We have a checking get account as a Ubuntu at a local credit union with $5 minimum. I have a yearly sheet you month and put no of month dues paid for by member name and a C if cash.Used to just I/ off. If 3 months paid in March a 3 goes in M,A,M columns.
Sometimes a member thinks dues for different month. I make a copy of checks or cash plus name before depositing and file with monthly reports.I hold deposit for a week and enter check no or cash into Bivio payment notes. Can show how checks were applied at meeting with my books. With TDAMERITRADE I set up to transfer between accounts. Write about 5 checks a year now.
Cindy Gerke
On Mar 16, 2016 7:33 PM, "LINDA MACDOUGALL via bivio.com" <user*28884800001@bivio.com> wrote:
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> The bank is local and they can help us with any other financial matters. There is no fee involved as long as we keep $300. in the account. Like I said, this is what works for us and reconciling 2 accounts is no problem at all. For the most part we usually just have one deposit and write one check a month. It's good to know how others do it as it shows different options.
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> Linda
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> In a message dated 3/16/2016 2:00:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pegw@comcast.net writes:
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>> Why have a bank account to bother with when your broker can issue you checks and will accept checks from members made out to broker. Saves fees, two accounts to reconcile each month, delays depositing checks.
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>> Peg Wentwortth
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>> From: LINDA MACDOUGALL via bivio.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:12 PM
>> To: club_cafe@bivio.com
>> Subject: Re: [club_cafe] checkwriting
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>> This is what works for our club. We collect member payment checks at our monthly meeting. If someone knows they will be gone ahead of time, they get them to the treasurer ahead of time. If we have all the checks at the meeting they are deposited in the local bank our club does business with immediately. If someone does not make the meeting (because sometimes last minute stuff does happen) they have a week to get it to the treasurer and then the checks are deposited. A check is then mailed to our club's brokerage account. There is plenty of time for the money to be ready to invest for our next meeting. Of course, Bivio makes life of the treasurer much simpler. Just sayin'.
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>> Linda
>> Tacoma Oddlot Ladies
>> Tacoma, WA
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>> In a message dated 3/16/2016 9:28:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rowefam@hbci.com writes:
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>>> I do not accept anything but checks so that the member has a record of payment. I do not accept late checks ( later than 1 day after our monthly Thurs mtg. ). I do not care if individual members keep up with their payments, pay with a lump sum or pay at a following meeting if they missed a payment. I don't keep track----Bivio does. We have a club checking account where payments are kept until necessary to make a transfer to the brokerage account. We were going to switch to a system with individual direct payments to the brokerage account but after hearing about the "problems" with the penny system I'm not so sure.
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>>> Dave Rowekamp
>>> Roundtable Investment a Club
>>> Winona, MN
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>>> On Mar 16, 2016, at 10:07, Mike Jones via bivio.com <user*21595500001@bivio.com> wrote:
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>>>> I used to get checks at various times, especially when someone had to miss our monthly meeting, We changed our bylaws to require that checks be delivered to the Treasurer by or on the meeting date or incur a $10 late fee. After that I seldom received a late check since the fee was large enough to encourage promptness. The result was a few late fees that made the point and I could deliver the checks the first working day after our meeting..
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>>>> Mike Jones
>>>> Wall$treet Wannabees
>>>> Bloomington, MN
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>>>> From: Norma Wochna <jean.wochna@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: club_cafe@bivio.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:00 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [club_cafe] checkwriting
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>>>> Most of our members also use autopay from their bank which means that as treasurer you don't have to be responsible for handling the mailing and the payment. Another great perk for using the penny method and autopay. I used to get checks at different times and not wanting to hold until I received all of them I would have to send them in several batches.
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>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Mar 16, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Linda Wiltse <wiltse@optonline.net> wrote:
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>>>> Comforting to hear I am not the only treasurer dealing with members who forget the penny amount, or write it in on the amount line and not on the word line. With over 50 members it is a chore to peruse every check. Then you have people who can't be bothered putting in the pennies. The easiest thing is when people set up auto bill pay with their bank. The checks come every month and they have the correct amount. Our only problem is with the bill pay checks that come from Chase. Most times Fidelity scanners cannot read them so it takes a lot longer to make a deposit.
>>>> Linda
>>>> Pointe Players
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>>>> From: club_cafe@bivio.com [mailto:club_cafe@bivio.com] On Behalf Of Liz Schambach via bivio.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:40 AM
>>>> To: club_cafe@bivio.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [club_cafe] Folio Accounting
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>>>> Be cautious. Members sometimes forget to include their "assigned penny amount" or write it in one place on the check and not in the other. For example numerical amount shows $50.04 but word amount shows fifty & 00/100.
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>>>> Check each one before submitting them to broker. Liz
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>>>> On Friday, March 11, 2016 4:30 PM, Jean Wochna <jean.wochna@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>>> We have Schwab and they also don't include check copies so we assign a number to each member starting with 1 and each member adds that amount of pennies to her check. As treasurer that has made it easy for me to identify to whom the payment belongs. We do not reuse the number, but I suppose that in few years they could be reused.
>>>> Jean Wochna
>>>> Dollars and Sense
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>>>> On Friday, March 11, 2016 11:18 AM, Deborah Emerson <einvest20@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Our newly formed club has sent checks via their bill pay to Folio. How do we reconcile who sent what since your transaction history does not list the name of the person. One of the checks did not post to our account and Folio cannot tell us which one. Please help!
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