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You can avoid writing checks to reimburse members who have paid cub expenses by reimbursing them with club units instead.  The procedure is very simple.  (Thanks to Rob Nagler of bivio.com for this idea.)

1. Enter the club expense as usual, using the Suspense account.
2. Enter a member deposit in the same amount as the expense, also using the Suspense account.
3. Use the comment field of the transactions to document their purpose.

The two transactions will offset each other in the Suspense account, leaving the account balance unchanged.  You will have recorded the expense and also credited the member with club units of the same value as the expense.  Although not really necessary, the member could reduce their next regular investment by the same dollar amount.

The same procedure works in all club accounting software. Here's an example of how it's done in the "CAO" software.

Here's an example of entering the Member Deposit.