartered accountant" ?
A chartered accountant is an accountant who is a member of institute of accountants for their country. Seeing as Wikimedia is US based I probably should have used the US equivalent term which is certified accountant. The thing is anyone can call themselves an accountant, while to call yourself a chartered/certified accountant you have to have passed some exams and have a certain amount of work experience.
In all cases, I invite you to consult my user page on meta. http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Anthere. It hosts a collection of links which might be of interest to you. In particular, do not forget to check out http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grants.
Will do.
Richard (aka popsracer)
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