For the record, I vote b. with an allocation of $10,000 for the hackfest and LGM combined.
Tav On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 23:52 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 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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