On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 19:58 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for
> approving
> this budget.
I vote b.
I definitely agree with increasing the hackfest pool. I think this is a
great use of our resources. This years hackfest was exceptionally under
budget as only two of the attendees filed claims and they were pretty
small.
One thing I think is missing is a conference pool. There are a number
of conferences where we could/should send people:
* FOSDEM (Brussels, February 2018)
* SCALE 16x (Pasadena, March 2018)
* LGM (Seville Spain, April 2018)
* GUADEC (Almeria, Spain, Summer 2018)
Tav
> 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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