Re: strawman regional buget scenario

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On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Matthew Miller
> <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Okay, so:
>>
>>          Last           Regional         Best Guess
>>         Official          FY17           at Actual
>>          Budget         Request         FY16 Spending⁵
>>
>> APAC     12650 (12.7%)   33025¹ (22.1%)     7600 (13.1%)
>> EMEA     27000 (27.0%)   33250  (22.2%)    15000 (26.0%)
>> LATAM    16500 (16.5%)   23180  (15.5%)    11000 (19.0%)
>> NA       43850 (43.9%)   60000² (40.1%)    24200 (41.9%)
>>
>> total   100000³         149455⁴            57800
>>
>>   1. Based on totaling the wiki page
>>   2. Wow
>>   3. Remember, this year's budget excluded FADs, which is not something
>>      we want to repeat; FADs were actually paid for from underspend
>>   4. Yeah, that'd be nice....
>>   5. This may not account for everything, but here's what we have from
>>      internal records.
>>
>> So, as a semi-arbitrary starting point, if we average the percentages
>> from each of the categories, that gives us:
>>
>> APAC:  17.3%
>> EMEA:  24.5%
>> LATAM: 16.5%
>> NA:    41.7%
>>
>> If we give EMEA a 5 percentage-point "credit" for having a nice
>> spreadsheet in early, that works out to:
>>
>> APAC:  15.6%
>> EMEA:  29.5%
>> LATAM: 14.9%
>> NA:    40.0%
>>
>> If we allocate the $73500 in total regional funding, that looks like
>> this (rounded slightly for prettiness):
>>
>>            Adjusted     Percent of   Percent of
>>              FY17       Asked for   Recorded FY16
>>           Allocation      Amount      Spending
>>
>> APAC:       $11500         34.8%        151.3%
>> EMEA:       $21650         65.1%        144.3%
>> LATAM:      $10950         47.2%         99.5%
>> NA:         $29400         49.0%        121.5%
>>
>>
>> Like I said, here's a starting point. What do you think?
>
> To be clear, the numbers above are contingent on the regions
> submitting an actual proposed budget with detailed plans for the
> funds, correct?  I know that is a departure from previous years, but
> given we want to start tracking our money more clearly, I would think
> having those budgets and plans in place before funds are allocated
> makes sense.
>
> In other words, the dollar amounts above aren't going to be given even
> if we all agree to them until all the regional budget information is
> in place.

Though I am with you in spirit here, in reality, we have been asking
for this information for nearly 2 months now on public lists, in
ambassador and FAMSCO and Council meetings, in IRC, Telegram, via
personal direct email. I am not sure how else to ask for this
information, or get at it.

Going forward, I think that we'll be able to get event reports and
metrics on an event-by-event basis for FY17, because we are going to
hold funds for reimbursement unless the requirements are fulfilled.

Going forward, I think that we'll be able to get quarterly reports on
spending and impact in FY17 because we have identified regional
delegates responsible for fulfilling the requirements of the process
(fingers crossed.)

Going forward, I think that we'll be able to get proposed budgets from
the regions for FY18 because we're going to support budget planning
workshops at Flock with (ideally) all the regional treasurers in the
same room.

Looking back, I think that getting proposed budgets for FY17 does not
change the actual "big number" we have to distribute in FY17, and at
this point should not block the process moving forward. Getting
proposed budget for FY18 is a top priority though, and we should
absolutely make Q4 allocations dependent upon submission of a proposed
budget at the end of Q3.

Looking Forward,
--RemyD.


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