Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Budget for 2016

[Jon A. Cruz]

I vote [a]


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 Original message 
From: Bryce Harrington  
Date: 1/1/2016  18:17  (GMT-08:00) 
To: inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Budget for 2016 

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.

 [ ]  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:


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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Budget for 2016

[Krzysztof Kosiński]

2016-01-02 3:17 GMT+01:00 Bryce Harrington :
> 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.

In general, having a little more structure in the budget is a good
idea. However, I am not entirely sure about splitting the SVG WG
budget into a separate item. It is really important that we keep
participating in the WG, and that Tav can get the money to get to the
WG meetings with a minimum amount of fuss, so I just want to make sure
that we are not painting ourselves into a corner financially.

My proposal here is to allow funding SVG WG participation from the
Hackfests pool, which can actually be called Developer Events or
something like that. The end result of our participation in WG
meetings is very similar to the hackfests (they lead to new features),
so I think this is reasonable and most hackfest donors would approve
of such use of their 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.

Sounds good. What happens with this money when someone comes in and
just does stuff (Marc's case)? Do we vote as a board to reward them
with the allocated money, or does it go into the general fund?

>  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.
>
>  [ ]  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

Vote: b.
Revisions: merge SVG WG and Hackfest pools.

Best regards, Krzysztof

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[Inkscape-board] Proposal to for donation to SFC

[Tavmjong Bah]

Hi,

As you all know, SFC is launching a big fundraiser on Monday. As we
heavily rely on SFC I think we should consider making a donation to
show our support. They are currently 81 annual supporters short of
their minimum goal. Perhaps we could donate the equivalent of 5 annual
subscription (5 x $120 = $600)? Donations before the end of January
will be matched.

Tav




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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Budget for 2016

[Josh Andler]

On Jan 1, 2016 6:17 PM, "Bryce Harrington" 
wrote:
>  [ ]  a.  Yes, adopt budget as described in "Rev #1" (below)

This is me voting for a.

Cheers,
Josh
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