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Inspire. Unite. Achieve.
Club Treasurers

by Cindy Payne, Treasurer
[email protected]
Preparing a Budget

It is important to prepare an annual Budget at the beginning of every year for approval by your Board and
Membership. Budgets ensure that the Board is being fiscally responsible and that the club remains financially
sound. You can draft a new budget by following one from a previous year. Those projections, coupled with the
previous year’s actual income and expense numbers, will form the basis of your estimates for the coming year. You
can use this information to adjust your plans or expectations going forward.

A 12-month budget can be updated with actual expenditures and revenues
every month so that you know you’re on target. Periodically report the Actual
Revenues and Expenditures compared to Budget Revenues and Expenditures
to your Board and Membership.

If you need to amend your budget or disburse funds “Outside the Budget,”
follow the procedures established in your club’s bylaws.

Let Us Lead the Way

Dear TFRW Ladies,
2019 is now well underway, and so is the healing process of civility, where we can disagree and debate during
from the last election cycle. Let us lead the way with a primary seasons, but come together in the general.
high standard of behavior in our interactions, especially Each one of us is in a slightly different place on the
toward others within our own party and even more so continuums of conservatism, age, and activism in the
toward our sisters in TFRW. party. But we can all wear the same red team jersey!

I heard Congressman Louie Gohmert speak last year at I look forward to proudly displaying my red with you
a rally, where he mentioned a fellow Republican on the at the upcoming Legislative Day in April. I hope to
ballot. He shared that the candidate was not quite as meet many of you at this special biennial event. It is
conservative as he, but the candidate was conservative always a blessing to see our ladies join in friendship
by comparison to his opposition! The Congressman and patriotism. Part of our friendship for one another is
spoke of their friendship, their mutual respect, and their to send cards at appropriate times. Please contact me
cooperation. Knowing we needed to come together as anytime to let me know of TFRW members who would
a party in the general election, he took the opportunity be blessed by this outward expression of care.
to show courtesy and respect for his fellow Republican,
setting a great example for all of us to follow.

My prayer for 2019 is that our party returns to the days Courtesy - A behavior, expression, or
gesture marked by polished manners,
Karyn Brownlee, Courtesy Chair consideration, and/or respect for others.
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