Executive VP’s Report - 2004/12
Doug Holland — AMA Executive VP
Because I have just returned from a Budget Committee meeting, I will explain how the process works.
The annual budget is approximately $10 million.
- Late July–August: Department heads prepare preliminary budget requests that contain all the "bells and whistles."
- Review: Joyce Hager, AMA Executive Director, and Vicki Barkdull, Controller, review the preliminary budget. During this roughly week-long process, the requests are trimmed considerably and prepared for presentation to the Budget Committee.
- Budget Committee review: The 2005 Budget Committee reviews and amends the requests, preparing them for presentation to the Executive Council (EC). The committee consists of:
- Russ Miller, Chairperson, Vice President from District IX
- Charles Castaign, retired CPA
- Dave Brown, President
- Joyce Hager
- Vicki Barkdull
- Doug Holland
- Final approval: The Executive Council (EC) carefully scrutinizes all requests and allocations, makes necessary changes, and approves the final budget.
The entire process is tedious and lengthy, but with so much money involved, close consideration is necessary. A review process is also applied to expenditures before they are approved.
Food for Thought
If you don't do right, knowing what's right is of little value.
ABC: Always Be Courteous.
Until later ...
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
