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:

 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



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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