Re: Request for budget to update the event box contents

[Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzi gnome org>]

Hi Kat, 

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com> wrote:

On 8 February 2018 at 04:06, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzi gnome org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Ekaterina Gerasimova
> <kittykat3756 gmail com> wrote:
>> Laptop: up to £1800
>> Cables and other hardware: up to £100
>> Pens, markers, stationary and storage solutions: up to £100
>> Banner and other display materials: up to £200
>> 1 shipping of the box from UK to France with UPS or DHL for JDLL: up to
>> £150
>
[…]
> We have been given a budget of $5,000 USD for marketing purposes, so we'll
> need to request additional funds for this. […]

Any news from the board? Since the board doesn't send our their agenda
any more, I can't check if it will be discussed today.

The Board call is today and I've added the item to the agenda as well as have highlighted the fact that your deadline is having the box ready and shipped in time for the conference on March 24th. I would actually would like their decision ASAP too since it'd be great to have the US travel box ready in time for SCALE 16x on March 7th. 

I've sent them a request of our total budget needs, and will try to field any questions they have today. In case you're interested, here's a summary of the total amount we are requesting based on previous Engagement team calls about SWAG distribution centers and conferences:

Item	Description	Cost (USD)
Stickers	8 distribution centers	$3,906.00
Shipping costs for stickers for local outreach	Shipping can cost between $10 and $25	$500.00
Conferences	Supposing we have a budget of $500 for 10 conferences this year	$5,000.00
Travel box for Europe		$3,300.00
Travel boxes for US		$3,350.00
GNOME Socks for FOSDEM		$1,314.00
	MARKETING TOTAL	$17,370.00

It's possible that the budget will only be partially approved. In that case, I will do my best to request a partial approval for at least the travel boxes, and in particular, the European one, so that you can make your deadline. 

Best, 

Nuritzi

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Nuritzi Sanchez 

GNOME Foundation 

President, Board of Directors