October 2017 - Inkscape Board of Directors

[REFERENDUM] Budget for 2017
by Bryce Harrington 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

A majority vote of the current board members is required for approving this budget. Proposal: 1. Allocate budget for FY2017 (03/2017 - 03/2018) following the 2015 and 2016 budgets, including allocations to funding pools for an OSUOSL grant, hackfest sponsorships, and development funding as before. 2. Add a new funding pool for marketing activities by the Vectors Team, and allocate $100 to the bucket for FY2017. 3. Add a new funding pool for Google Summer of Code student travel. This will be used as pass-thru to students in support of their travel costs to Inkscape+GSoC related events, as per Google policies. Funding Pool Balance Income Allocation Expenses Total Pool ------------ ------- ------ ---------- -------- ---------- + Hackfests $11,946 $263 +$5000 -$1487 $15,722 + SVG WG $1635 $375 +$0 -$0 $2010 + GSoC Travel $0 + Vectors +$100 $100 + Projects $2250 +$2250 $4500 [ ] a. Yes, adopt budget as described above [ ] b. Revise budget with the following changes recommended: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ [ ] c. Do not establish a budget for 2017 Background: At the end of FY2016 our total assets had risen approximately $5k to $41,645. So far, FY2017 is seeing a larger increase due to increased sponsorships. Still, our expenses so far this year have been modest, and there is no pressing need for a budget much different from last year's. Our last hackfest was managed efficiently and came in well under budget, however we will again allocate $5,000 from the general fund to hackfest expenses so that we grow the hackfest funding pool so that it might support multiple hackfests in a given year, or allow for larger hackfests. The new Vectors team is seeking to increase Inkscape awareness on a range of fronts. Marketing collateral (stickers, bookmarks, flyers, etc.) may assist their work, so this year a funding pool is established and seeded with a modest amount. For now the board will continue to review and approve expenditures as normal. Google provides funding for travel expenses of students. We may need to work out how to utilize these funds, but for now the budget establishes a pool in case we need to track the monies within the Inkscape project's own finances. Votes: Resolution:

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Inkscape Board Meeting
by Bryce Harrington 05 Oct '17

05 Oct '17

Our monthly board meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, Oct 6, 10am Pacific time in #inkscape-devel. All members are welcome. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: + Welcome new Board Members + Officer positions? + Board election debrief + Infrastructure backup/alternate hosting + Sponsor acceptance policy + Preliminary preparations for 0.93 + 2017 Budget + Merchandise sales + Funded development + Other Business Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Inkscape-devel] Election Inkscape Board: Results
by Martin Owens 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Congratulations Mc and CR! Sorry to anyone who wasn't aware of the election, or thought we were still running the test election. I tried to make sure we sent out a bunch of emails as well as patching the software as we went to improve the visual state of the election. But feedback is much encouraged! Hopefully we will be able to hold another election using our new software, especially since all the old elections have been ported over and you can see our history there. On a funny note, have you noticed how length of shortened nickname now corresponds to seniority in the board? Mc and CR are new, so they get two letters, while tav, ted and doc are all regulars with three. Josh and bryce the next two levels up respectively. ;-) Best Regards, Martin Owens Election Official 2017 On Mon, 2017-10-02 at 16:14 +0000, webmaster@...66... wrote: > Dear Inkscape Developer, > > The election for Inkscape Board is now concluded. > > -- RESULTS -- > * Chris Rogers (Elected) > * Marc Jeanmougin (Elected) > > > ---- > Full Results: http://www.inkscape.org/en/*board/elections/board-elect > ions-2017/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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