[Vision2020] Chamber President and FirstBank

[Tom Hansen]

Scott -

Not only do I know (well within 5%) balances of my checking account, savings
accounts, etc., I also know (within a narrower range) my currently active
creditors and the amounts due them.

If the Chamber of Commerce could respond likewise, maybe that will satisfy
our curiosity concerning whether or not they are experiencing dire straits.
Or do they (similar to cash on hand) know roughly within 25% to 30% what is
owed out?

Scary.  Isn't it?

Tom "I still am" Hansen

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Dredge
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:43 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Chamber President and FirstBank

Joan,

I can also look up my bank and brokerage accounts
online - and even my Alaska Airlines Visa account -
and get my balances to the penny.  However, if I were
talking to a reporter and for some reason I felt the
need to quote balances for any of these accounts I
would likely be off by a fair percentage.  We're
ratholing on this issue.

I'm not overly concerned about ballpark numbers that
come up in the course of a conversation with a
reporter.  My question is this...is the Chamber in
financial dire straits and, if so, why?

-Scott



--- Joan Opyr <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Dan and Tom:
> 
> I have exactly $153.75 in my checking account.  A
> quick look online at my bank record shows that they
> believe I have much, much more.  That's because some
> checks have yet to clear, some checks have yet to be
> mailed, and some balance transfers have yet to post.
>  Nevertheless, I know that my figure is accurate,
> right down to the penny.  How?  Because I practice a
> little something called double ledger accounting. 
> It isn't hard to do, and I'm not a CPA.  Double
> ledger accounting can be done electronically using
> any number of commercial software programs.   
> 
> But listen -- all of this is beside the point.  The
> Chamber of Commerce's finances should not be run
> like Jane Jetson's checkbook.  (George!  George! 
> Where's your wallet?  Astro has spaceworms!)  There
> is absolutely no excuse for the Chamber's books to
> be in disorder.  They have a bookkeeper.  They have
> an executive director.  They have a board
> responsible for financial oversight.  They should be
> able to accurately track money in and money out.  If
> they can't, then they need a new bookkeeper and/or a
> new director.  If the board isn't interested in
> arranging for those changes, then they clearly need
> a new board.  Let's make a few phone calls to Texas,
> see if we can get Sherron Watkins up here.  Remember
> her?  She's the accountant who figured out that
> Enron was money in, air out.
> 
> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
> 
> PS: Just in case my checking account balance strikes
> some of you as sadly low, let me assure you that
> there's no need to stage an Auntie Establishment
> telethon.  I hate Jerry Lewis.  Also, I have a
> couple of savings accounts which I use to "hide"
> money from myself.  How's that for tricky-dicky
> accounting?Get more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer
> download : http://explorer.msn.com
> >
_____________________________________________________
>  List services made available by First Step
> Internet, 
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. 
>  
>                http://www.fsr.net                   
>    
>           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
>
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 



		
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo 

_____________________________________________________
 List services made available by First Step Internet, 
 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.   
               http://www.fsr.net                       
          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////