[OSGeo Finance] 2010 Budget

[Frank Warmerdam]

Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> 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.

Dave,

I see this was 16K spent last year against a budgetted 20K. I have trimmed
the budget to 18K.

> 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.

My expectation is that once other stuff is settled I would basically add
enough sponsorship to balance the budget and that would be our new sponsorship
objective for the year.

Best regards,
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