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It has been an exciting year for NCSPP! Under the leadership of president Francisco Gonzalez, past president Scott Lines, and President-elect Beth Steinberg, along with the many other experienced and innovative voices of the NCSPP Board, the organization continues its pattern of growth and expansion in new directions. This year, that direction has been to assume a leadership role in the analytic community, fostering collaboration among the many psychoanalytic organizations in the Bay Area. IMPULSE, NCSPP's new online newsletter, is just one way in which the organization is targeting new members from a broader array of analytic practitioners. These changes bode well for the financial strength of NCSPP over the long term.
In reaction to an unexpected and disappointing lack of enrollment in the 2004-2005 San Francisco Intensive Study Group, the Board grappled this year with some difficult questions around the fiscal structure of our organization and course offerings. In addition, the Board rallied together to rein in expenses in reaction to this shortfall, recouping some of the lost earnings. Overall, the organization operated at a slight loss for the fiscal year 2004-2005 (a net loss of approximately $10,000). Revenues for the year totaled $198,503, reflecting roughly a 3% decline from the previous year. Despite this drop in revenue and a slight increase in expenditures, NCSPP remains in a strong fiscal position, with reserves of approximately $40,000. Of particular note is the increase in membership, providing over $8,000 more in membership dues than the projected figures for the year. In addition, the South Bay continues to flourish, and we are welcoming NCSPP expansion into Marin with the new “Sausalito Salon Series.”
In the past several months, the committee Chairs worked with me to put together a budget for the current fiscal year. Despite last year's challenges, the current budget reflects slightly more aggressive estimates of income as well as a slight increase i