Inkscape Board of Directors
August 2014
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[REFERENDUM] Tav attendance at Santa Clara SVG Working Group Meeting
by Bryce Harrington
Board members, your vote is needed on this matter:
Proposal:
[ ] a. Approve funding of up to $900 for Tav to attend the Santa Clara
SVG WG meeting as outlined below.
[ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.
Background:
I (Tav) would like funding to attend the Santa Clara SVG working group
meeting, held as part of the annual W3C "TPAC" meeting October 27-31
just after the GSoC mentor's meeting. I am already schedule to attend
the GSoC mentor's meeting with Inkscape funding (see GSoC
resolution). This request is for the additional cost of staying for
the SVG WG meeting. (Santa Clara is next to San Jose, where the GSoC
meeting is taking place.
This is a critical time for SVG 2. The new features I am responsible
for include mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. The
move to "CSS based" text layout which brings in auto-flowed text (with
a natural SVG 1.1 fallback) requires a lot of work which is easiest to
do face-to-face. Critical decisions are made at these meetings
(i.e. dropping SVG fonts). It is important to have Inkscape interests
represented. Progress on SVG 2 can be followed at:
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/
Approximate cost for Santa Clara
6 nights lodging/meals $900
The W3C organizers have waived the conference fee for me.
Note: The SVG WG is meeting the last two days of TPAC. I will either
attend the CSS WG meeting the first two day or I will visit a friend
during that time. In the latter case, I will use only half the
requested amount.
Tavmjong Bah
8 years, 10 months
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