June 2015 - Inkscape Board of Directors

[ACTION NEEDED] Your Signature for Inkscape FSA
by Bryce Harrington 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

If your name is among the following, your attention is required as signatory for Inkscape's new Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement (FSA): Tavmjong Bah, Bryce Harrington, Ted Gould, Jon Cruz, Josh Andler, Timothy Cole, Nathan Hurst, Aaron Spike. Steps: 0. Print it. [Hint: Set your printer to print double-sided to save postage] 1. Write your initials on each page with a pen where it says "Initials:" 2. On the signature page, with a pen, sign your full name on the signature on the line with your name below. Also fill in the date, using the date that you signed it. 3. Scan and/or photograph all pages of the signed contract. 4. Email that scan/photograph to us as an attachment. Include in the body of the email "I agree to this attached contract". If you happen to use GPG, please also GPG-sign the message. 5. Put the printed copy with the signatures in an envelope and send it to: Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. 137 Montague Street STE 380 Brooklyn, NY 11201-3548 USA 6. When we receive the printed copy, we'll sign it, scan it, and send you both electronic and paper copies. Background: We need both the original signatories as well as the current Inkscape board members, since the original FSA did not make adequate provision for passing authority forward to subsequent boards. This new FSA has been under work/review/debate for many months with the goal of addressing this and other problems. By unanimous (but unofficial) vote, the Inkscape board approves this version of the document and recommends it be signed and adopted. Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Tony Sebro <tony@...41...> ----- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:42:40 -0400 From: Tony Sebro <tony@...41...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> CC: "inkscape@...41..." <inkscape@...41...>, Karen Sandler <karen@...41...> Subject: updated execution-ready copy (was: Re: execution-ready copy of Inkscape FSA) On 06/16/2015 06:07 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > I've got an informal thumbs-up from everyone, so let's proceed with > an execution copy and signatures. Great! I've attached an execution-ready copy. One minor change: I deleted Johan's name from the defined list of signatories (his name had already been removed from the signature block): he wasn't one of the original signatories and he's not a current/future member of the Inkscape Committee, so his signature isn't strictly necessary. Once again, I've added Bradley's trusty step-by-step tutorial on how to sign the agreement below. Thanks! Best, -Tony ***** If you all are ok with the agreement, here's my step-by-step tutorial on how to get the agreement signed (I know hackers hate paperwork, so I try to make it as straightforward as possible): 0. Print it. 1. Write your initials on each page with a pen where it says "Initials:" 2. On the signature page, with a pen, sign your full name on the signature on the line with your name below. Also fill in the date, using the date that you signed it. 3. Scan and/or photograph all pages of the signed contract. 4. Email that scan/photograph to us as an attachment. Include in the body of the email "I agree to this attached contract". If you happen to use GPG, please also GPG-sign the message. 5. Put the printed copy with the signatures in an envelope and send it to: Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. 137 Montague Street STE 380 Brooklyn, NY 11201-3548 USA 6. When we receive the printed copy, we'll sign it, scan it, and send you both electronic and paper copies. -- Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy +1-212-461-3245 x11 tony@...41... www.sfconservancy.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVgDXgAAoJELVK3KckMFSEkyoIAJHTWwDCZMq/ShboU1DAwJlI aOCLq9dN/jt1m/RYDJ58LbBvO0CqaqCRoe/G+MfCNIdOHcPYo8G7JbMs3upiWj8C ul74lpF2+88N4t+YPWQHz88S+nmT3CZrNHv3m43tgfQQfnztdbqJhJ/DH3h33CHg RcN7oMAooZkFwdj4CpqQBjelsARIRGL0Va3FreZauZE3bFYHIobHvC8mES17RpNc AgMYqp4Lxaq5FQ49GRg/CR9+QbGZ0QmEvQldzXxhfZkFEKqvbn6BxbA52+842N1R XmSkjf4ErUsGcVcp1uy8ahf4MXO5nTBBdtraoadKfkBaCndXwAZ+qk2Zw7QQFaQ= =D0lh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----- End forwarded message -----

