--- Anthere <anthere9(a)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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