House also noted that the signing of contracts and corporate sponsorship issues are monitored and such procedures should be passed through the Board. After lunch Bonamici reported on the budget's overall status and went over procedures for submitting expenditures, etc. He distributed a membership summary and current balance sheet and transaction records for each unit. Van Sickle pointed out that this year the Board would build on the strategic planning done at the 1999 retreat and focus on new and ongoing issues and needs through small-group work. Unit representatives provided brief summaries of the year's highlights.
Final reports are in the process of being posted on the Web site.
Charlton distributed background information on the CORE project. Limits expenditures of federal and revenue and lottery funds. Possibly retroactive to 1998. Measure 88 is also of concern. Introduced by the legislature in response to Sizemore, it would raise the limit of Federal tax deductions.