Financial Director Note: Budget Funds

Matthew Grey

I propose that the budget have funds established in the budget item for the following areas and managed by the following staff members:



General Fund
-Hood President

Covers expenses for foreign alliances, council administration, immigration/emigration, welfare.



Economic Development Fund

-Financial Director

Covers expenses for local trades and stores, home businesses, imports.



Community Development Fund

-Community Director

Covers expenses for culture, focal farming & fishing, general beautifying (plants, landscape, community lots)



Education Fund

-Education Director

Covers expenses for the administration of the academy & apprenticeship guild



Security Fund

-Security Director

Covers expenses for local infrastructure, security, & justice


Public Health Fund

-Medical Centre Director

Covers expenses for the adminstration of the Medical Centre



Archives/Technology Fund

-Archives/Technology Officer

Covers expenses for the community library and archives, press relations, website, electronic infrastructure



This will allow directors to have more control over thier funds for thier projects. This also creates the need for directors to present budget proposals in addition to task proposals at the start of thier term. An initial budget meeting will determine which items are funded and which are not. Some income from the hood residents will go directly to certain funds (ie-payment for security monitering goes to the security fund; tuition payments for the apprenticeship guild goes to the education fund; etc)

Working on Building Inventory

I would like to take another vacation, but in order to do so, Ajani and I must build up the inventory for the shop since Rebecca isn't quite as skilled at building toys or robots. She is trying to learn, but her talents lie in the administration of the business. It would be better for her to hire a crafter, perhaps even buy the toys from the crafter.

I was browsing the Farmer's Market and saw some wonderful flowers and it got me thinking. With the talk of the new apprenticeship guild, perhaps we should establish a scholarship for one student to attend as long as thier guild is toy design. Then they could help around the store and the next generation of toy crafters would be established. I'll put the idea to Ajani and Rebecca. It would cost at least $1500 (half the tuition/room/board) to make it appealing to students, but I think we could cover the entire cost of the education ($3000) to ensure quality products in the future.

Lovely Wedding and Grandchild

Just returned from visiting Janet in Roswell and we stopped back home before moving on to visit Jodi and her husband and the twins in Riverdale.

Janet surprised us by getting married while we were there and delivering our granddaughter, Gabriela . We had such a great time and we were able to bring home so amazing photos and paintings. I almost forgot how well Janet is with painting.

Community Director Note: Naming

Rayne Wilsonoff

The names for several buildings are very...generic. So we're asking residents to help us name them, starting with the administrative buildings and then going on to the parks and finally the community owned buildings.

Happy Homemaker

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I am back in the home, cooking meals, cleaning and teaching Rojo. I have to make Verde's lunches for school since the school doesn't have a proper cafeteria and lunch sim. It's hard planning his meals so that he doesn't have only deli sandwiches, but sometimes some authentic chili or baked fish. Every now and then I allow him to have a dessert for lunch, spiced cake or a tart. That reminds me, I must start taking Rojo off the bottle, his teeth will be ruined soon. I need to buy a high chair for him to have his meals with us.

Getting Ready

Getting ready for the election which means hours of sorting through the residents' files and making sure everything is in order so that when residents come to the polls, things will go quickly. I think we should get rid of the excess polling booths, only one will do-after all this island is so small that there shouldn't be a big problem with voting. If we got rid of a booth, then I could have more space for security issues and things. Like selling alarm systems.

Security Note: Funds & Sales

Tobi Sweeny
To help raise simoleans for the security fund I propose that residents are charge $250/simweek for monitoring services on thier security system and $250/simweek for monitoring services on thier fire system. This fee would not include the cost to buy the equiptment. If all residents were outfitted with both monitoring services that would bring in $5000/simweek. The funds would help in paying my salary, making sure vehicles/equiptment are up-to-date for emergency response.