(2010.08.23 Spoke with Tom Stinson and he suggests we continue to present all requests to the class for approval. The following proposal is therefore withdrawn.)
(2010.08.22) Below is an email outlining a "Donor Designated Gift" of Helping Hands. By A Donor Designated Gift I mean a gift to the Helping Hands which the giver directs where it should go. In the case below the giver/donor directed/designated a gift be given to the Library Fund. Otherwise the giver would not run it through the Helping Hands and would have made the gift direct any way. We need to consider if the Ownbey Class should approve procedures for this type of action. I will suggest something similar to the following be added to our Helping Hand approved procedures:
The Committee (or maybe we want Committee Chair) may approve Designated Gifts of $50 or less without the subsequent approval of the Class. Amounts in excess of $50 continue to require Committee and Class approval. Such gifts will be reported at a Class session as soon thereafter as possible. The Committee (or Chair as we decide) will consider if the gift meets the guidelines of Helping Hands in their decision process..
Reasons for approving and allowing this procedure include emphasizing the Helping Hands Function and increasing its activity. The CONS include that the class might feel some gifts are inappropriate without the right to participate in the decision.
I want this to cook a while. Let me know your ideas.
--------
Hi Guys
To: Helping Hands Committee
(Note this request for a gift to the Library Fund was approved by the Ownbey Sunday School Class on August 22, 2010. At the same time a similar action for Haiti Relief around July 12, 2010, was approved)
We have a similar request for Helping Hands, at least from a procedures stand point, to the one outlined in emails of 7/13 and 7/18/2010. We have another winner in our visit the Blog contest who wants the $50 to go to the Library Fund. I would like to run it through our Helping Hands. As I pointed out before, we do not have Guidelines addressing whether a donor to Helping Hands can designate where the money is used. I am recommending we do approve this request. Let me know if you do not agree. I will have the paper work Sunday. If you want to see the paper work a copy is at the following link. Need user name and password. Tell me if you cannot get the pdf file to open..
Click here or go to http://donredding.com/ownbey/20100822libraryhelpinghands.pdf
As you may know three of our Class members are on the Library Committee ( Carol Douglas, Don Hammer, Linda Myers) - including the chair Nancy Swonger and previously Marie Pearce - and many of our teachers and members use it. It Our Library is a fine facility and deserving, I feel, of Ownbey support. This is one way. There was a great article in the latest Cornerstone.
Please let me know if you have any comments, especially if you object to how I recommend handling this gift. Why do I recommend this procedure? Basically to have activity in the Helping Hands and to remind people of it.
Also let me know if I missed any names on the distribution.
Thank you
don
8/21/2010
-------- Original Message --------
Hi folks
In the absence of any suggestion to the contrary, I will have the check and forms for the Honoree and the Application at Sunday School 7/18/2010.
I assume no one objected to a donor directing where his gift to Helping Hands goes.
Thanks
don
On 7/13/2010 3:13 PM, don wrote:
(2010.08.22) Below is an email outlining a "Donor Designated Gift" of Helping Hands. By A Donor Designated Gift I mean a gift to the Helping Hands which the giver directs where it should go. In the case below the giver/donor directed/designated a gift be given to the Library Fund. Otherwise the giver would not run it through the Helping Hands and would have made the gift direct any way. We need to consider if the Ownbey Class should approve procedures for this type of action. I will suggest something similar to the following be added to our Helping Hand approved procedures:
The Committee (or maybe we want Committee Chair) may approve Designated Gifts of $50 or less without the subsequent approval of the Class. Amounts in excess of $50 continue to require Committee and Class approval. Such gifts will be reported at a Class session as soon thereafter as possible. The Committee (or Chair as we decide) will consider if the gift meets the guidelines of Helping Hands in their decision process..
Reasons for approving and allowing this procedure include emphasizing the Helping Hands Function and increasing its activity. The CONS include that the class might feel some gifts are inappropriate without the right to participate in the decision.
I want this to cook a while. Let me know your ideas.
--------
Hi Guys
To: Helping Hands Committee
(Note this request for a gift to the Library Fund was approved by the Ownbey Sunday School Class on August 22, 2010. At the same time a similar action for Haiti Relief around July 12, 2010, was approved)
We have a similar request for Helping Hands, at least from a procedures stand point, to the one outlined in emails of 7/13 and 7/18/2010. We have another winner in our visit the Blog contest who wants the $50 to go to the Library Fund. I would like to run it through our Helping Hands. As I pointed out before, we do not have Guidelines addressing whether a donor to Helping Hands can designate where the money is used. I am recommending we do approve this request. Let me know if you do not agree. I will have the paper work Sunday. If you want to see the paper work a copy is at the following link. Need user name and password. Tell me if you cannot get the pdf file to open..
Click here or go to http://donredding.com/ownbey/20100822libraryhelpinghands.pdf
As you may know three of our Class members are on the Library Committee ( Carol Douglas, Don Hammer, Linda Myers) - including the chair Nancy Swonger and previously Marie Pearce - and many of our teachers and members use it. It Our Library is a fine facility and deserving, I feel, of Ownbey support. This is one way. There was a great article in the latest Cornerstone.
Please let me know if you have any comments, especially if you object to how I recommend handling this gift. Why do I recommend this procedure? Basically to have activity in the Helping Hands and to remind people of it.
Also let me know if I missed any names on the distribution.
Thank you
don
8/21/2010
-------- Original Message --------
| Subject: | Re: $50 |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:09 -0400 |
| From: | don |
In the absence of any suggestion to the contrary, I will have the check and forms for the Honoree and the Application at Sunday School 7/18/2010.
I assume no one objected to a donor directing where his gift to Helping Hands goes.
Thanks
don
On 7/13/2010 3:13 PM, don wrote:
Hi Tom and folks of Helping Hands
We have a winner in the Visit the Blog reward program who wants the $50 to go to our mission work in Haiti.
Tom, I suggest we work it this way: I will give a check to the Helping Hands fund of Ownbey on the condition it will go to MPUMC's mission work in Haiti. I will leave it up to you guys to figure out how to do this or let me have another suggestion. I could make it direct to the church but prefer to flow it through Helping Hands. Tom or someone will need to get approved by the committee (I vote yes) and the class. In case you feel gifts to Helping Hands should not have any strings attached such as I am proposing, I will do what you suggest otherwise; or I will give the check direct to the church with the designation for our mission work in Haiti.
The winner visited the Ownbey Blog and used the comment section some time ago to inform me. I had no idea that section was working. I found it today. I learned something.
I have the members of the committee as follows as I think it did not change from last year except to add. Let me know if I am wrong or missed someone.
Members 2009: Tom Stinson (Chair), Ellen Chason, Cal Chesson, Don Hammer, Don Redding, the President and the Treasurer (ex – officio)
don
