December 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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OSUOSL contribution
by Bryce Harrington 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Some years ago we made a $200 donation to OSUOSL in thanks for services provided[1]. I'd like to propose we make another $200 donation this year. Thoughts? Bryce 1: http://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/172490/

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Developer book campaign 2014
by Johan Engelen 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Hi all, I'd like to get the developer book campaign done before the holiday season this year. The proposal is in board-docs: proposals/developer_education_book_campaign_2014.txt Differences with last year are: - *sum* of ohloh.net 12-month rankings for Inkscape *and lib2geom* - extended book choice: Stackoverflow list of good C++ books We had a bit of a discussion on IRC about this. For simplicity, I think it'd be good if we keep this a developer education campaign, i.e. C++ books. And then have another something for the non-coders. We of course appreciate those efforts too, I just don't know how to "rank" them and what to give. Something fun was proposed: add randomization to it. So, we pick 10 out of the top 25 committers. The picking is done randomly, where your win-chance is proportional to your commit count (p = your #commits / total #commits) regards, Johan

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Weekly meeting today
by Tavmjong Bah 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Hi, We'll be having an IRC meeting today (Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, 20:00 UTC). The agenda and IRC channel info can be found at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Everybody is welcome to join the discussion. We'll continue the discussion of raising money for the Hackfest we'll be holding before the LGM meeting in Toronto as well as discussing other topics. You can read more about the Hackfest at: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015 Hope to see you there, Tav

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