User:Amqui/Draft/SAPG17/Budget

2017 Budget

Assets

• Balance from 2016-and Jan to April 2017
• Grant for the Atikamekw project
• Grant for Wiki Loves Earth

Income

• Forecasted Membership fees
• Forecasted Donations
• Office space at BAnQ (incl, office, security guard, etc. all expressed in $$)

Expenses

Goal 1: Develop and disseminate free knowledge

• Organize and facilitate contribution workshops ($$ for snacks during editations, to buy laptops+projects, swag, rollups, transportation, meetup.com registration)
• Develop the new Wikipetia Atikamekw Nehiromowin ($$ for transportation, hotels)
• Conduct photographic events ($$ to rend material, prizes, transportation)

Goal 2: Promote the use of free information resources

• Promote the Wikimedia movement and free information resources ($$ transportation, hotels, web hosting)
• Develop pedagogic content about Wikimedia projects ($$ to rent/buy recording equipment, transportation)

Goal 3: Encourage the development of communities across Canada

• Promote the creation of regional and local groups of Wikimedia Canada ($$ for snacks for meetups, transportation, swag, rollups)
• Engage and support the communities (microgrants program, scholarships)

Goal 4: Achieve and sustain a high level of corporate maturity

• Obtain Charity Status (fees to apply?, $$ for audits, bookkeeping, etc., postage)
• Provide a meeting space for the Canadian movement (furniture, office supplies, printer, phone line, workstation, posters, rollups)

Corporate expenses

• Accounting fees
• Bank fees
• Contingency funds

Staffing

• Legal fees to have a professional write the contract, etc.?
• Salary
• Other employment costs (EI, etc.)
• Travel