=='''Consuls' Report on the Status of The Augustan Society, Inc.=='''===''delivered Saturday 23 August 2008===''
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<li>Matching price to cost of goods and services will permit all programs to be self-supporting (after unfunded liabilities are discharged). The market appears willing to bear the fair cost of our offerings. Note please that our normal prices are designed to have a 50% markup, except for subscriptions which are priced at cost presently—something we should probably look at.</li>
<li>The “unfunded liabilities” mentioned above are those obligations we have taken on without preserving the funds to provide them. This includes obvious issues like unfilled subscriptions, but also less obvious matters such as members who paid dues during the interregnum, but for whom we may not have received the funds. It is to cover these liabilities and other transition expenses that we are conducting this year's [[Annual Fundraiser]]. Should we ever obtain the missing financial records, it may be possible to put a solid price on these costs, and the Annual Fundraiser target may be adjusted based on that value.</li>
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Documentation of procedures is needed, and will be done using an in-house [[Staff Wiki|Wiki]]. [[Board]] participation will be invited in development. It may be premature to describe them here, as much is still being learned, often the hard way.</li>
<li>Our recommendations for a minor reorganization of the Society's administration have been presented to this meeting in the form of [[By-Laws|By-Law]] Amendments and a few policy items. Correspondence suggests we have wide support for these changes, but know that we are happy to listen to constructive criticism and suggestions for further change, including changing things back. Please do not refrain from sharing your opinions out of respect for our office or ourselves, as we're much more concerned with the Society than with out own ideas about it.
Key to this reorganization is the creation of a Champion for each Society program, said Champions to make up the Board along with the Officers. At present, some programs are having to share a Champion; we feel this practice should be phased out so that Champions will not have divided loyalties, or more importantly, divided time.</li>
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