On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 07:49:20PM -0800, 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
>
Final votes
Ted Gould a.
Josh Andler a.
Jon A. Cruz a.
Bryce Harrington a.
Johan Engelen a.
Tavmjong Bah
MentalGuy
Resolution:
Budget is adopted.
> > 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.
> >
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