INFLOWS - 10,702.06
OUTFLOWS - <10,703.35>
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TOTAL
<1.29>
NOTES:
This reporting period the income was substantially
increased by the Fundraiser 2000 campaign.
The income stated above includes $1115.00
donated to Fundraiser 2000. Without this fund raising effort, we
would have seen a deficit cash flow, although this deficit would have been
offseet by "profits" from our annual convention (not reflected in the above
statement - see next paragraph), resulting in bascially a break even year
on cash flow.
So without the fund raiser, we would could
still have used the convention "profits" to break even. But, with
the funds provided from the fund raiser, we were able to use the convention
"profits" to fund the deposit on next year's Spring Retreat (see next paragraph).
The inflows listed above do not include
$1212.00 in Convention "profits"in the convention fund account. Conventions,
in addition to their many other obvious benefits, also act as "fund rasiers"
(although we do sometimes lose money on them). The profits from the
conventions serve to fund our various Intergroup
projects. In addition to this "profit", the original "seed money"
in the convention fund account remained in that account to fund the next
convention in October. The "profit" was eventually transferred to
our general account in 2001 and provided the majority of the funds
necessary for the deposit of $1425.00 required for the planned 2002 Spring
Retreat at Camp Allen. This deposit will eventually be recouped from
those attending the retreat.
Inflows normally consist primarily of :
*Seventh Tradition Income (money passed on to HMI from the collections
at individual meetings.
A portion of the money collected at meetings is passed on to the
Intergroup to fund the various
Intergroup projects.)
*Sale of literature (which is purchased from the WSO).
*A minimal amount of interest income from the savings account.
(The Twelve Concepts of OA Service
require that groups establish an ample reserve.)
There are a number of outflow accounts which are itemized in the
detailed
statement. Major expenses
include purchase of OA literature (then sold for income), phone
(message center) expense, rent (to the
Oasis Club for office space), and convention expenses.
Seventh Tradition
Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting,
declining outside contributions.
Twelfth Step
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, we tried to carry this
message to compulsive overeaters and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.