However, after all these good and great wise men met, had their
deliberations and presented a proposed budget calling for a small
surplus, the Executive Board met a few days later only to discover
that Bill Hall presented a budget which showed a loss for fiscal year
2007-2008 of $105,973.

When asked why this small surplus turned into a big loss only a few
days later, it turned out that Bill Hall had decided to grant
everybody in the office a 3.2% raise plus he had decided to spend some
more money sending a delegation to the World Youth Championships in
Turkey in November, among other things.

So, in just a few days, the budget had been busted.

Still, the board rejected my proposed cut of $80,000 in personnel
costs.

Good that we saw the budget before it went to the delegates and
adjusted the figures upwards to show a $50,027 surplus.

We would not want the delegates to think that we are a bunch of fools,
buffoons and idiots, would we?

Sam Sloan