On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 02:46:33PM +0100, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > Having money sitting in our account is not very useful. We have no real > need for a contingency fund. We have no assets that might break suddenly > and need replacing. I'm not advocating we spend it all in one year but I > do think we can be a bit more aggressive in using what we have.
My my, the money's really burning a hole in your pocket Tav! Seriously though, $10k is burning a full third of our savings, that seems plenty aggressive to me. Also note that we're directing people to donate directly to hackfest, so "the kitty" as you call it is not going to get refilled from donations this year. Bryce > Tav > > > On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 02:47 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > For the past four years our annual donation income has been steady at > > about $7,000. We have $31,000 saved from past years. I'd like to > > propose we budget $10,000 for expenses in FY2015. > > > > For the $10,000 I'd further like to propose the following breakdown for > > categorization: > > > > Item Budget > > ------------- ------ > > SVG Working Group $2,500 > > LGM 2015 2,500 > > Hackfest 2015 2,500 > > SCALE 250 > > Other events 500 > > Funded Development 750 > > Developer Education 1,000 > > ------ ------ > > Total $10,000 > > > > > > The one caveat being that targeted fundraising can increase the > > available amounts. For instance since $409 are raised specifically for > > the Hackfest, the actual amount spent could be $2,909. > > > > Before we vote on this, any questions or thoughts to consider? > > > > Bryce > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
