Do Discount Programs violate the one account per unit rule
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:37 am
It has been mentioned on the forum that there
is official instruction that each unit is to have
one bank account and no other accounts.
This has been used to discourage the use of an
account at a Scout Shop being setup with a balance
and that account used to pay for badges, for example.
My question is, do Discount Programs, violate this
instruction.
For example, my local office supply has a program
in which when signed up, a set percentage of every
purchase is redeemed to you as a gift card once a
quarter. Does this constitute an account, and violates
the policy ?
How about, buy 10 pizzas get one free cards that are
punched each time a pizza is purchased. Is that an
account ?
It seems to me that we should be taking advantage of
deal programs to help conserve church funds.
is official instruction that each unit is to have
one bank account and no other accounts.
This has been used to discourage the use of an
account at a Scout Shop being setup with a balance
and that account used to pay for badges, for example.
My question is, do Discount Programs, violate this
instruction.
For example, my local office supply has a program
in which when signed up, a set percentage of every
purchase is redeemed to you as a gift card once a
quarter. Does this constitute an account, and violates
the policy ?
How about, buy 10 pizzas get one free cards that are
punched each time a pizza is purchased. Is that an
account ?
It seems to me that we should be taking advantage of
deal programs to help conserve church funds.