[Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

[Anthony]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think most of the tech underspend was due to spending being
> deferred. That money will still be spent on tech.


That's not what happened.  In 2007-2008, the tech budget was $2.6 million.
Only $900,000 was spent.  In 2008-2009, the tech budget was $2.7 million.
If the tech underspend was deferred, the 2008-2009 tech budget would have
been at least $4.3 million (more since the total budget was higher).  The
money wasn't spent on tech.

Even if it was, it makes no sense to defer it.  Why wait three years to
implement a new dump system, when you can implement one today for the same
price (lower, probably)?