...Memo To: LD, Pricebook Manager From: Laurie Nelson, Pricebook Analyst Date: 2/1/2012 Re: Request for Funding for a Business Communications course I would like to request funding to participate in an upcoming class, Business Communications (GB512), at Kaplan University in West Des Moines. As an employee that cares about XXX & XX, its impact on the environment and on the community, I have decided to research the effect of a wind turbine on energy savings to the company. The ability to communicate more professionally will assist me in presenting my research of the wind turbine and its benefits to KG. I am part of the Green Task Force committee here and plan to present it to them. It will also be a benefit to me in presenting it as a sustainability project to KK, CEO. Cost of the class is $1764 for six weeks which includes all course material and software. Start date is February 12th and meets one night a week for three hours. The class focuses on effective written communication for the business environment with attention on how to analyze business problems using research and presenting ideas in ways that achieve your business purpose. It will not only give me valuable information for writing the research paper and the presentation of my project it will also provide me an opportunity for professional development. Attending this class will enable me to also effectively communicate in my current position and any...
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...Memo To: Edward Nelson, Executive Director From: Tabatha Monroe, Librarian Date: Monday, September 10, 2012 Subject: Request for Professional Development Funding I am writing this memorandum to request Kaplan College to sponsor a Business Writing course that I wish to enroll in at the University of Miami. I spend a fair amount of time at work communicating via emails, notes, letters, and reports and many of these documents are read by our internal and external customers. And I believe that a Business Writing course will improve not only my job skills, but productivity as well. In my current position as a librarian, I am responsible for communicating with students, faculty and staff members, publishers, and vendors about academic issues on a daily basis using email, memos, and reports. I also compose, edit and publish user guides with instructions on how to access and use various library resources. And I annually submit a report that provides details on how the learning resource center is complying with federal and SACS regulations. By focusing on the particular types of documents that I use on a daily basis, this course will help me to improve the skills needed to write and edit business documents that are concise, correct, and clear. This course will assist me in developing my business writing skills that will allow me to better meet the needs of this organization through effective communication. After this course, my productivity will increase...
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...| |DS Information Systems Corporation | Memo To: From: Date: December 31, 2013 Subject: Funding Request for Business Writing Course As a Network System Administrator, I often send e-mails to various organizations at Nellis AFB and I am frequently asked to write memos, official letters, reports and briefings on the various projects our company is involved with. Currently, all of this work has to get reviewed by our site lead to ensure that it is error free, which sometimes causes massive overhead and late submissions. There is a refresher Business Writing course taught at the local community college that addresses all the training required to accomplish our company’s writing needs. I am interested in attending this class and would like to request funding to do so. Currently, we have a Technical Education account that covers expenses for classes that help acquire technical certifications. I would like to extend the account to cover courses similar to this writing one because I feel it will directly benefit our technical communications. It will strengthen my ability to communicate effectively on the job by teaching me how to compose messages using a structured business writing process. My ultimate goal is to alleviate some of the time constraint that is put on our site lead when he has numerous business documents to review. ...
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...Target Case Study Be prepared to describe and critique Target’s capital budgeting system. Give specific consideration to the role of the real-estate managers and the makeup of the CEC. Target’s capital Budgeting System, by 2006, Target was targeting to create a lot of outlets and they were termed as projects, each project contains a set of procedures to be followed that are then approved by the CEC (capital Expenditure committee) in order to get the store up and running. There specific consideration for the role of real-estate managers is because, those people will have the GEOGRAPHICAL IDEA about the area in which they are managing prior sending to the CEC. These Managers will be responsible if a new store proposal comes, so that they will review the GEOGRAPHY of that location and the possibilities of having a Target Outlet at that locality. CEC was started as an approval class, whose approvals are needed to get the store up and running if there is a chance for starting up a new store in any geography (Real-estate managers are responsible for this) Which of the five CPRs should Doug Scovanner accept? Be prepared to explain how each of the considerations that follow influenced your decision: Out of the 8 choices available, I would tell that Scovanner will accept NPV/IRR, Size of the project, Customer demographics, Brand‐awareness impact, Cannibalization of other stores’ sales, because, • NPV and IRR are two main things when coming to Captial Budgeting and the •...
