The board has had difficulty coming to a decision about fundraising as it was thought necessary to have a commercial policy before many ideas could be tackled. A tremendous amount of energy has been put into developing a commercial policy but it has not yet been concluded.

The change in membership policy which requires users to renew their intention to continue to use Chebucto through a letter to the office has had the desired effect of increasing the number of users who become members of the society and also support Chebucto financially. This has significantly increased revenues.