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 pool this FY.

 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.

 4.  Add a new funding pool for conference attendance, and allocate
     $1000 to the pool this FY.

 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
 + Conferences                   +$1000                $1000

 [ ]  a.  Adopt v1 budget (proposed items 1-3)
 [ ]  b.  Adopt v2 budget (proposed items 1-4)
 [ ]  c.  Revise budget with the following changes recommended:
          _____________________________________________________
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 [ ]  d.  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:

  Ted Gould:      a.
  Martin Owens:   a.
  C R:            a.
  Tavmjong Bah:   
  Mc:             
  Bryce:          
  Josh:           

Resolution:


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