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...CECC Evaluation as We Care Foundation Board Member Susan Miller University Of Phoenix BSHS 451 Program Design and Proposal Writing Linda N. Latham, MFT October 26, 2010 CECC Evaluation as We Care Foundation Board Member We Care Foundation is in receipt of the grant request for the amount of $5,000. Whereas some of the guidelines for such a request have been followed, there are a few areas that need clarification before We Care can submit funds to the organization. The first item needed is a proof of tax-exempt status as a 501(c) (3) organization. According to the grant proposal policy set up by We Care Foundation for all funds proposals, requests cannot be accepted for capital expenditures, tuition, scholarships, fundraising drives, emergency relief, or endowments. In the budget breakdown section of the proposal, we request a more detailed breakdown in the areas of non-personal and educational equipment. As noted on our request guideline we do not fund any capital expenditures and, we need more clarification on these costs before we can accept the proposal. Credibility The credibility of CECC is also a question that needs to be answered with more clarification. CECC has been around for six years and that is quite an accomplishment. However, are there any other awards or recognitions that CECC may have received after the award from CDBG in 1994? The type of service provided by CECC correlates...
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...Alternative funding can go different ways for the PEACE Domestic Violence Agency. When coming up with ideas for alternative funding, PEACE must plan, have a positive attitude and be determined. Some steps taken in raising funds are critical such as readiness, research, reality, request and relationship between you and donor. The board of directors of the PEACE Domestic Violence Agency will provide readiness material to distribute to all staff, such as the fund raising plan, purpose and expectations. Research is the beginning of needed knowledge that helps lead to the right donors by reviewing their giving patterns and strategic areas of interest of these donors. A list of possible donors may be of local businesses old and new, volunteers near and far and the public. Reality is a step that indicates the best prospect. A strategy need to be formed for each prospect. For example, men, women and children have been affected by domestic violence. Education, health, awareness and some tender loving care of these victims will help promote healing for these victims. A local spa may be expressed to of the benefit of their donation short term and long term. An expression that a donation of a free mini spa treatment can boost stress relief of the victims and help promote advertisement as well. Another example may be to local shelters that are up and running that is always turning away people because lack of room, by offering a proposal of joining forces to meet the same goal of...
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...Contract No. CE1400046-01 with Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. for utility assistance and financial counseling services for TANF eligible residents for the period 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2015 to extend the time period to 3/31/2016 and for additional ____Approve funds in the amount of $290,000.00. ____Disapprove ____Hold Funding Source: Federal TANF Fund 5. New Items for Review Item BC201521 Requestor Department of Public Works Description Recommending an award on RQ32337 and enter into a contract with Karpinski Engineering, Inc. in the amount not-to-exceed $175,000.00 for building commissioning services for the Downtown Cleveland Convention Center Hotel project. Funding Source: 100% from bond proceeds through the bond trustee, US Bank Board Action ____Approve ____Disapprove ____Hold BC201522 Department of Information Technology Submitting an amendment to Contract No. CE1200652-01 with Rimini Street, Inc. for maintenance and support services on the SAP Human Capital Management system for the period 11/6/2012 - 10/31/2014 to extend the time period to 10/30/2015 and for additional funds in ____Approve the amount not-to-exceed $61,350.45. ____Disapprove ____Hold Funding Source: General Fund BC201523 Department of Health and Human Services/ Community Initiatives Division/ Office of Early Childhood Submitting an amendment to Contract No. CE1200531-01 with Catholic Charities Community Services Corporation St. Philip Neri Head Start for Universal Pre-Kindergarten services...
