Treasurer

No formal report this month. That's mostly because I'd like to a year-in-review kind of wrap up once I have all of December's expenses in, and don't want you to look at a report that's almost the same on two different occasions. So I can tell you that as of 12/31/2015, we had $3,827 in Checking, $31,621 in the Money Market and $230 in Petty Cash. Remember that $10,000 of that Money Market balance is promised to MUF for sound system enhancements, so we're not quite as flush as it first appears.

I also had to move money out of the Money Market this morning, to cover the big checks we need to write in the first half of January (rent for Minstrel and Swingin' Tern and the annual Workers' Comp bill). The insurance is up to $2,775 per year and comes due on January 15.

Some more year-end items:

· There are two folks who have been holding un-cashed checks for more than six months. I will drop you notes on that separately, but I'd really like to get them off the books; it unnecessarily complicates the monthly bank reconciliation, and I know that sooner or later, Wells Fargo won't honor them. If they're lost, I can easily print replacements.

· We need to make our quarterly reports to ASCAP and BMI by January 15th, and I need reports from Special Concerts and the Getaway. I have one for the Halloween Show from Deborah Graham, and also the usual reports for the Minstrel. Not needed for the MUF Benefit, since we saw no income there.

· I also need W9 information for the bands we paid more than $600 in2015, and a note went out to the venue chairs on that earlier. We'll have 21 people (or bands) that will be getting a 1099, and I see that I can e-File them through QuickBooks. At about $64, that will actually be cheaper than buying the pre-printed forms and adding postage. From the QuickBooks marketplace, a packet of 25 forms is $95.99.

Questions are welcome, as always. And in 2016 I plan to hold more QuickBooks training sessions for those interested.

- Chris Riemer