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Reviewing the PASS 2015 Budget

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I just spent a few minutes reviewing the 2015 PASS budget, things that I noticed:

  • Anticipating a change in revenue of 1.1 million. That seems…optimistic
  • IT spend is now $550k, up $150k over 2014. Probably good, but what are we doing with that? Ah, the budget doesn’t say
  • Chapter spend is reduced $50k, from $141k to $92k. I’d really like to know why
  • Special Projects (which is a catch-all) changed from $64k  to $496k….why?
  • SQLRally Global decreased $42k to $24k for 2015. That doesn’t seem like much, but maybe its not needed
  • BAC numbers for 2015 are basically even. I’d expect growth. Is BAC stalled?
  • Budget shows a deficit of $112k. Not bad on $9 million, but still
  • Management and overhead is $815k. Maybe that’s ok. Wish it was split out
  • SQLSaturday sponsorship decreased to $31,500. Why? Aren’t we growing more events?

It’s not exciting reading, but worth a look, especially if you plan to run for the Board sometime, or care about where the current Board is focusing.

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