The finance committee has been given authority to determine what to do as far as do we tap the reserves or make uniform proportionate cuts. We are looking at tapping the reserve as part of a possible solution.

I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances

Budget and Finance has broad authority with relation to financial matters.

We lifted it completely. We decided there were so many exemptions that had been carved out over the years that it was getting harder for a volunteer board to supervise and enforce. We're going to give it a try and see if it affects the campaign. If it conflicts with the campaign, we'll obviously revisit the issue.

The process started back in summer. We've talked about these things and carried them out. Number one was developing a Website where we could put all of our information out there and we've done that.

We have also cleaned up the issue of the conflict issue, not only with our staff but with board members, being involved with organization that might be a conflict.