September 2012 - Inkscape Board of Directors

Inkscape Board - election results
by Josh Andler 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hey All, I'm happy to announce that Tavmjong Bah & Johan Engelen have been elected and have accepted their positions on the board. A few people had voted off-lists, however, it does not affect the results in the end (they actually had more votes including those). So, to Johan & Tav, congratulations and welcome aboard! :) Cheers, Josh

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New board members
by Josh Andler 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi Bradley, We held elections last week for the two open spots on the board. The results are in and "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...31...> & "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...47...> have been elected. I'm guessing that you or Tony are the ones to make it all official, so I'm initiating the discussion to make it happen. Cheers, Josh

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[aaron@...7...: Re: [Elections] Board interest check]
by Bryce Harrington 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Here is Aaron's email indicating his preference to be replaced. ----- Forwarded message from Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> ----- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:44:02 -0500 From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check On 9/12/2012 11:39 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process > of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. > > I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all > existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest > to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and > let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! I still believe that my place on the board would be better filled by someone with a more active role in the community. Aaron Spike ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check
by Josh Andler 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@...41...> wrote: > Can someone be sure to send us Nathan's and Aaron's official resignation > so we take them off the official Conservancy Inkscape Committee list? For NJH: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=18397080 For Aaron: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28829716 Nathan's is certainly more official, but a simple email to Aaron can confirm that it was indeed official as long as we had someone ready to replace him. Cheers, Josh

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[Elections] Board interest check
by Bryce Harrington 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! Bryce

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Inkscape Board/Committee Nominations
by Josh Andler 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hello Developers, I am recycling Aaron Spike's email from the last time we went through this. As many of you know, Inkscape is a member organization of the Software Freedom Conservancy ( http://sfconservancy.org/ ) and that we have a board. The board/committee consists of Josh Andler, Jon Cruz, Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, MenTaLguY and Aaron Spike. Bryce Harrington currently serves as the Representative (the official board representative on behalf of Inkscape to the SFC). Dr. Hurst had previously resigned his position on the board and Aaron has done so more recently. Therefore we must elect new committee members to fill the open spots. I will be collecting nominations through the weekend (ending Sunday, September 16th unless there is great desire for an extension to the nomination period). Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may make a nomination. Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may be nominated. Nominees are free to refuse nomination. Just as a heads up, if you use a pseudonym, you will have to sign the agreement with your legal name (not that this information gets released to the public). Note: The dates related to the AUTHORS file are to avoid anyone trying to get in at the last second, and they will always adjust with future nomination periods. Typically the board votes on things such as project fund expenditures (travel, conferences, marketing materials for events, etc), trademark related issues (a topic currently be worked on), other legal issues that arise, etc. Our hope is that by refreshing the board, that we'll be better suited to give better guidance on items and hopefully be more effective at supporting the Inkscape project and our community as a result. As specified in Section 6 or our charter we maintain a committee of seven project members. Section 6 reads as follows: "6. Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers, each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld." The election itself will take place from the 17th through the 23rd. The process will be voting for your top two choices (all votes carry equal weight) and the two names with the most votes will be elected. Thank you to everyone for your participation. Cheers, Josh P.S. I have uploaded a redacted copy of the full Charter at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21152971/InkscapeSponsorshipAgreement-redacted.pdf (modified only for privacy reasons). We will get something more official in place soon.

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