Sounds great. Thanks for working on this Bryce!

A.

Ted


On 10/18/2017 09:58 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for approving
> this budget.
>
>
> Proposal:
>
>  1.  Allocate budget for FY2017 (03/2017 - 03/2018) following the 2015
>      and 2016 budgets, including allocations to funding pools for an
>      OSUOSL grant, hackfest sponsorships, and development funding as
>      before.
>
>  2.  Add a new funding pool for marketing activities by the Vectors
>      Team, and allocate $100 to the bucket for FY2017.
>
>  3.  Add a new funding pool for Google Summer of Code student travel.
>      This will be used as pass-thru to students in support of their
>      travel costs to Inkscape+GSoC related events, as per Google
>      policies.
>
>  Funding Pool   Balance  Income  Allocation  Expenses  Total Pool
>  ------------   -------  ------  ----------  --------  ----------
>  + Hackfests    $11,946  $263    +$5000      -$1487    $15,722
>  + SVG WG       $1635    $375    +$0         -$0       $2010
>  + GSoC Travel                                         $0
>  + Vectors                       +$100                 $100
>  + Projects     $2250            +$2250                $4500
>
>  [ ]  a.  Yes, adopt budget as described above
>  [ ]  b.  Revise budget with the following changes recommended:
>           _____________________________________________________
>           _____________________________________________________
>  [ ]  c.  Do not establish a budget for 2017
>
>
> Background:
>
> At the end of FY2016 our total assets had risen approximately $5k to
> $41,645.  So far, FY2017 is seeing a larger increase due to increased
> sponsorships.  Still, our expenses so far this year have been modest,
> and there is no pressing need for a budget much different from last
> year's.
>
> Our last hackfest was managed efficiently and came in well under budget,
> however we will again allocate $5,000 from the general fund to hackfest
> expenses so that we grow the hackfest funding pool so that it might
> support multiple hackfests in a given year, or allow for larger
> hackfests.
>
> The new Vectors team is seeking to increase Inkscape awareness on a
> range of fronts.  Marketing collateral (stickers, bookmarks, flyers,
> etc.) may assist their work, so this year a funding pool is established
> and seeded with a modest amount.  For now the board will continue to
> review and approve expenditures as normal.
>
> Google provides funding for travel expenses of students.  We may need to
> work out how to utilize these funds, but for now the budget establishes
> a pool in case we need to track the monies within the Inkscape project's
> own finances.
>
> Votes:
>
>
> Resolution:
>
>
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