Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Utah (WIMU) 2006 Convention
September 5, 2006
WIMU 2006 Convention Wrap-Up
Many thanks to all of the attendees, presenters and workers who made the WIMU 2006 Convention possible. By all measures we had a successful convention and we laid a strong foundation for future WIMUs. We had 239 paid convention attendees, 117 banquet attendees, 108 breakfast attendees, 67 Virginian rooms booked and 24 Virginian RV spaces booked. There were 14 fascinating forum presentations covering a range of radio and non-radio topics, a VE test session and an excellent selection of radio gear for sale by swap meet sellers and commercial vendors. Many prizes were awarded including ICOM IC-706 MKIIG, Alinco DJ17T/E and Kenwood TH-D7A radios.
Among the convention highlights were the ARRL forum with panel members ARRL President Joel Harrison, Directors Jim Fenstermaker and Rev Morton and Section Managers Dwayne Allen, Mel Parkes and Doug Rich. There were Joel's inspirational keynote speech at the banquet and Tod Olson's informative outline of the WIMU Board's proposed policies at the Sunday morning breakfast.
On the financial side, in addition to the $1,500 remaining from previous WIMU conventions, $1,635 of new capital was raised to bring the total pre-convention WIMU capital to $3,135. From this amount, the Teton Radio Amateur Club borrowed $1,000 to help meet early convention expenses. After repaying the loan, convention revenues exceeded expenses by $1,172. Of this amount, the Teton Radio Amateur Club retained $560 and turned over to the WIMU capital account $612. After the WIMU 2006 convention, WIMU capital stands at exactly $3,747.08. When the WIMU Board establishes its own checking account, the Teton Radio Amateur Club will transfer these funds from the WIMU 2006 checking account to the WIMU Board's checking account. More convention accounting detail is available below. If anyone has any comments or questions on the accounting, please contact me at wimu2006@redgiant.org.
It is important to note that this year was a special situation in that new WIMU capital was raised and the convention was run in the absence of a formal WIMU Board. The WIMU Board was not responsible for the capital or for this year's convention. Next year and going forward, the WIMU Board will be responsible for WIMU capital and will have formal procedures for receiving and approving applications to host WIMU conventions and, if necessary, to loan funds for use in arranging the conventions.
I have received a few digital images from the convention. Thanks to those that have provided pictures up to now. In addition, I would like to ask others that might have interesting digital pictures to email them to wimu2006@redgiant.org for posting on this site.
It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with the WIMU 2006 Organizing Committee members: Bill Rinker, Bob Farrow, Wayne Mills, Tod Olson and Mel Parkes. Thanks for the good humor and for getting the job done.
LONG LIVE WIMU!
Charles Burd, K7ZOO
WIMU 2006 Convention Chairman
| wimu 2006 convention budget | ||||||||||
| cash sources | cash sources and uses summary | |||||||||
| wimu loan proceeds | 1.00 | 1,000 | $1,000.00 | |||||||
| convention revenue | cash sources | |||||||||
| tickets - pre-registration | 8.00 | 139 | 1,112.00 | 1 | wimu loan proceeds | $1,000.00 | ||||
| tickets - walk-in | 10.00 | 100 | 1,000.00 | 2 | convention revenue | $7,275.00 | ||||
| swap tables | 10.00 | 9 | 90.00 | 3 | sponsor loan repayment makeup | - | ||||
| raffle tickets | 0.83 | 1,224 | 1,021.00 | cash source total | $8,275.00 | |||||
| banquet - adult | 26.00 | 113 | 2,938.00 | |||||||
| banquet - child | 13.00 | 4 | 52.00 | |||||||
| breakfast - adult | 10.00 | 102 | 1,020.00 | |||||||
| breakfast - child | 5.00 | 6 | 30.00 | cash uses | ||||||
| contributions | 1.00 | 12 | 12.00 | 1 | convention expense payments | $6,102.92 | ||||
| total convention revenue | $7,275.00 | 2 | loan inflation increment payment | $40.00 | ||||||
| loan proceeds plus conv rev | 8,275.00 | 3 | wimu loan repayment | $1,000.00 | ||||||
| sponsor loss makeup | - | 4 | surplus to sponsor payment | $560.00 | ||||||
| total cash sources | $8,275.00 | 5 | surplus to wimu capital payment | $572.08 | ||||||
| cash use total | $8,275.00 | |||||||||
| cash uses | ||||||||||
| operations | ||||||||||
| phone | 240.00 | |||||||||
| checkbook | 13.15 | |||||||||
| tickets and badges | 30.48 | |||||||||
| notebook | 4.24 | |||||||||
| pre-reg copies, envelopes | 65.54 | |||||||||
| postage | 45.65 | |||||||||
| boxes, envelopes, ledgers, stamps | 46.80 | |||||||||
| cashbox, stamps, sharpies | 25.11 | |||||||||
| program copies | 55.55 | |||||||||
| projector rental | 20.00 | |||||||||
| arrl projector shipping cost | 61.79 | |||||||||
| refunds | 36.00 | |||||||||
| linens | 159.00 | |||||||||
| total operating cost payments | 803.31 | |||||||||
| prizes | ||||||||||
| prize - grand ic-706mkiig | 760.10 | |||||||||
| prize - pre-registration th-d7a | 319.95 | |||||||||
| prize - alinco DJ17T/E | 130.00 | |||||||||
| misc prizes | 49.56 | |||||||||