October 2014 - Inkscape Board of Directors

Pre-approving projects for funding
by Bryce Harrington 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

One of the capabilities the new funded development policy[0] gives us is the ability to specify some projects as immediately fundable, without needing to wait the proscribed 6 months. I would like to propose we select a few projects to pre-approve, in order to prime the pump, and to serve for testing out the process. When we started this whole effort, KK suggested a number of good projects. These perhaps need a bit more elaboration but give something to select from. Would you guys please look through this list for 2-3 projects you think would make good initial fundable projects? Nominate ones that are well-contained and straightforward - things that would make appropriate GSoC projects for example. Please feel free to expound on the project definitions. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Projects I'll collect everyone's nominations into a list, and we'll vote on them. Projects that get >50% vote will be made pre-approved. Bryce 0: See "Section 6: Process Exceptions" http://inkscape.org/en/contribute/funded-devel/

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Regular meetings
by Johan Engelen 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi all, (just got back from a very nice long weekend at the GSoC summit in San Jose :)) We had a nice discussion with Brad and Karen over lunch at the GSoC summit. What came up is having regular board meetings. I think this would be great for us and make things a bit more structured / easier to follow. How about we schedule a meeting (for board only) once every month, e.g. every first Monday of the month? What do you think? cheers, Johan

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Document Foundation (OpenOffice)
by Tavmjong Bah 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Hi, I am thinking it might be good to look at other projects for ideas on how they handle various issues in raising money. Here are some links for OpenOffice: Good discussions: http://planet.documentfoundation.org/ (Why can planet.inkscape.org be like this?) Donation page: http://donate.libreoffice.org/ Supporters page: https://www.documentfoundation.org/supporters/ Tav

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Website CoC
by Martin Owens 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Dear Board, Maren Hachmann is adding commenting functionality into the website. We have an empty link to a code of conduct page which we'd like to have, which describes the kind of behavior expected of community participants. Untimely we want to be able to deal with flagged comments without causing fuss. Having set rules and processes would be good. If there is an existing CoC, we should copy it onto the website. Please let me know either way. Best regards, Martin Owens

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Hacking Sessions
by Tavmjong Bah 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Hi, I propose we have two hacking sessions: The first would be at RedHat in January as proposed by Máirín Duffy. This session would focus on GTK problems and the user-interface. I think the opportunity to have RedHat GTK+ experts help us is too good of an offer to pass up. A specific goal would be to improve the Mac OSX port which is suffering from GTK related canvas redraw issues. I envision this hacking session be small so it would be easy to organize. It would be open to only those who have already dealt with GTK, Mac OSX, interface issues, or have deep knowledge of the Inkscape code base. Candidates to invite include: su_v, LiamW, Johan, JazzyNico, Alex Valenis, and Jon Cruz. We can ask Martin to coordinate event. This can be viewed as a "warm-up" session where we can gain some experience in organizing this type of event. The second hacking session would be at LGM in April. This would be a larger session, open to all Inkscape developers and covering more issues. What do you all think? Tav

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Inkscape Website T&C
by Martin Owens 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Dear Karen, Sorry if you're not the right person for this question. Please forward tot he right person at the Conservancy. I'm Martin, the webmaster for inkscape.org, we're currently offering the ability to upload files into galleries (10MB quota) and soon will email users alerts if they are involved with translations or when a new release appears etc. These website services should probably mean the website needs a terms and conditions, which would inform users of the limits capacity and service remit we're going for. Something like: "this website and it's services are provided "as is", and you should not expect the services to continue to work or serve any particular need. Your files should never be assumed to be safe here and you should back everything up. Plus we'll email you announcements and other alerts if you want, see your profile settings for details." We could do with some help putting together the right language in the right way to make it clear to users. Thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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