document updated 14 years ago, on Oct 5, 2010
(did we really meet on the 28th? I don't remember the exact date)
It's still not clear what sort of concrete output(s) we should try to generate before the retreat,
but possibilities include:
- A semi-comprehensive list of things that we could possibly spend money on, as a way to stimulate
discussion.
- A first draft of a budget that can be published on the website.
- A budget that tries to analyze things just in terms of fixed vs. variable costs.
- What are FreeGeek's goals broadly, and what are their relative priorities? (ie. how should we
reinvest (growth) vs. spending for education goals vs. green/environment goals vs. subsidizing
hardware .... )
- Maybe it would be seen as a pointless exercise, but we could try to quantify how much we're
"spending" (in terms of reduced income) by setting our prices below market rate.
- Historical spending data (Dave is working on this)
- Lay the groundwork for the retreat, which will try to answer "what would our budget be if our
annual income was $10k? $100k? $1million/"
- Estimate when we are likely to run out of physical space at our current location, when we would
need to move (possibly different estimates for different rates of growth).
- The move will take some amount of preparation, both logistically and financially, and being
proactive rather than reactive would be good.