AthleticSupporter
Data-Driven Coach
I don't know if there is anything illegal going on with our league and how it is managing its finances.
I am nearing the end of my first term as a board member. Our treasurer has never come to a board meeting with actual reports on our finances.
The only time I saw a document with numbers on it was after I asked our president why they never show us the money on a phone call in between meetings.
Miraculously the next meeting the treasurer produced a previous season's profits and losses listed out with some current season numbers starting to be added
It was very high-level and it was a one-time thing
I thought there would be transparency in regards to where our money comes from, who we pay money to, how much we get from sponsors/donors/fundraising activities, etc. I asked how much we got in donations once and was told "nothing.'
I countered that was impossible because I had recently verified our non-profit status with Facebook and got a few donations through the platform Where they went, I don't know!
Those are small potatoes compared to other fundraising activities we've done... or so I have heard through other parents and volunteers who attended those events. Because none of that is ever disclosed in board meetings.
I don't know if this is hidden from us purposefully or not. I tend to think this guy is just lazy and doing the bare minimum.
Sadly our organization spends 80% of the board's time (and unknown amounts of its money) on all-star and select team activities. Our treasurer might suck, but it's the parents on the board and managing these groups that are unapologetically slippery with rules and use the board as an ATM.
But first things first: how do I get this seemingly well-liked and long-serving treasurer unseated?
I am nearing the end of my first term as a board member. Our treasurer has never come to a board meeting with actual reports on our finances.
The only time I saw a document with numbers on it was after I asked our president why they never show us the money on a phone call in between meetings.
Miraculously the next meeting the treasurer produced a previous season's profits and losses listed out with some current season numbers starting to be added
It was very high-level and it was a one-time thing
I thought there would be transparency in regards to where our money comes from, who we pay money to, how much we get from sponsors/donors/fundraising activities, etc. I asked how much we got in donations once and was told "nothing.'
I countered that was impossible because I had recently verified our non-profit status with Facebook and got a few donations through the platform Where they went, I don't know!
Those are small potatoes compared to other fundraising activities we've done... or so I have heard through other parents and volunteers who attended those events. Because none of that is ever disclosed in board meetings.
I don't know if this is hidden from us purposefully or not. I tend to think this guy is just lazy and doing the bare minimum.
Sadly our organization spends 80% of the board's time (and unknown amounts of its money) on all-star and select team activities. Our treasurer might suck, but it's the parents on the board and managing these groups that are unapologetically slippery with rules and use the board as an ATM.
But first things first: how do I get this seemingly well-liked and long-serving treasurer unseated?