[foundation-board] Approval for purchase of accountancy software

Mon Aug 2 11:33:28 UTC 2010

On 2 August 2010 12:29, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31 July 2010 16:43, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I think it is clear we need some proper accounting/budgeting software
>> and I am planning to purchase some online service solution. It will
>> probably be proprietary because no opensource option looks up to it.
>> Issues:
>>
>> a) any objections on me going ahead and incurring this expenditure
>> (probably £200-500 in first year)
>
> Without a coherent view of the management accounts, I can't approve
> this expenditure in a terribly meaningful way, but of course this is a
> Catch 22 situation, so if this will get us closer to being able to
> deliver up-to-date management accounts to the Board in order to make
> decisions like this, then I'm all for it.
>
> In particular, as per my previous email, I think we definitely need a
> clear view of the financial health of OKF to make the August meeting
> at all useful. Are you aiming to have something ready by then?

Yes.

Rufus