Dues Increase Approved

At the Nov. AMC meeting, the AMC approved increasing the annual dues to $63 (up from the current $59/yr). It seems to me like it would make more sense to rejigger the scheduling process of determining dues and approving next year's budget so that the budget is set first (figuring out what priorities are to be funded to what extent, what can be expanded and what to be scaled back on or cut entirely). Once the spending priorities are set, determine what dues should be based on that.