I vote for approving this budget. I'll note to others who may be skeptical that a budget is just for guidance on how we expect to spend money. It is entirely possible (perhaps even likely) that things will change and we'll have to adapt, this isn't setting everything in stone, just documenting intention.
Ted
On Sun, 2015-02-08 at 23:35 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for approving this budget.
Proposal:
Adoption of the Rev2 budget described below for use as guidance in financial voting for 2015.
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
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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