Enclosed is the report as requested that breaks down the TAG expenses for
2002 and 2003. Pretty close to averaging $25k for 4 issues per year.
DATE STEP DIRECT AMPRINT CHERYL KAREN POSTMASTER Ashland
YEAR 2002
10-Feb-02 $ 21
03-Mar-02 $ 3,496
03-Mar-02 $ 679
12-Mar-02 $ 514
11-May-02 $ 144
10-Jun-02 $ 16
10-Jun-02 $ 1,021
16-Jun-02 $ 5,318
01-Jul-02 $ 241
01-Jul-02 $ 34
25-Sep-02 $ 18
27-Sep-02 $ 631
27-Sep-02 $ 283
27-Sep-02 $ 5,318
16-Dec-02 $ 49
20-Dec-02 $ 1,875
20-Dec-02 $ 5,071
======================================== Total for 2002
Totals 2002 $ 3,403 $ 19,346 $ 105 $ 1,875
- $ 24,729
YEAR 2002
05-Jan-03 $ 805
15-Feb-03 $ 536
15-Feb-03 $ 86
08-Mar-03 $ 30
21-Mar-03 $ 408
21-Mar-03 $ 886
21-Mar-03 $ 179
21-Mar-03 $ 5,108
30-Apr-03 $ 20
01-Jun-03 $ 148
01-Jun-03 $ 5,108
29-Jun-03 $ 104
29-Jun-03 $ 1,250
10-Jul-03 $ 17
11-Aug-03 $ 20
11-Aug-03 $ 582
08-Sep-03 $ 50
08-Sep-03 $ 322
08-Sep-03 $ 5,071
08-Oct-02 $ 55
03-Nov-03 $ 857
18-Nov-03 $ 5,071
======================================== Total for 2003
Totals 2003 $ 4,008 $ 20,357 $ 561 $ 1,250 $ 536
$ 26,712
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Summary of 2000 -- 2002 (fwd)
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Cheryl Rogers wrote:
>
> > I would be curious to see a more complete breakdown of the $25k in TAG
> > expenses. Does one already exist?
> >
> > In addition to having $25k of TAG expenses in 2002, is it not also
> > true that we had virtually no ad income in 2002? Because Kathy was not
> > on the job until 2003, right? And one of the first things she did was
> > send out invoices!
>
> Right, it's definitely better in 2003. Depending on how the billing for
> TAG and the convnetion check falls, we may end up "breaking even" this
> year *on paper*. But if you look at it carefully, you'll discover that
> this is in part due to your campaigning for membership in December/January
> (which was realized in a bulk PayPal transfer in 2003), the new Oriental
> book, Kathy's ad invoicing (which included $2000+ worth of Tropica and
> Seachem ads actually printed in 2002), and possibly both the 2002 and 2003
> convention revenue. So perhaps 2003 is artificially worse and 2003 is
> artificially better.
>
> If you take a look at David's budget spreadsheet (enclosed), you'll
> see the real concern -- if we keep with our current numbers, we're still
> going to be down $6000 for the fiscal year 2004.
>
> - Erik
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>
Attachment:
TAG expenses 2002 and 2003.xls
Description: MS-Excel spreadsheet