On Fri, 2016-01-01 at 18:17 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > A majority vote of the current board members is required for approving > this budget. > > > Proposal: > > 1. Adoption of the Rev1 budget in the attached spreadsheet for use as > guidance in 2016 finances. > > 2. Align the 2016 budget to the Software Freedom Conservancy's fiscal > year, which runs 3/1/2016 to 2/28/2017. We will stretch the 2015 > budget to cover expenses through 2/29/2016. > > 3. Formalize the division of Inkscape's funds into distinct "pools", > each carrying balances year to year, and registered in Paypal to > allow donors to directly target the pool they wish to fund, as we > did in 2015 for hackfest:2015 donations. We will still have a > General Fund for general expenses and untargeted donations. > > 4. Generalize last year's Hackfest:2015 pool to cover future > Hackfests. The money in this pool will be used exclusively for > Hackfest sponsorship and related organizational costs. Assume an > increase of 150% in the budgeted amounts over last year, to make > provision for increased attendance. Since the hackfest-targeted > fundraising has proven successful, no additional money is being > allocated from the General Fund; we'll rely on the balance from > last year and ongoing fundraising to cover these expenses. > > 5. Establish a new SVG Working Group funding pool. Seed this pool > with $2250 from the General Fund, usable retroactively (i.e. the > pool can be used to cover the Feb 3-6 meeting in Sydney, > Australia.) > > 6. Allocate $250 each to the three existing funded project proposals, > and to three new funded projects (to be determined in a subsequent > board vote). Each funded project will have its own pool, in order > to track per-project donations. > > 7. Other budgeted expenses follow the 2015 budget. An OSUOSL grant, > Developer Education (details tbd), and sponsorship for LGM and > SCALE are budgeted with the same amounts as 2015. The Contingency > line item from 2015 is eliminated since we didn't have a use for > it, and its $500 is lumped into Other Events. > > 8. 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. > > [X] a. Yes, adopt budget as described in "Rev #1" (below) > [ ] b. Revise budget with the following changes recommended: > _____________________________________________________ > _____________________________________________________ > [ ] c. Do not establish a budget for 2016 > > > Background: > > At the end of 2015 we have a balance of $38,000, with $11,613.10 of that > allocated to the Hackfest "pool", and $750 allocated to three funded > project efforts. > > As detailed above, the 2016 budget is an evolution from 2015. The most > notable change is the formalization of funding pools. This structural > change to the budget is partly to facilitate the funded project system > currently under development, but also helps establish the philosophy of > empowering our donors in helping guide Inkscape's future through their > contribution choices. > > The attached spreadsheet shows two tables. First is a listing of > expenses including allocations of money from the General Fund to other > pools (with expense amounts indicated in blue), and estimates for the > expenses. The second table summarizes the expenses, expected donation > income, and allocations between pools (with income amounts indicated in > blue). Numbers in italic indicate the amounts are just guesses, and > will be revised when actual amounts become known. > > The budget is more complex this year, I hope the spreadsheet helps make > it comprehensible and apologize if it doesn't. (Advice for helping make > it clearer would be appreciated.) > > > Votes: > > Resolution: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
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