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[accounting@...41...: Re: [Resolved] SVG Working Group Meeting - Linkoping]
by Bryce Harrington 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Tav? ----- Forwarded message from "Bradley M. Kuhn" <accounting@...41...> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:40:02 -0700 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <accounting@...41...> To: inkscape@...41... Subject: Re: [Resolved] SVG Working Group Meeting - Linkoping Just FYI: > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:22:35AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> I (Tav) would like funding to attend the Linkoping SVG working group >> meeting, to be held June 9-12, 2015. Bryce Harrington wrote on 19 May: > Resolution: > > The board will subsidize travel for Tav to go to the Linkoping SVG WG > meeting for a total of up to $900. Conservancy has not received this reimbursement request. -- Bradley M. Kuhn President & Distinguished Technologist of Software Freedom Conservancy |------> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper since we can't afford to hire one. Pls donate so we can increase staff: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ ----- End forwarded message -----

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Latest rev of the FSA
by Bryce Harrington 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Attached is the latest revision of the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement from Tony, with our requested changes. I suggested two changes, so this isn't the final version, but it's very close. Specifically, 8d will be a consensus vote rather than majority vote; and paragraph 6.4 is redundant with 6.6 and should be dropped. If you didn't review the FSA I posted earlier, now's the time to do so. If you have questions or changes to request, or have any reservations about signing it, please voice them ASAP. Otherwise, we'll get the execution copy out for signatures this week. Bryce

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Board elections progress
by Johan Engelen 14 Jun '15

14 Jun '15

Hi all, I see there is a lot of stuff going on at the moment, is that the reason for the delay in running the elections for new board members? Hoping to see elections soon, Johan

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Board elections progress
by Johan Engelen 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi all, I see there is a lot of stuff going on at the moment, is that the reason for the delay in running the elections for new board members? Hoping to see elections soon, Johan

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[REFERENDUM] Donation to SFC
by Bryce Harrington 07 Jun '15

07 Jun '15

[Reposting] A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following proposal relating to retroactive payment to SFC. Proposal: 1. In light of the services provided by the Software Freedom Consortium to date, given on voluntary basis, should we provide a retroactive donation to the SFC? [ ] Yes, donate to SFC in thanks for their past support. [ ] No. We should pay only the required 10% fee going forward from date of signature of the new FSA. 2. Assuming we should donate to the SFC, how much should we donate to SFC? [ ] a. 10% of gross income since we have been a member (9 years). [ ] b. 10% of gross income since initiation of FSA #2 discussions (2012). [ ] c. A flat amount of $400 per year that we have been a member (2009). This amounts to $3600. [ ] d. A flat amount of $400 per year since FSA #2 (2012). This amounts to $1200. [ ] e. Some other amount: _________________________________________________________ Background: Tav writes, "I agree with Josh and Ted that a donation to the SFC is appropriate for their past work on our behalf. Can we agree on the amount? I would propose $400 for each year we have been a member. We have been a member for 9 years so that would be $3600. This assumes that the 10% kicks in on the date the new FSA is approved. " We were asked by Bradley to provide 10% of our revenue to SFC in 2012: (b) As I've discussed with a number of you, including Jon, Josh and Tavmjong, Inkscape has received fiscal sponsorship services from Conservancy at no charge since 2006. Back when Conservancy was founded, I was an SFLC employee and SFLC was subsidizing my time -- effectively donating staff time to Conservancy. This ceased in early 2008, and I served as a volunteer for Conservancy on nights/weekends until 2011, when I became a full-time employee -- which was the only way to keep it going with the services it promises (the other option would have been to shut down Conservancy). Since then, to maintain legal services as part of the service plan once SFLC shrunk further, we hired Tony as well. We get a lot done with a staff of two, but obviously we need financial resources to be able to provide these services. Conservancy's Board of Directors voted about a year ago that all member projects should be required to give 10% of their earmarked revenue to support Conservancy to continue to provide services. This is a standard way for a fiscal sponsor to operate, and we were lucky before that we weren't required to do this, and I'd been waiting to bother Inkscape with this since you are one of our older members. (We haven't taken a new member for anything other than 10% in a few years, BTW). I hope a 10% arrangement as we use with other projects now will be acceptable to you, and I and Tony are happy to discuss further this issue. In December 2012, we voted generally favorable to paying the 10% fee going forward from 2012. There were questions regarding pass-thru of Google SOC payments and so on, but generally favored the basic idea: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/inkscape-board/?viewmonth=201212 For comparison, Software in the Public Interest (SPI), an organization analogous to the SFC, provides similar services and takes 5% of net (after credit card, etc. fees): http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/

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