Times may have changed...in the past (and back in W6-land), banking
institutes offered free checking/savings accounts for non-profit
organizations as a public service.
You may need to TALK TO THE BANK MANAGER (or designee) to have the fees
waived. I say again, you may need to TALK TO THE BANK MANAGER (or
designee) to have the fees waived.
Be prepared to explain your organization, purpose, size, membership
coverage...AND tell them you will list the SPECIFIC banking institute as
a SPONSOR on the club's webpage. That free advertising alone is worth
the 2-3 dollars/month of a low volume checking account.
(This is another reason why it is important to have a GREAT website that
is kept up-to-date.)
--
Matt Lee, K4AQ
Atlanta, GA USA
<K4AQ@arrl.net>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: secc-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K4SB
> Sent: Monday, 25 October, 2004 12:54
> To: SECC@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Treasurer
>
>
> Jay Pryor wrote:
> > As John pointed out, the person handling the GQP plaques
> (me for the past
> > three years -- K4SB before me) has been collecting the
> plaque money. One
> > of the reasons I keep asking about the GQP results is
> because I'm holding
> > on to more than $400 cash for plaques. I don't want to
> put the money into
> > a personal account, commingling with my personal funds, and
> don't want to
> > open a separate account -- therefore, for the reasons
> stated by John, I
> > vote in favor of adding a treasurer to the SECC slate of officers.
> ------------------------
> Another bad reason for a seperate account is with the amount
> mentioned, there would undoubtably be service charges each month.
>
> However, should the Treasurer proposal not be approved, I see
> absolutely no reason if Jay wants to go to the trouble of placing the
> money in his persoanl account.
>
> Jay's integrity, in my opinion, is as high as you can get.
>
> 73
> Ed
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