[IAEP] Sugar Labs Budget.

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 23:28, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> Last week, I set the rather abstract goal of raising $100,000US for
> Sugar Labs.  $100,000 seems like a reasonable number for a project in
> its second year.  Last year, Sugar Labs proved that it could get a
> surprisingly large amount of development accomplished with very little
> money.
>
> As for direct spending, I believe that Sugar Labs should focus it's
> resources entirely on community and ecosystem development.  A strong
> community and ecosystem means more Sugar related job!
>
> The primary method for us to strengthen the community is through
> travel stipends to enable contributors to meet face to face.
>
> The primary method for us to build the ecosystem is to send
> ambassadors, such as Walter, to meet with potential partners.  So far
> Walter has been covering his much of his own travel expenses:(
>
> The second method for building both the community and ecosystem is
> getting out the word through marketing.
>
> As a starting point I suggest that we spend approximately 70% on
> travel and 30% on marketing.

Sounds good to me to spend this way instead of paying developers
because the developers that are now investing their time without being
paid (or at least me) is because they believe there's a big market
potential on Sugar.

We are pushing the wheel now in the hope it will spin by itself soon,
and I expect that efforts in marketing and outreach will help reach
that point sooner.

Regards,

Tomeu