At the MRRC meeting during the Dayton Hamvention in May 2016, the club budget for its 2016 fiscal year was presented to the membership and approved by unanamous vote.
2016 Planned Expenditures
| Budget Item Description and Detail | Payment Due | Amount |
| Web Hosting for MRRC, Michigan QSO Party and Ohio QSO Party web sites
All sites hosted under a single account with qth.com (e.g., no additional expense for multiple sites) |
December | $120 |
| Web site domain name renewals for MadRiverRadioClub.org, MiQP.org, and OhQP.org | May | $40 |
| Expenses for the Dayton Hamvention “Suite in the Sun”
(Club hospitality and member sales area in the Dayton Hamvention flea market) |
June | $150 |
| Commitment of Support for the Contesters SuperSuite at the Crowne Plaza Hotel during the Dayton Hamvention
(This is a max value which is reduced by the amount of beverage sales – in recent years our responsibility has been zero) |
June | $100 |
| Monetary support to the Ohio QSO Party for operating expenses and awards | June | $150 |
| Monetary support to the Michigan QSO Party for operating expenses and awards | June | $150 |
| Total: | $710 |
To Meet This Budget:
We need 36 members paying $20 each to meet this budget.
20 members pre-paid their 2016 dues totaling $284, (some at the old $12 rate, some at the new $20 rate)
17 members paid dues at the Dayton meeting,
so we only need 5 more members to pay dues to meet this budget