Check Lodge Dues

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Robert W. Linn, PM | Bosley Press | DU25
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Start Here • Check one number
A confident number may rest on missing facts. Start with one check you can
explain. Allow ten minutes for this practice; take longer or return later.
What you leave with
One checked balance and one request for evidence. You need a pencil and an
ordinary calculator. You do not need to lead a committee.
Cedar • made-up figures
COST $30,000; OTHER $6,000; BILLS 60; COLLECT 95%.
$30,000 − $6,000 = $24,000 to fund.
60 × .95 = 57 full-payment equivalents, not 57 men.
$24,000 ÷ 57 = $421.05 displayed.
At PROPOSED $425: $425 × 57 + $6,000 − $30,000 = +$225.
Try one check
Cover the last answer. Check $425 backward yourself. Then try $400; that
leaves −$1,200. The full explanation is on pages 8 and 28.
One real request
“Could we check the rent agreement: amount, included costs and start date?”
Record: current rent agreement. Proposed checker: Secretary, still to ask. Return date:
agree when he accepts. If rent does not apply, choose another cost.
On your own: write your request. With a brother: explain the check to each
other. Leading a class: use the twenty-minute agenda on page 62.
One check and one request are enough. Ask the allowed record holder;
do not assign work without acceptance. This practice authorizes no bill
or rule change.

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A discussion summary filled in
Made-up Cedar draft for W7, W8A, and W8B. This is a model of an honest
incomplete proposal. It is not permission to send a bill.
W7 • six fields
1. Next planning year. Start date unverified. Owen prepares; Luis checks.
2. COST $30,000; OTHER $6,000; GAP $24,000.
3. BILLS 60; COLLECT 95%; EXPECTED 57.
4. RATE $421.05 displayed. PROPOSED $425 gives BALANCE +$225.
5. Learning gatherings; group 2 plan. Sources W1–W6; lease and worker checks remain
open.
6. DRAFT: next step is evidence review, not billing.
W8A • four fields
1. Six gatherings or three; no final choice. Plan A lacks twelve willing hours; Plan B has
eighteen accepted hours.
2. January −$1,000. Moving $2,000 from February may fix it; no timing proof or bridge
approved. Source, limit and end date remain unverified.
3. Private relief route still to check. Six assumed full waivers reduce bills; keep individual
circumstances out.
4. Plan B: Owen, Ana and Luis each accept six hours. No backup promised; shrink again if a
host withdraws. Drop three gatherings.
W8B • four fields
1. Base RATE $421.05; BALANCE +$225. At 90% collection: EXPECTED 54; RATE $444.44;
BALANCE −$1,050 at $425.
2. Combined: COST $33,000; OTHER $4,500; BILLS 50; COLLECT 90%; EXPECTED 45. RATE
$633.33; BALANCE −$9,375 at $425. Reprice or reduce before recommending.
3. Largest unknown: support for 95% collection. Luis agrees to check receipts by November
2; recalculate if unsupported.
4. No approved adjustment rule or start date. Local approvals unverified; G2 in Finance /
Dues / Cedar-draft.
Read these examples before filling the next three forms. A practice
draft may have open tasks; a real proposal must say what decisions still
wait.

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W7 • Figures for the discussion
Use the example on page 41. This is a shared draft, not a bill. Fill W8A and W8B too. BALANCE =
PROPOSED × EXPECTED + OTHER − COST.
Use an extra sheet if needed; repeat this form code and field label. Save a copy after typing.
Lodge and year. Proposed start date. Preparer and checker.
COST from W1. OTHER from W3. Subtract to find GAP, at least zero.
BILLS and COLLECT%. EXPECTED = BILLS × COLLECT ÷ 100.
RATE = GAP ÷ positive EXPECTED. Try PROPOSED. Find BALANCE.
Purpose and chosen plan. Key estimates or unknowns. Sources.
Mark DRAFT or ready for the verified next step. What happens when?
If EXPECTED is zero, do not divide. Resolve the funding basis and local obligations before
claiming a rate.

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A forty-five-minute dues working meeting
Arrange an approved forty-five-minute slot or a separate working meeting.
Send P1, W7, W8A/B, the Rule check (page 47), and a short evidence
summary first. Invite those who can explain property, cash, and rules.
Confirm whether this is discussion, a recommendation, or an allowed
decision.
This agenda grants no authority.
0–5 • Chair: “Our purpose today is [stage]. The verified next procedural step
is [step].” Recorder notes that stage. If authority is uncertain, keep this a
discussion.
5–12 • Investigator presents purpose and obligations. Show the
property-to-lodge trail and the experience being funded. If a cost is disputed,
record its ID and evidence task.
12–22 • Checker traces W7: COST, OTHER, BILLS, COLLECT, EXPECTED, RATE
and BALANCE. Correct arithmetic before discussing the preferred rate.
22–32 • Compare choices and W8. Could the plan be smaller? Is a move
feasible? Is a phase-in funded?
Check cash dates, the private relief route, willing helpers, and a harder year.
Ask: “What could make this fail?”
32–40 • Record unresolved evidence and procedural steps. Ask willing
people to accept each task and date. Use G1 for an adjustment-rule proposal;
keep approval requirements explicit.
40–45 • Read back decisions and actions. SAY: “The proposal funds
[purpose]. Before [next decision], [person] will verify [item]. We will share
corrected figures by [date].”
Save the reasons with G2; preserve exact approved wording separately.
If discussion runs long, carry unresolved items forward. Do not turn
missing evidence or an unverified procedure into approval merely to
finish on time.