Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Creative ways to display or discuss annual budget?

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

At Liberty Village (Libertytown, MD) for several years we have projected 
the spreadsheet on a screen. It includes last year's budget, the 
proposed budget and the final budget across the screen. We do it line by 
line from there. Teams submit their budget requests in advance. The 
bottom line is setting the dues level for the year. This seems to work 
much better than paper copies of a spreadsheet, which we used to do, 
since the values are updated dynamically in the spreadsheet for all to see.

Cheers

JAB

On 8/13/2016 11:53 AM, Sue STIGLEMAN wrote:
> Hi!  I'm looking for ideas for a creative way to have a budget discussion.  Our 
> typical way to discuss the budget is to go line by line from top to bottom, in 
> a speadsheet that shows the proposed amount, the amount budgeted last year, and 
> the amount spent so far this year.  I think this past year we got really wild 
> and went bottom to top.  Wooohooooo!  :)
> I'd like to shake it up this year and try some other techniques -- different 
> ways to present the information, different ways to lead the discussion.
> Any ideas??
> --sue
>   Sue Stigleman sstigleman [at] bellsouth.net 828-989-9373
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