all that sounds good, I think having financial reports on the list is a great idea...
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:47 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think since we are running ads on the website, and have other > sources of revenue now, it would be good to have clear and transparent > accountability and reporting about Wesnoth's finances and what we are > using money for. > > I have drawn up a simple financial report, showing our sources of > income, and our expenses. All amounts are in United States Dollars: > > INCOME > > Gifts: 1099.66 > Website Ads: August: 200.58 > September: 167.58 > Summer of Code: 2500.00 (pending) > > TOTAL: 3967.82 > > PROJECTIONS (Through end of 2008): > > Ads: October: 221.78 > November: 220.00 > December: 220.00 > > TOTAL (including PROJECTIONS): 4629.60 > > EXPENSES > > Server/hosting: August: 214.95 > September: 169.95 > October: 169.95 > > Development laptop (David): 1004.07 > > TOTAL: 1558.92 > > PROJECTIONS (Through end of 2008): > > Server/hosting: November: 169.95 > December: 169.95 > > TOTAL (including PROJECTIONS): 1898.82 > > > EXPECTED BALANCE AT END OF 2008: 4629.60 - 1898.82 = 2730.78 > > > Notes: > > - We are expecting to make between $200 and $220 per month from > website ads on an ongoing basis. > - We hope to participate in Google Summer of Code next year, and would > thus earn more mentor's fees. > - I think it is clear that we no longer need to ask our users to > donate money to the project, and can discontinue requesting donations. > - We will continue to pay $169.95 per month in server fees on an > ongoing basis. > - Income will generally be taxable at the end of the year. We are not > registered as a charity, and I have to declare income on my tax > return. Most expenses should be deductible from this. I will consult > with a tax professional for more details. > - We've paid for or subsidized hardware for various developers at > times. My main development laptop died a while ago, and it's been > difficult to develop since. I ordered a new laptop specifically for > developing Wesnoth with. Developers may ask for subsidies on hardware > they intend to use primarily for developing Wesnoth with. > - We may look at optimizing our use of ads to earn more revenue from them. > - If we can save sufficient money, we may one day consider organizing > a Wesnoth Conference, inviting a range of developers and subsidizing > expenses. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev > _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
