Guides
Step-by-step practical guides: dues, cash, membership, boards and transparency.
The practical side of
running a community.
How to collect dues, run a general assembly, keep a resolution book. Sourced, dated, plainly written guides, legal summaries, templates and tools.
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How to achieve financial transparency in associations and communities
A step-by-step method — records, documents, visibility and periodic summaries — that lets members follow your community's money with confidence.
Preparing a general assembly and keeping a decision book
A practical method for running general assembly and decision book work in order — from agenda and attendance list to decision numbering and announcements.
TOPICS
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Guides and legal summaries are grouped under five topics.
Transparency
Building trust with records, documents and reports; accounting to members.
Organising
Setting up the community, sharing out work, working with volunteers.
Money and dues
Dues, donations, cash and bank, receipts, income and expenses.
Membership
Member records, applications, roles and protecting personal data.
Governance and boards
Boards, general assemblies, attendance lists and the resolution book.
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- Template
Dues tracking sheet (CSV)
A free dues tracking sheet with plan, period charge, payment, receipt number and balance per member; opens in Excel with accented characters intact.
- Template
Income and expense ledger (CSV)
A numbered income and expense ledger with document number, account (cash or bank), category, recorded-by and approved-by columns; free and opens in Excel.
Elele is live: what is in the first release
The first release covers membership, dues and receipts, double-entry accounts, boards and resolutions, aid and tasks, communication, reports and offline work.
TOOLS
Let a tool do the maths.
- Tool
Dues and shared cost calculator
Enter your yearly and monthly shared costs and work out dues per member or unit, by headcount or by share, with an instalment plan, in your browser.
- Tool
Transparency self-assessment checklist
Eighteen questions on records, documents, separate approval, regular reports, task tracking and personal data show your community's strong and weak areas.