[OSGeo Finance] 2010 Budget

[Dave McIlhagga]

Hi Frank,

A couple of questions:

1. I believe the 20k Travel / Entertainment budget has not generally been fully used in previous years - is that correct? It might be sensible to adjust this to a lower number to better reflect reality of use, unless the board expects this amount to be used annually going forward.

2. Are the sponsorship estimates in the revenues section based on renewal of existing sponsors only or is it inclusive of new sponsorships? Being cautious / conservative is important -- but if realistically it is expected that some new sponsorship will come on line during 2010 -- this should be reflected in the budget, with the actual budget amounts being monitored and adjusted as needed through the year.

Otherwise - everything looks reasonable to me.

Dave



On 2010-04-08, at 9:34 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I have been very neglegent in failing to work on a 2010 budget for several
> months.  I have prepared a first draft, and would like some feedback on it.
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2010
> 
> Notes:
> 
> * I have based on the ED salary and benefits on 2009 but using an assumption
>  of dollar parity which might be best considered optimistic.  I have not
>  looked into whether there have been any changes in payroll costs for
>  benefits.
> 
> * I based the input from sponsors based on the amounts I saw in the 2009
>  income and expense report.  It may be missing new sponsors already
>  secured in 2010. Tyler, can you comment?
> 
> * I have assumed that Autodesk is dropping down to a Principal ($20K)
>  sponsorship.  Is this still the plan?
> 
> * I budgeted $5000 for marketing though I have no specific guidance from
>  them on what they want/need.   I am assuming we are being cautious.
> 
> * I have assumed that project sponsorship activity from projects other
>  than GDAL are still negligible financially.
> 
> Overall we are seeing a $55K deficit which we would presumably aim to
> fill with new sponsorships.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
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