Dear all,
based on
a) our first experience of 2009 and
b) our plans for 2010 (as existing so far)
I have made a budget plan for 2010.
Last year we had a budget - mainly based on the estimated cost of a
small Developers Meeting and the server cost - of 4000 CHF (~ 2800 EUR).
We got an extra 1000 CHF (~ 700 EUR) to produce the Wikipedia DVD for
LinuxTag.
As our team grew (which is great) and we see more opportunities to
present ourselves to fully reach our potential I have made a more
"professional" calculation.
The biggest difference compared to last year are the Developer Meetings.
I have requested quotations from conference venues and used these
figures for the budget and I calculated with 10 attendees, so these
costs are about four times higher than 2009, when we made everything on
our own including catering and had a room in a nearby company for free.
I also added more events to participate such as Wikimedia Conference,
LinuxTag (we were there 2009, but it was not in the budget) and Wikimania.
Please review the budget and make your comments. I need your approval of
it, so I can send it on to Wikimedia CH so we can hope to get the money.
If you have more ideas for sponsors (maybe the Wikimedia Foundation
wants to cover part of it) please speak up now.
A last comment:
This budget is quite high, but my aim was to make it a "top budget", so
we calculate all possible costs but will always spend less money than this.
Here you go:
http://openzim.org/Budget_2010
Regards,
Manuel
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Regards
Manuel Schneider
Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
www.wikimedia.ch