Re: [gentoo-nfp] Todo list?

[Michael Cummings]

On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:

> I'd still like to see some form of budgets for both PR/Events and Infra,
> to allow them to have operating expenses available without needing to
> submit a funding request.  These would, of course, need limits placed on
> them, and proper accounting would be needed at the end of the year.
> Something like... "You had a $x budget, and spent $y.  What did you
> spend it on?" kind of thing.  This allows for fast purchases (new power
> supply, anyone?) without going through the red tape required to get
> funds.  It also gives the PR group the ability to have money to spend on
> promoting Gentoo.  I'd love to be able to build some kind of "Press Kit"
> with nice, full-color documentation about Gentoo as well as our latest
> release media and other goodies to send out to both our partners and the
> press.  It definitely wouldn't hurt to have money for trade shows, too,
> but that might be a bit harder to come by, depending on the income we
> end up getting.
>
I don't suppose there's any historical record to base something on?
Like, 2 years ago we spent $x on hardware and $y on PR, last year you
spent $x+10 and $y+3 (i suck at this algebra stuff) - ie, something to
use as a cushion allowance to say we'll allocate Z% for each of these,
which doesn't mean they can't ask for more if they need it, but that
that much is at least guaranteed available? (s'ok to say i'm naive, i'm
new at doing this at the nfp level, too used to just asking for the
money at work)
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