[OSGeo Finance] Budget - how to reach closure for the board?

[Dave McIlhagga]

One more comment Frank -- I would round the budget amount for ED  
salary to a 5k number given the fluctuations of currency exchanges. It  
looks too "set-in-stone" at the moment, and the reality is the number  
is a bit fluid.

Dave

On 2-Dec-08, at 3:13 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Folks,
>
> The board will be meeting Dec 12th, and I think we need to recommend a
> 2009 budget to them at that meeting.
>
> I have reviewed the budget and added one additional supporting (10K)  
> and
> one additional associate (3K) sponsorship to bring the budget  
> essentially
> into balance.  This means, overall, we need to bring in $63K in new
> sponsorship in 2009 (an aggressive goal).
>
> Howard is talking with SAC about what SAC might want in addition, or  
> instead
> of, the proposed $2500 for a new beefy server.  I'm not sure what  
> will come of
> that, but it seems unlikely we will have a detailed proposal in the  
> next
> few days.
>
> Marketing has not presented any sort of budget proposal for how  
> their proposed
> $50K will be spent, though they are discussing it.
>
> Ultimately I think it is the Finance committees job to ensure that
> predictable expenses in the budget are realistic but that it is up to
> the board to set policy like balancing SAC vs. Marketing spending - or
> whether we will assume additional sponsorships.  So, I'm thinking we  
> ought
> to approve the budget as it stands now at:
>
>  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2009
>
> Before calling for a motion on this, I'd like to hear thoughts from  
> others
> on the Finance Committee.
>
> Best regards,
> -- 
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