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2.5.3.4 - A4 -
Solely responsible?
Twenty-one out of 30 were solely responsible, which tends to
authenticate the responses to A3 - treasurers generally are not recor-
ding low hours per week because they do only part of the job.
2.5.3.5 - A5 -
Number of bank accounts
This produced a very wide spread - only one parish managed with
only one, and one needed eleven.
2.5.3.6 - A6 -
Accounts easily understood?
The great majority (29 out of 31) treasurers felt they were
adequately understood by parishioners, although one or two intimated
that they had themselves already simplified them.
2.5.3.7 - B4 -
Deanery Adviser
The unfavourable response to the implied offer of a deanery
adviser - only 2 out of 28 accepting the idea - was particularly
notable. The diocesan presumption of need would seem to be not jus-
tified, but nonetheless a problem does seem to exist. One respondent
actually stated, "Many parishes could no doubt do with outside help -
but it would probably be resented if it was offered". A second was
honest enough to say, "I hesitate on this one, for one can always
learn something from others" and a third probably epitomised most
feeling by saying, "Not particularly now, but it would have been
initially".
2.5.3.8 - C1 -
In favour of potential income?
and C2 Is it fair?
The questions on potential income yielded a predictable majority
in favour of the present system, although there was a measurable mino-
rity who either disliked it (8 out of 30), or thought it not fair (5
out of 29). Comparing the two questions, the Diocesan Secretary noted
that "three people aren't in favour even though they think the thing's
