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What are your Center's most reliable programs in terms of stable income sources, in terms of "all cost" accounting (staff and facilities costs allocated).

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How do you balance the need to produce revenue (to cover staff, facility, etc. costs) with a desire to be equitable and accessible to your community?

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jennam@eaglebluffmn.org

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Erinn Kronebusch, Outdoor School Manager

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Erinn Kronebusch, Outdoor School Manager

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erinnk@eaglebluffmn.org

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https://g.co/kgs/unH5zJi

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2025 - ANCA Connects Budget Game Spreadsheet

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colleenf@eaglebluffmn.org

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How did your budget turn out and why?

How similar or different does this feel from your budgeting experience?

What trade-offs did you have to make, and how did you justify them?

How did you prioritize programs vs. administrative needs or fundraising?

How did you feel while making difficult budget decisions?

How did unexpected changes (e.g., funding cuts, new opportunities) affect your decisions?

What part of the game felt most engaging or useful for your learning?

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14:00:43 From Alex Drost - EFTA to Everyone:
	Hello 🙂 Environment for the Americas in Boulder, CO
	
14:00:48 From Environment for the Americas, Christina Costabile, She/Her to Everyone:
	Hello All, Christina Costabile here with Environment for the Americas.
	
14:00:55 From Rachel Bevins to Everyone:
	Rachel from Lime Hollow Nature Center, Cortland NY
	
14:00:55 From Julie Uram (she/her) Nature At The Confluence to Everyone:
	Hi folks! Julie, ED at Nature At The Confluence in South Beloit, Illinois
	
14:01:08 From Erinn Kronebusch (she/her) & Jenna Moon (she/her) to Everyone:
	Love that the whole Hungerford Nature Center is here, lol!
	
14:01:15 From Emma Blackford to Everyone:
	Emma Blackford from Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh, NC
	
14:01:18 From Frankie Beard, she/her to Everyone:
	Hello! I’m Frankie, the education director at Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, CO!
	
14:01:20 From ALL of the Hungerford Nature Center to Everyone:
	From BEAUTIFUL Berlin, Connecticut!
	
14:01:22 From Asa Duffee (he/him) — ANCA to Everyone:
	Hi everyone, I’m Asa Duffee, ANCA Director of Marketing & Communications, tuning in from Springfield, Ohio 🙂
	
14:01:27 From chriscohen to Everyone:
	Chris Cohen, Youth & Graduate Program Director, Walking Mountains, Colorado.
	
14:01:32 From Kelsey Mazur to Everyone:
	Hi, all! I’m Kelsey from Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio 🙂
	
14:01:54 From Andrea Wallace Noble to Everyone:
	Andrea Wallace Noble from Severson Dells Nature Center in Rockford, IL
	
14:02:17 From Voyageurs Conservancy to Everyone:
	Hello! I'm the Education Specialist at Voyageurs Conservancy in Minnesota
	
14:02:51 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Everyone:
	Hi, its Tami from Hungerford Nature Center, Connecticut
	
14:03:06 From Asa Duffee (he/him) — ANCA to Everyone:
	Thank you, I was frozen!
	
14:04:15 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Everyone:
	Check out the Padlet here. All the resources have been added!
	
14:06:09 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Dan Auer - ANCA (direct message):
	I have to step away for a few minutes, I'll be back in 5-10 minutes
	
14:06:35 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Dr. Tami Christopher (direct message):
	Thanks for the update, Tami
	
14:08:18 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Everyone:
	Spreadsheet
	
14:09:36 From Erinn Kronebusch (she/her) & Jenna Moon (she/her) to Everyone:
	https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ddf-7UrsZpsMiIIRZol47mM3s2TMja070NGZJe60SXE/edit?gid=1046726690#gid=1046726690
	
14:14:09 From Jonathan Block - Teaneck Creek Conservancy to Everyone:
	Should it be below 50,000 in total?
	
14:17:57 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Everyone:
	google random number generator
	
14:22:02 From Jonathan Block - Teaneck Creek Conservancy to Everyone:
	Should these be projects we come up with or ones that were already there?
	
14:22:58 From Environment for the Americas, Christina Costabile, She/Her to Everyone:
	Should the 20,000 under capital and special projects be negative then?
	
14:23:29 From Jonathan Block - Teaneck Creek Conservancy to Everyone:
	And put $20K under grants?
	