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...growth in activities which are categorized as Sponsored Programs, with the potential for additional growth into the future. With growth comes the need for clarity in policies and procedures to be followed in the administration of these activities in order to meet University and sponsor requirements, and to provide the best possible support and service to all parties involved. It is important Sponsored Programs are identified as such and that each award is routed through the appropriate offices to assure that the acceptance and administration of these activities meet both University and sponsor requirements and that various technical, legal, and financial issues be properly addressed. I. ELEMENTS OF A SPONSORED PROGRAM Whether an external funding falls within the definition of a Sponsored Program is determined by the presence of most of the following elements: Commitment from an External Sponsor: A written commitment from the sponsor, which follows receipt and acceptance of a proposal, may take various forms such as a grant agreement, contract, purchase order, or a letter of award, depending on the type of Sponsored Program and sponsor policy. Restricted Activities and Use of Funds: The use of external funds is restricted to the activities which are agreed upon the external sponsor and the University. The activities are described in a proposal submitted by the University to the sponsor. Faculty or Staff Leadership: The program involves a faculty or staff...
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...Memo: To: Edward Sloane, Senior Audit Partner From: David Mynarski, CGA Date: January 15, 20X5 Re: Analysis of Issues for Vehicles for Hope Ltd. (VHL) Audit I have identified issues pertaining to the 2014 audit of VHL, based on the information provided in my meeting with VHL’s Accountant today. I have provided an analysis and recommendations for each of these issues. Financial Accounting Issues Under the Deferral method of accounting that VHL adheres to, the land, building and equipment donation by the Board member would be recorded as revenue and matched to expenses in the year the related costs of maintaining / operating these items are incurred. However, since VHL follows Part III of the CICA Handbook – Accounting and under Part III, an entity has a choice between recording restricted contributions under the Deferral or the Restricted Fund method. I recommend VHL choose the Restricted Fund method of accounting. This would allow VHL to separate their contributions into specific funds, based on what the funds are used for, eliminating the need to defer recognition of the donation revenue. Under the Restricted Fund method, the donated land, building and equipment would be recorded in the capital asset fund in the 2014 year, and the donation for automotive toolkits would be recorded in the restricted fund in 2014, since it is to be used for a specific purpose. Any other non-restricted, non-capital funds donated to VHL would be recorded in the Current...
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...One very complex issue in today’s world is the funding of museums and art galleries. While there is an argument that they should be free to the general public and funded by governments, I also believe that there is also a case for saying that they should charge an entrance fee like other attractions. Those who argue that museums should be free typically make one of two arguments. The first argument is that institutions like museums are a public service and therefore there should be free access to the man in the street. If for example there was a charge only the wealthy could afford to enjoy works of art. The second, and related, argument is that if they did levy a charge fewer people would go to museums. This would be serious as they are educational institutions and standards would fall. In contrast, there is only one major argument on the other side of the debate. This is that both museums and art galleries need to charge an entrance fee if they are to survive in the modern world. Governments do not have sufficient funds to subsidize all such institutions and there are other priorities for public money. Therefore these galleries and museums need to charge their customers not only to survive but to update their exhibitions and make new purchases. By way of illustration, the Tate Modern in London could not have been founded without revenue from admissions. My personal position is that there is no clear answer to this question as there are such strong arguments on both sides...
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...Tourism BETTER FUNDING FOR STATE TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS An almost universal problem for state tourism organizations is the scarcity of funding. Budgets are tight with so many social and other problems plaguing the states. Also, there is some reluctance to fund the tourism promotion organization by those who feel mistakenly that it is mainly the tourist businesses that profit from the industry rather than the population in general. Competition for state funds by other agencies is intense and, as a rule, the tourism people do not as good as lobbying as other interest groups. In order to do something at this regard, the Governor appointed a 40-member tourism task force to investigate ways in which tourism promotion could be accomplished in a more adequate manner. The task force has come up with the following plan: they recommend that the state legislature establish a “tourism marketing order” to raise funds from assessments the industry makes upon itself about the way in which each business should contribute to funding. Businesses that would be assessed include transportation companies, travel agencies, cruise lines, rental car companies, accommodations, attractions, recreation facilities, restaurants, retail outlets, factory outlets, and bars/drinking places. All funds raised would be used for state-wide tourism promotion. In order to implement this plan, the state legislature must first authorize a statewide referendum that would be conducted by the industry among...
