Hi all, Sorry for not voting on this topic yet. Took some time to collect my thoughts on it.
I agree with the budget; voting A. (I do hope we will vote positive for increasing the Hackfest budget by, say, $1000, if the fund raising turns out a bit low for the amount of people that want to join) - Johan On 10-2-2015 4:49, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 11:35:00PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> A majority vote of the current board members is required for approving >> this budget. >> >> >> Proposal: >> >> 1. Adoption of the Rev2 budget described below for use as guidance in >> financial voting for 2015. >> >> 2. Board chairman will document the budget on the Inkscape website, >> and follow up with subsequent votes on individual expenses as >> appropriate or as they come up. >> >> [ ] a. Yes, adopt budget as described in "Rev #2" (below) >> [ ] b. Revise budget with the following changes recommended: >> _____________________________________________________ >> _____________________________________________________ >> [ ] c. Do not establish a budget for 2015 > > Votes so far: > > Ted Gould a. > Josh Andler a. > Jon A. Cruz a. > Bryce Harrington a. > Johan Engelen > Tavmjong Bah > MentalGuy > > >> Background: >> >> We have $31,000 in savings presently. We typically get between $3,000 >> and $8,000 in yearly donations, with a trend averaging at $7,000 in the >> last few years. However, this year we are experimenting with allowing >> donors to earmark their donations to specific budget items >> (i.e. Hackfest). >> >> This is not intended to be a formal budget, but rather to serve as a >> planning aid and to inform decisionmaking. The board must still vote on >> each specific expense, and in particular they are not restricted from >> voting larger or smaller amounts than is budgeted here. >> >> Item Amount >> ------------- ------ >> SVG Working Group(*) $2,250 >> LGM 2015 2,500 [1] >> Hackfest 2015 2,500 (+ sponsorship) [2] >> SCALE(*) 250 >> Other events 500 [3] >> Funded Development 750 [4] >> Developer Education 500 [5] >> Grants (OSUOSL)($) 250 >> Contingency 500 >> ------ ------ >> Total $10,000 >> Reserve $21,000 >> Expected Income $ 5,000 [6] >> >> >> Notes >> ----- >> (*): Budget item already approved by board >> >> ($): Budget item already paid out >> >> [1]: With the hackfest co-located with LGM, we anticipate charging half >> of airfair costs against LGM, half against Hackfest. >> >> [2]: The plan for the hackfest is to pay for it 100% through >> sponsorship and earmarked fundraising. This budget item allocates >> $2,500 as contingency in case the hackfest fundraising does not >> raise its full amount. >> >> [3]: This budget item covers material costs (buttons, stickers, >> banners, etc.) as well as travel sponsorship, for events where >> Inkscape will have a presence (e.g. booth, presentation, >> development discussion, etc.) >> >> [4]: This is intended as seed money for three projects ($250 each), >> with earmarked fundraising used for further funding. >> >> [5]: This amount covers books, training courses, and other expenses >> that result in improvements to our community's skills, knowledge, >> and abilities for research, development, QA, producing, and >> marketing the Inkscape software. >> >> [6]: This budget item provides for donations to other non-profit >> organizations. >> >> [7]: This is just a guess for how much will be donated to Inkscape's >> General Fund. This assumes $2,000 less than 2014's ~$7,000 due to >> redirecting donors to the hackfest for the first few months of the >> year. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, >> sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your >> hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought >> leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a >> look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-board mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. 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