14:25:49 From Anthony Vicente (Lime Hollow) to Everyone:
	on a d100?
	
14:25:57 From Anthony Vicente (Lime Hollow) to Everyone:
	okay! phew
	
14:29:36 From Kelsey Mazur (she/her) to Everyone:
	Can you explain why this is in the “fixed” column and not repairs, etc.?
	
14:38:24 From Julie Uram (she/her) Nature At The Confluence to Everyone:
	this is so real though
	
14:41:18 From Jonathan Block - Teaneck Creek Conservancy to Everyone:
	So are we both completing the first two steps and then step 3?
	
14:46:35 From Julie Uram (she/her) Nature At The Confluence to Everyone:
	Is there a reason two camps is more than double the revenue of one?
	
14:48:16 From Julie Uram (she/her) Nature At The Confluence to Everyone:
	Nevermind!
	
14:54:14 From ALL of the Hungerford Nature Center to Everyone:
	6!
	
14:57:45 From Emma Blackford to Everyone:
	I think I'm bringing in homemade brownies 🤣
	
14:59:37 From Erinn Kronebusch (she/her) & Jenna Moon (she/her) to Everyone:
	How did your budget turn out and why?
	How similar or different does this feel from your budgeting experience?
	What trade-offs did you have to make, and how did you justify them?
	How did you prioritize programs vs. administrative needs or fundraising?
	How did you feel while making difficult budget decisions?
	How did unexpected changes (e.g., funding cuts, new opportunities) affect your decisions?
	What part of the game felt most engaging or useful for your learning?
	
14:59:54 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Everyone:
	https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/anca-connects-the-budget-game-e22uyt2jq42iwkv5
	
14:59:59 From kendall peacock, TSS to Everyone:
	Sadly, I have to leave a little early. Thanks Eagle Bluff team!!
	
15:01:24 From ALL of the Hungerford Nature Center to Everyone:
	debriefing with our boss on a conference call
	
15:01:37 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Dan Auer - ANCA (direct message):
	we are on a call
	
15:01:52 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Dan Auer - ANCA (direct message):
	with each other
	
15:02:28 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Dr. Tami Christopher (direct message):
	Okay!
	
15:15:41 From Andrea Wallace Noble to Everyone:
	We would modify the template to a day-visit model without staff housing, but a lot of the same principles apply!
	
15:17:55 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Everyone:
	what are you all thinking for inflation next year?
	
15:20:55 From Anthony Vicente (Lime Hollow) to Everyone:
	I gotta go, but thank you for this! it was fun
	
15:21:18 From Jenn Kirts (she/her) - Chippewa Nature Center to Everyone:
	Thank you, I've got to step out.
	
15:21:34 From chriscohen to Everyone:
	Thank you! I have to go as well.
	
15:22:12 From Dan Auer - ANCA to Everyone:
	ANCA CONNECTS
	
	ANCA Annual Summit
	
	Discussion Forums
	
15:25:49 From Hunter @ Swaner Preserve She/Her to Everyone:
	Thank you!! Sorry I was in and out - had to watch the desk for a bit.
	
15:26:06 From Dr. Tami Christopher to Everyone:
	Thank you very much!
	
15:26:14 From Environment for the Americas, Christina Costabile, She/Her to Everyone:
	Thank you!!
	
15:26:22 From Jonathan Block - Teaneck Creek Conservancy to Everyone:
	Thanks so much this was super helpful!
	
15:26:23 From Breanna Trygg to Everyone:
	Thanks Erinn and Jenna! What a great resource.
	
15:26:28 From Andrea Wallace Noble to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
15:26:32 From Kelsey Mazur (she/her) to Everyone:
	Thank you so much!
	
15:26:34 From Sarah Jacoby Murphy (she/her), RMSC Cumming Nature Center to Everyone:
	this is a great tool! thank you!
	
15:26:54 From Julie Uram (she/her) Nature At The Confluence to Everyone:
	Thank you very much!
	
15:26:55 From Moss Kupper (they/she) Voyageurs Conservancy to Everyone:
	Thanks y'all!
	
15:26:57 From Asa Duffee (he/him) — ANCA to Everyone:
	Thanks all!
	
15:26:57 From Erinn Kronebusch (she/her) & Jenna Moon (she/her) to Everyone:
	Our contact info is in the padlet- reach out with questions!
	