Thanks all, that's very helpful. Can anyone recommend a/the go-to book that outlines (for a novice) those really basic '100 years ago, this is what we did' controls?
@Adrien that's interesting and makes sense of the standard term in association rules: 'the Committee must account to the association for the use of its funds'. On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 02:16, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > While Rich, Dave & Michael have given you great responses, I'll offer my > own condensed version: > > 'Accounting' is not about 'counting' (the math), but rather about > control - "Who controls access to what, and how they are held > 'accountable' for that privilege." > > Study methods of literal 'cash' control, and then consider methods and > means to apply those principles to any non-cash (physical) accounting > you require. You'll find that those basic principles apply nearly > universally. 'Control' (in some cases synonymous with 'access') and > managing it, is key. The application (use case, not computer app) isn't > relevant to the basic question, but is relevant to the details and > complexity of the implementation. > > For example, proper cash handling/accounting and access/control > procedures can catch someone stealing a physical $100 bill, not just the > fact they pilfered $100 total. (I've caught such a case, because those > procedures were in place.) No software can do this for you. This is > entirely dependent on procedure and procedure discipline. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 12/28/20 6:01 PM, Edward Bainton wrote: > > Can anyone give a view on whether Gnucash is suitable for a very small > > credit union? > > > > How would easily can fraud be detected? > > > > If not easily, could it be paired with, say, some kind of blockchain > backup > > system so as to make fraud detectable? > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
