December 2017 - Inkscape Board of Directors

Re: [Inkscape-board] spreadshirt merch
by C R 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Not really. I don't see anyone posting videos on using bzr and go to store passwords. All I really need is the username and password for our spreadshirt account. I don't need all the usernames and passwords for everything at this point. Can someone help we with that and we can do "all the things" later? On 27 Dec 2017 6:00 pm, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...23...> wrote: I'd recommend focusing on bzr and gpg, if you don't have time for both technologies, focus on gpg. It's way more useful for you to personally know these than for spreadshirt development. We can work on that more in the coming year if you have time. Do you have good tutorials? Best Regards, Martin Owens On Tue, 2017-12-26 at 20:02 +0000, C R wrote: > So after setting up a gpg key, and looking over bzr documentation to > try and get access to the password for spreadshirt, to then set up > shirts and other merchandise for Inkscape, i realise i don't have > enough time at the moment to learn bzr and do artwork for the store. > > Please let me know which activity I should do with my very limited > time. > > Thanks. > -C > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

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[REFERENDUM] Accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean
by Bryce Harrington 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Your vote is needed to accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean. 1. Accept DigitalOcean's offer of $500 credit on their virtual hosting system for use in provisioning various Inkscape web services. Add DigitalOcean as a Bronze level sponsor for 2018. Authorize Conservancy to initiate registration with DigitalOcean for Inkscape. - [ ] a. Yes, accept DigitalOcean's sponsorship - [ ] b. No Votes: ------ | Board Member | 1. | | -------------------- |:--:| | Bryce Harrington | | | Josh Andler | | | Tavmjong Bah | | | Ted Gould | | | Martin Owens | | | Marc Jeanmougin | | | Chris Rogers | | Resolved: --------- Background: ----------- In 2017, the Inkscape Board [solicited sponsorship offers][1] for web hosting. We [received an offer][2] from DigitalOcean that provides a credit for $500 in service on their virtual hosting platform. It doesn't match all the requirements we had called for, but it may be able to address near term service needs while we continue our search. Registration with DigitalOcean requires entry of financial information so will need to be performed by the Software Freedom Conservancy staff for us. This vote authorizes them to do so. [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/36074233/ [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01019.…

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[Fwd: Platinum Sponsor Request]
by Bryce Harrington 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Hello Mr. Visvakumar, The Inkscape board members were very pleased to hear of your interest, and look forward to partnership with you in achieving these goals. Thank you for your interest in platinum level sponsorship. There are several ways to process the $10,000US, listed at https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/donate/, including paypal, check/money order, or wire transfer. This donations is fully tax-deductable. We will follow up with more detailed proposals for technical and training support. Thanks, Bryce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear, I am G N Visvakumar, President of Madras Printers' and Lithographer's Association and also a part of The All India Federation of Master Printers which represents around 2,50,000 printers across India. Most of the designers and printers in India are using Coreldraw and Adobe Illustrator, Indesign softwares. Though India is a very big market the prices of the above products are very high and not affordable to the small printers of India. Moreover Adobe is now available in Cloud only and it is almost impossible for the small printers and designers. Recently Adobe and Coreldraw are harassing the designers and printers to buy licence for all the systems they use, whether they use them for designing or not. In this circumstances we are searching for softwares which is more or less equivalent or better in performance of Coreldraw and Adobe products. We are ready to support such programmes. Please send us a detailed mail what you require from us Financial Support, Technical Support Training Support etc. An early reply is highly appreciated. G.N. Visvakumar President, Madras Printer's and Lithographers' Association Chennai, India. Mobile : +91 81480 40818 / 94442 40818 Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

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Inkscape Board Meeting
by Bryce Harrington 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

Our monthly board meeting is scheduled for next Friday, Jan 5th, 10am Pacific time in #inkscape-devel. All members are welcome. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: + Madras Printer's and Lithographers' Association + Boston Hackfest (March) + Merchandise sales + Board election process review [tedg] + DigitalOcean Infrastructure hosting [bryce] + Preliminary preparations for 0.93 [tav] + Other Business Bryce

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[Fwd: Platinum Sponsor Request]
by Martin Owens 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

This seems like a very interesting sponsorship proposition. It fits with what we do and would be useful for them too. I'm not sure what extra services they may want in terms of training and etc. but we can probably work that out. Merry Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Inkscape-devel] Request for hosting sponsorship for the Inkscape Project
by Bryce Harrington 27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17

