Cohousing-L Mailing List: Guidelines for teams managing budgets

[Marjorie Kamine (mkamine]

We just consensed on our first new annual budget after our HOA turnover. All 
teams were involved in setting their team budgets and now we want to encourage 
them to "own and track" their budgets and stick within them as best as 
possible. We know that unexpected expenses that they didn't think of in just 
one year of operating might come up and Finsnce is wondering if anyone can 
share your "budget guidelines for teams." Do you have policies in place 
regarding when teams need to come to Finance if they have gone over or 
anticipate going over, and does your Coho have a threshold amount that a team 
is requesting that might actually need to go to the community to consense on? 
Any guidance, samples of guidelines would be appreciated. 
Marjie at River Song Cohousing, Eugene. mkamine [at] gmail.com