I vote a. Tav
On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 01:12 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > A majority vote of the current board members is required for the > following matter. > > Proposal: > > Increase Inkscape's 2015 budget from $10,000 to $15,000, reducing > reserves by $5,000. Increase amount budgeted for LGM and Hackfest by an > additional $2,500 each. > > [ ] a. Yes, increase budget for LGM/Hackfest > [ ] b. No, keep budget as is > > Votes: > Bryce Harrington > Tavmjong Bah > Josh Andler > Jon Cruz > Ted Gould > Johan Engelen > MentalGuy > > Resolution: > > Background: > > In a prior vote, the board allocated $5000 from reserves to be spent on > sponsorship costs for LGM 2015 and the Inkscape hackfest; this would be > above and beyond whatever would be collected from donations. In that > vote Tav suggested a more appropriate amount would be a $10,000 total > allocation, a $5000 increase over the current budget. > > The Software Conservancy's ledger system indicates that currently (as of > midnight Feb 19th), the total donations collected and earmarked for the > hackfest is: $1447.00, less $144.7 to SFC and $61.50 for banking fees, > or $1240.80 total. > > The Hackfest planning committee estimated a total cost of $9-18k for the > hackfest sponsorships. In detail: > > * From Paris: airfare $900 + $200 hotel + $100 food = $1200 > * From Boston: airfare $300 + $200 hotel + $100 food = $600 > * From Zurich: airfare $900 + $200 hotel + $100 food = $1200 > * From Los Angeles: airfare $750 + $200 hotel + $100 food = $1150 > [Note the above estimates don't include LGM hotel costs] > > The Hackfest committee suggested reimbursement limits as: > > * Up to $2000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 3+ > years and > 200 commits (About 18 developers qualify, not all > currently active) > * Up to $1500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 2+ > years and > 100 commits (About 17 additional qualify) > * Up to $1000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 1+ > year and > 50 commits (About 24 additional qualify) > * Up to $500 each for any Inkscape contributor listed in AUTHORS file > with at least 10 commits by Jan 1, 2015 (About 50 additional qualify) > > For reference, Bryce's itenary actuals for Hackfest + LGM are: > > Hotel: Courtyard Downtown Marriott, 25APR-3MAY = $1275.81 US (incl. > tax&surcharge) > Airfare: 25APR UA1249+UA0843, 3MAY UA5165+UA1758 = $747.75 US > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
