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On Sun, 2017-10-22 at 22:20 -0700, 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 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: > _____________________________________________________ > _____________________________________________________ > [ ] 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: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
