RAC Treasurer’s Report by Jim DellaPenna
Dated 3/11/2011

Regular checking account activity since last report dated 3/9/2011:

$44.27 to Doug Lively for Michel Tournay speaker dinners.
$116.01 to Jerry Watson for Gayle Riggsbee speaker lodging.
$100.00 to Gayle Riggsbee for speaker travel miles reimbursement.
$145.05 to Mike Keefe for 1.5 month rent + lock for new club storage unit.
$1,044.00 to Uncle Bob’s Storage for 1-year rent including extra month free.

Two deposits totaling $515.00 were made for membership dues.

$2,065.67———-Regular checking account balance.
$10.00———-Special purpose checking account balance.
$10,300.41———-Savings account balance.

$12,376.08———-Total balance all funds on hand.

As we will be reporting to the Astronomical League for dues purposes we presently have 116 currently paid memberships. Of these 23 are FAMILY and 93 are INDIVIDUAL. A few Family memberships have converted to Individual status. We gained a total of 26 new memberships since October 1st. and lost or purged 56 from the list due to request or lack of 2011 dues payment.

The large loss of memberships may be attributed to the faltering economy but some of those dropped from the rolls could not be reached due to failure to update changes in their contact information, particularly email addresses. As usual, there were and still are many who never signed up for the RAC Yahoo Discussion Group. As a result they never received Treasurer notices regarding dues and may currently be unaware they have been dropped from the rolls. Each year failure to pay dues in a timely manner is a recurring and irksome problem. Constructive suggestions (that don’t require extra work) to remedy this problem are welcomed.

Thank you.