Workshop Overview
As part of the Budgeting Workshop you will get the chance to create a budget relevant to you, using your own data. This workshop is intended to be hands on, you will create a budget that you will be able to use as a starting point for your actual work situation.
Given the time restraints of the workshop it is suggested that you only do one or two programs in a department and the budget chosen should have between 24-40 items to calculate.
You will need to bring a laptop with you that has excel installed, and an external mouse is strongly recommended.
In order to work with your own budget, it is requested you bring the following data with you:
- 2 or 3 years of past departmental revenue and expenditures statements for the department/program you wish to create a budget for
- An understanding of what outcomes or services were provided in the past 2 or 3 years
- An understanding of what the outcomes or services to be provided in the year you are budgeting for
- An understanding of minimal accepted level of services and what is optimal
- An understanding of any major changes in operations that will occur in the budget year
Facilitator

Carol Reimer, AFOA BC
Vice President
Carol Reimer served as the Chief Financial Officer for Carrier Sekani Family Services for 23 years before retiring in 2023. She continues to be active with First Nation Communities providing Accounting services. She is Chartered Professional Accountant and has held a Certified Aboriginal Financial Management Certificate since 2003. She joined the board of AFOA BC in 2013 and currently hold the role of Vice President. She is also the BC representative to the board of AFOA Canada and sits on the education committee.
Carol believes in life-long learning and is proud to bring that passion to the boards at AFOA. Carol is an active person outside of work enjoying skiing, running with friends, hiking and biking in the mountains nearby and spending time with her family.