Re: 2009 Current Year Budget

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

Hi Stormy,

If I compare the spreadsheet with the sponsors listed on
http://foundation.gnome.org/  I see that not every sponsor pays a
contribution.

I can imagine that non-profit do not have to pay to become a
foundation member. Though I think a non profit like Mozilla has so
much revenue that you could ask for a contribution I think.

However Openedhand and Imendio are as far as I know a commercial
company. Don't they financially help the foundation in 2009?

Jaap


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 19:58, john palmieri <john j5 palmieri gmail com> wrote:
> Dear Foundation Members,
>
> Attached is the 2009 budget put together by Stormy.  Due to the economy our
> budget shows us eating into the surplus quite a bit.  While we will remain
> solvent for 2009, it is a burn rate we will not be able to sustain in 2010
> barring changes in funding level and/or reduction of ongoing expenditures.
> Those decisions will be made as the year progresses and we have a more
> complete picture of where we will be come December.  As I have said we are
> in good shape for this year but we need to look to the future in order to
> find ways to best serve our members.
>
> On behalf of the board,
> John (J5) Palmieri
>
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