I just spent a few minutes reviewing the 2015 PASS budget, things that I noticed:

• Anticipating a change in revenue of 1.1 million. That seems…optimistic
• IT spend is now $550k, up $150k over 2014. Probably good, but what are we doing with that? Ah, the budget doesn’t say
• Chapter spend is reduced $50k, from $141k to $92k. I’d really like to know why
• Special Projects (which is a catch-all) changed from $64k  to $496k….why?
• SQLRally Global decreased $42k to $24k for 2015. That doesn’t seem like much, but maybe its not needed
• BAC numbers for 2015 are basically even. I’d expect growth. Is BAC stalled?
• Budget shows a deficit of $112k. Not bad on $9 million, but still
• Management and overhead is $815k. Maybe that’s ok. Wish it was split out
• SQLSaturday sponsorship decreased to $31,500. Why? Aren’t we growing more events?

It’s not exciting reading, but worth a look, especially if you plan to run for the Board sometime, or care about where the current Board is focusing.