The past few weeks have been very
busy for the finance part of the Committee. It was agreed at the AGM on 30 May
2018 that the subscriptions should all be increased by £5 for each category of
membership. Also, it was decided that the subscriptions which are paid by
Standing Order would be paid into the Milngavie Branch of the Clydesdale Bank. This
has caused some confusion as a number of members are not aware that a standing
order is a repeating payment set up by the member to pay to the Friends and
therefore the onus is on the member to contact their Bank to change the amount
and also the Bank to which the Standing Order should be paid. In this way it is
totally different from a Direct Debit which is under the control of the
organisation to which any money would be paid.
Most of the Grants which have
been settled this year were grants which had been approved in previous years.
A Grant of £10,000 to help towards the
purchase of X-ray equipment for the Conservation Department was approved in
principle on 7 August but has not been requested by the end of this financial
year. We have, however settled a number of grants granted in previous year as follows:
£15,000 for the First World War
Exhibition “Brushes with War” was paid on 23 July 2018.
A Grant
of £9,000 towards the Inner City Exhibition at GoMA was settled on 18 February
2019.
The Children’s Art Competition
received £2,090 to help with the purchase and engraving of the medals and £200
was awarded for cheques of £50 for 4 worthy winners.
£30,000 was granted towards the
Jessie M King Archives paid in two separate amounts of £15,000.
We are, as always very grateful,
for our members’ continued support in order that we may continue to assist
Glasgow Museums.
Morag C. Robertson
Finance Convenor
