Financial requests by David W. Smith

There are two financial requests that I make of the Board.

1. The St. Louis Cardinals requested $1000 for the copying of

their scorebooks, prompting me to send out the fund-raising

letter in February. However, they needed their money

immediately, and I sent them my personal check for the $1000.

I am gratified to report that I received $1261 in donations,

$879 in checks made out to Retrosheet and $382 in checks made

out to me. I deposited the $879 in the Retrosheet checking

account and the $382 in my checking account as partial

reimbursement of the money I sent to the Cardinals. When the

Retrosheet checking account was established, there was a fee

of some $33 for the corporate checkbook, leaving a current

balance of around $845 in that account. Since that money was

generated in response to the need for the Cardinals, I request

that Retrosheet pay me $600 to complete the reimbursement of

my expense.

2. The rental for the conference room we are using tonight is

$100, which I guaranteed on my credit card. I realize that I

made this reservation without authorization from the Board (in

fact such authorization could not have occurred, since the

Board could not legally do business until the by-laws were

adopted), but I request that Retrosheet pay me the $100 cost

of the room rental.