 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 (XXXXI 1) |
Project, Service, or Activity – Grouped by Standing Committee
Nature of Reduction
Project Status
Savings Realized – or Additional Revenue Gained
Education SC
Middle School Young Friends
Eliminate assistant (Reduces salary costs to $54,144)
Project can continue as is, but will require more volunteer participation as conference
“Adult Presences.”
4,000
Young Friends
Eliminate assistant (Reduces salary costs to $55,460)
Project can continue as is, but will require more volunteer participation as conference “Adult Presences.”
6,000
Non-violence & Children
Eliminate the 3/5s staff position (allocated costs of $3,232 continue). Leave $1,000 for volunteers.
Project cannot continue except as an effort of volunteers – with some, but much less, staff support
34,000
Sub-total saved
$ 44,000
Project, Service, or Activity
Nature of Reduction
Project Status
Savings Realized – or Additional Revenue Gained
General Services SC
Residential Yearly Meeting
Eliminate RYM for this year – July 2003
Instead have a 3 day session in March & hold a called session in Fall 2003 to do needed business
- This does not save regular staff time or allocated costs
- It does reduce casual staff time & contracted services
37,000
Arch Street Conference Center
Increase fees to Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia from $15,000 to $20,000)
MMPF remains at Arch Street with full use of and support for the facility. (Note -MM expenses for using & maintaining their meetinghouses typically run $30,000 to $40,000 per annum)
5,000
Double parking fees (from $50 to $100) for regular users. (Current income is $10,000)
Members of PYM (and others) pay more to park. Some gradation of fees for members vs. non-members and or regular users vs. occasional users may be possible.
5,000
Limit overtime for maintenance
The building will be open less, some restriction on times when it is available.
14,000
Sub-total saved
$ 61,000
Project, Service, or Activity
Nature of Reduction
Project Status
Savings Realized – or Additional Revenue Gained
Peace and Concerns SC
Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Reduce to FY 02 actuals from $4350 to $1320
Carries on w/same amount of funding as last year
3,000
Haitian Health
Eliminate
PYM no longer pays for travel of a doctor to Haiti & clinic supplies.
8,000
Drug Concerns
Reduce to $1000 from $3000
Carries on w/same amount of General Fund money as last year
2,000
Conscience War Tax & Militarism
Eliminate the staff position, but leave $1,000 to support volunteers
Carries on with $1,000 for vol. exp., and staff support for this to be handled by other positions.
12,000
Environmental Working Group
Reduce from $8,837 to $2,000
Carries on w/amount of General Fund identified.
6,900
New Dehli Working Group
Reduce from $1600 to $1000
Carries on w/ amount of General Fund identified.
600
Balkans Working Group
Reduce from $5000 to $1000
PYM no longer pays for travel to the Balkans
4,000
Sub-total saved
$ 36,500
Project, Service, or Activity
Nature of Reduction
Project Status
Savings Realized – or Additional Revenue Gained
Support & Outreach SC
Library
Cull the collection so that it focuses only on Religious Education and Quakerism; and Move the smaller library from space costing $19 to $15 space, and take less space.
Redundant services are eliminated. Some personalized reference services are eliminated. But services to MM’s are continued
13,000
Reduce the 2nd Library position from full- to half-time
Less staff is available; More volunteers may be needed
20,000
Interpreting Quakerism
Eliminate the staff position Continue funds for volunteers
More volunteers will be needed if tours are to continue
34,000
Reduce expectation of gifts and sales from $19,000 to 0
*(Net savings are shown above.)
Sub-total saved
$ 67,000
Total Saved for 2003/04 Budget
$ 208,500
* Please note that all numbers are rounded to the nearest 100; and these are best estimates of savings, not exact figures.
Last modified: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 08:18 AM