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...BETTER FUNDING FOR STATE TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS An almost universal problem for state tourism organizations is the scarcity of funding. Budgets are tight with so many social and other problems plaguing the states. Also, there is some reluctance to fund the tourism promotion organization by those who feel mistakenly that it is mainly the tourist businesses that profit from the industry rather than the population in general. Competition for state funds by other agencies is intense and, as a rule, the tourism people do not as good as lobbying as other interest groups. In order to do something at this regard, the Governor appointed a 40-member tourism task force to investigate ways in which tourism promotion could be accomplished in a more adequate manner. The task force has come up with the following plan: they recommend that the state legislature establish a “tourism marketing order” to raise funds from assessments the industry makes upon itself about the way in which each business should contribute to funding. Businesses that would be assessed include transportation companies, travel agencies, cruise lines, rental car companies, accommodations, attractions, recreation facilities, restaurants, retail outlets, factory outlets, and bars/drinking places. All funds raised would be used for state-wide tourism promotion. In order to implement this plan, the state legislature must first authorize a statewide referendum that would be conducted by the industry among its members to...
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...Memo and Business Letter Student’s Name: Institution: Memo TO: CSU Funding campaign team members FROM: Yuqing and William DATE: February 5, 2014 SUBJECT: Funding for CSU This memo is a reminder of the meeting we have today. The agenda of the meeting is to talk about what we discussed and to get opinions on the matter. As the campaign group for the CSU funding, it is proper that we use all means and to gather all that is in our disposal for the task. We discussed on how we can acquire funding, and we agreed that we should not limit our campaign to only seeking finances. The essence of this program is to help increase CSU’s finances so that it can services its activities. This can be achieved through the provision finances and by enforcing measures to cut down costs. CSU has tried such measures, in the past, to cut down on its spending. It has done so by increasing its technology use to replace costly manual systems and by sharing services between departments and campuses. In our discussion, we suggested on the same idea that campaigning for funding does not exclusively mean seeking funds. We, therefore, discussed that if we can get people to volunteer, tutor or pursue internship programs, it would be a good measure of cutting down costs. Salary expenses are a significant part of the overall expenses and reducing these costs saves a lot of money for CSU. We also proposed that the target audience, for this plan of the campaign, is the graduates. Students do not have...
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...Foundations Ida Reyes HSM / 260 8/19/2012 Erin Akins Foundations There are many funding organization in the community. When looking for one that stood out from the rest, the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound is very interesting. This organization is community based for the area of South Puget Sound. They offer grants and scholarships to preserve resources for tomorrow's community needs (The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, 2012) . According to this organization they provide services to connect individuals or organizations with causes that they would like to assist with their charitable contributions. With the Community Foundations knowledge for the needs in the community and knowledge of the local nonprofits in their area they have the ability to provide these connections to the individuals and organizations wanting to donate to others in the community. The South Puget Sound Community Foundation organization is assisting others connect in the community by finding the right organization for them to contribute to. There are six (6) different types of funds that one could contribute too. These funds are as follows: Unrestricted Community Funds, Field of Interest Funds, Donor Advised Funds, Scholarship Funds, Designated Funds and the Agency Endowments. The Unrestricted Community Fund is the fund that is used to assist human services, health, arts, education, the environment, needs of the elderly and other needs as well. This fund group is made...
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...BUSINESS DETAILS This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Richard Gerrald, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 14th of August 2005. My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration...
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