[IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

[Samson Goddy]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:

> Hello all! Hola a todos!
>
> 2016 Fiscal year is soon coming to its end (March 1st 2016 until February
> 28th 2017).
>
> Subject to final reports from Adam, we must consider and project our
> expenses of the 2017 fiscal year. I would like to help in a first draft.
>
>
> From the systems, marketing and funding threads, it has become clear Sugar
> Labs Project basically requires:
>
>
> *[1] To sponsor any motivated, active individuals in need to continue
> doing the best they can to support our mission.*
>
> - For this end I'm leading the initiative of Open Badges (12 Badges in
> total, 6 with a US$ 500 monthly stipend) totaling US$36,000.
> - Also for this end, Walter is leading the Outreachy internship initiative
> with a budget of US$ 5,500.
>
> *[2] To make sure our servers are safe and our systems are distributed.*
>
> - For this end systems have required to budget and acquire a UPS for our
> servers at MIT. On January Samuel quoted 3 options budget range of US$200 -
> US$1.000.
> - Please can anyone confirm if we require to maintain and budget for
> additional infrastructure?
>
> *[3] To maintain domains and trademarks*.
>
> - As far as I understand only sugarlabs.org and sugarlabs.net will need
> to be renewed this year at a estimated cost of less than US$100.
> - Last year we spent $700 on trademark registration, I'm not sure if this
> is a yearly fee, please can anyone confirm? I will assume it is.
>
>
>
> *This give us a preliminary Total of Estimated Expenses for 2017 of
> US$43,300  *
>
>
> This is what I'm aware of, as the community still needs to define its
> Marketing objectives and strategies and therefore it may be too soon to
> estimate a Budget on that.
>
> Please share any other initiatives or commitments that will require funds
> for the 2017 fiscal year so we can get to work on a first draft!
>

I think this is a scope of the marketing plan
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.sugarlabs.org%2Fgo%2FMarketing_Team&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGkc6V1mmcwBEQwG1ZcLKTXiESIdg>
i
tend to look for another idea, but i guess i will have to wait for Sameer
to complete the second version of the video to make the goals and vision
clear so that the marketing team can build up from there.

>
>
> Regards and blessings,
>
> <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance>
>
> --
> Laura V.
> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>
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>
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