On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 01:12:03AM -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 a.
Tavmjong Bah a.
Josh Andler a.
Jon Cruz a.
Ted Gould a.
Johan Engelen a.
MentalGuy
Resolution:
The board has agreed to increase the budget by $5000 from reserves,
using it to provide sponsorship to LGM and the Inkscape hackfest, as
described.
> 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
>
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