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Dear Colleagues,

The Hall of Health has just started selling memberships. How does the 
accountant at your museum handle income from memberships? The 
Children's Hospital Oakland (our parent organization) controller has 
suggested spreading each membership payment over 12 months, rather than 
having it show up on our financial statements as a single payment the 
month it is received. This seems cumbersome to me, and I fear that it 
will quickly get confusing. It will be helpful to know what other 
science museums do.

Thank you,
Lucy Day

Lucille L. Day, Ph.D.
Director

Hall of Health
Hands-on Health Museum
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
2065 Kittredge St., Suite F
Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 549-9381 - Phone
(510) 549-9682 - Fax
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