GPCA Budget FY2011-2012 Expense Narrative

EXPENSES

COORDINATING COMMITTEE (CC)

Insurance
Legal
CC Retreat
Phone
Office Supplies
Recordings of CC meetings
Bank Charge
Other CC
General Assemblies
  Hosting Costs
  Participant Payments for Plenaries
  CC Plenary Dinners
  Plenary Administration
  Plenary Travel Support (Hardship)
  (Subtotal CC)

BYLAWS COMMITTEE (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

CLEARINGHOUSE COMMITTEE (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

 Office Rent
 Post Office Box
 Fax-Phone-Printing Machine
 Phone
 Office Supplies
 Postage/shipping
 GPCA merchandise (old "paraphenalia")
 New materials and merchandise
   (Subtotal Clearinghouse)

FINANCE COMMITTEE

 Fundraising Coordinator
 Mail house
 Bulk mail permit
 Prospect Mailings
 Printing
 Postage
   (Subtotal Finance Committee)
 Prospect Mailings Tier II
 Donor Mailing Coordinator  Tier II
 Treasurer  Tier II
 Treasurer Assistant  Tier II
   (Subtotal Finance Committee Tier II)
Fundraising events, donor prospecting materials, postage and travel costs
   (Green 2012)

INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL COMMITEE (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

MEDIA COMMITTEE

 Fax & email distribution
 Phone & fax allowance
 Press Secretary/Communications Director Compensation and Expenses
 Visibility Campaign (Video spots, TV)
 Online Media Advertising
 CMS System
 Letters to Elected Officials/Candidates
 Videotapes
 Backdrop for Press Conferences
 Teleconference Expenses
 GPUS List Service
 (Workshops)
   (Subtotal Media)

CAMPAIGNS & CANDIDATES WORKING GROUP (CCWG)

 Campaign Support Fund
 Strategy Meetings/Retreats
 Candidate Training Sessions
 Copying for meetings
 Teleconference Reimbursements
 Co-Cos Retreat Travel/Lodging
  Voter Database Project
   (Subtotal CCWG)
 Campaign Support Fund Tier II
  Field Organizer Tier II
 Campaign training/consulting for candidates, staff, volunteers (Executive director) 
  Voter file database management (Executive director) 
  Miscellaneous Operational Expenses
   (Subtotal CCWG Tier II)
 Campaign Support Fund Tier III
  Field Organizer Tier III
 Campaign training/consulting for candidates, staff, volunteers (Executive director) 
  Voter file database management (Executive director) 
  Miscellaneous Operational Expenses
   (Subtotal CCWG Tier III)
 Executive Director
 Field Director
 Online Director
   (Green 2012)

ELECTORAL REFORM WORKING GROUP (ERGS) (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

 Materials
 Media (cds, etc)( Old "Co-co retreat participation")
 Postage(Old " Education Workshop")
   (Subtotal ERWG)

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WORKING GROUP (GROW)

 Green Focus
  Green Focus Bulk Postage 
  Green Focus Printing & Shipping
 Registration support (Old " Voter Registration Drive")
 Volunteer Coordinator
 County Council Support
 County Organization Grant Program
County State fundraising (Prospect Mailings)
 Campus Greens
 Diversity Outreach
 Rural Outreach
 General Grow Funding (Old "Additional Printing")
   (Subtotal GROW)
Organizing and Voter Registration Materials
Organizing and Voter Registration Organizers
   (Subtotal GROW-related Green 2012)

GREEN ISSUES WORKING GROUP (GIWG) (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

 Coalition Building/Project Initiative Costs
 Green Actions (replaces Convergences)
 Printing, Copying, Mailing - General Office
 Teleconferences
 Research
 Formatting and Distributing Proposals
 Writing and Distributing Notices and Minutes
 Update Organizing Webpages
 Retreat
 (Healthy Community Alliance)
 Requested for all efforts
 (Rural Organizing)
   (Subtotal Green Issues)

PLATFORM WORKING GROUP

 Printing and Supplies (Old "Full Platform printing")
 Platform Summaries
 Updating Full Platforms and Platform Summaries
 IT costs for posting and maintaining Platform website
 Travel to Retreats
   (Subtotal Platform)

GPUS DELEGATION

GPCA Delegate Support to GPUS ANM (National Meeting Travel Support) 
 Advance Discounted 2010 ANM Registrations
 Advance Discounted Repayments
 Presidential National Nomination Convention Registration
 GA Plenary Travel
 ANM subsidy for 2010 (Old "Polling Software")
 QPNC Subsidy for 2012
 Planning Honorarium for Web Page Assistance
    for all GPCA Committees and Working Groups
   (Subtotal GPUS)

TREASURER (no FY2011-12 budget draft submitted)

 Bank Charges
 Data Entry Assistance
 Legal
 Merchant Fees
 Post Office Box
 Postage
 Printing
 Software
   (Subtotal Treasurer)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP (IT)

 Server Hosting
 Server Backup Services
 Voting/Polling Page
 Staff 
 (Reserve)
Contribution to Open STV
 (Domain Name not expiring)
   (Subtotal IT)
 Web redeisgn/CMS Implementation/Misc. projects Tier II
   (Subtotal IT Tier II)