Hi Monifa, Thank you for your generous offer, and we're looking forward to initiating services with you in 2018. We're in process of working with our non-profit organization regarding the legal/financial arrangements; I will contact you once that work is complete and we have an account registered. We will look forward to including your badge on our site this coming year. Thanks again, Bryce On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 02:36:52PM -0400, DO Sponsorships wrote: > Hi Bryce, > > Thank you for reaching out and your interest in DigitalOcean hosting your > project. > > We’d be proud to support your endeavor by offering you $500 in DigitalOcean > hosting credit. Unfortunately, due to the number of requests we receive, we > cannot offer any more than that. If you would like to accept our offer, > please email us back with your DigitalOcean email login and we’ll credit > the account directly there. > > Should you have the opportunity to display who hosts your project, you can > find our logos/badges here: https://www.digitalocean.com/ > company/logos-and-badges/ > > Let us know if you have any questions/concerns, or if there is anything > else we can assist you with. > > Warm regards, > > Monifa Contaste > > > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 1:53 AM, Ryan Gorley <ryan@...148...> wrote: > > > Good DO Peeps, > > I've forwarded a call for a new hosting sponsor for the Inkscape > > <https://inkscape.org/en/> project. This is a well-established, > > broadly-used, open source project. A recent survey showed that a > > substantial portion of its users match the profile for potential DO > > customers: > > > > - 41% UI/UX Designers > > - 27% Web Developers > > - 27% Web Designers > > - 26% Software Engineers > > - 16% Scientists/Researchers > > > > I've been a long-time DO user and naturally thought of you when I saw this > > email. I've cc'd Bryce Harrington, who is one of the project founders and > > the originator of the request. It seems like there would be great synergy > > is such a sponsorship, and I hope you'll reach out to Bryce. Thanks for > > being so willing to use your influence to make the world more awesome. > > > > *Ryan Gorley* > > Managing Partner | Dijt > > <https://dijt.co> > > > > 1.801.999.1530 <(801)%20999-1530> ×101 | 1.801.898.7926 <(801)%20898-7926> > > 3336 S 300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84115 > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3336+S+300+E,+Salt+Lake+City,+UT+84115&entry=gma…> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> > > Date: Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:51 PM > > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Request for hosting sponsorship for the Inkscape > > Project > > To: inkscape-announce@...5..., inkscape-devel@...5... > > > > > > Inkscape is seeking to improve its online service hosting. To this end > > we're soliciting proposals for donation/sponsorship of hosting services > > for the project. > > > > The Inkscape Project is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization that > > develops and maintains the popular Inkscape vector drawing software, > > provided freely to millions of artists, designers, and other drawers of > > lines. Our website is at http://www.inkscape.org > > > > If you would be interested in sponsoring us through a donation of > > hosting service, we would be happy to add you to our sponsors page, with > > a mention & link on our main website's footer. Proposals can be sent to > > me as contact point. These will be presented to Inkscape's board, who > > will make the final determination in about a month's time. > > > > > > == Background == > > > > We currently have various services hosted at a number of different > > locations with widely varying administrative capacities. We would like > > to centralize the administration of these services, such as > > consolidating them onto one platform. We also want room and flexibility > > to easily install additional services as we grow. > > > > Services high on our priority list to migrate soon include mailing > > lists, Mattermost, and wiki. Bug tracking, web forum and gitlab are > > potential secondary priorities. Our Django-based main website may also > > be worth consolidating at some point in the future. > > > > For redundancy, we'd like to engage two distinct hosts, with one as a > > primary and the other backup/space, preferrably in geographically > > distinct areas (e.g. Europe and Canada). > > > > > > == Requirements == > > > > We think that a suitable machine would look something like this: > > > > Minimum Desired > > Required Ideal > > CPU: dual core quad core > > RAM: 4 gb 256 gb > > Storage: 500GB >1 TB (HW RAID-1) > > HDD SDD > > Bandwidth: 1 TB/mo 2 TB/mo > > OS: Any linux Ubuntu 16.04 > > > > We like the straightforwardness of physical (metal) hardware, but could > > consider virtual options if we can get similar levels of flexibility and > > expandability. > > > > > > * UPS power backup > > > > * 24h support at the datacenter > > - For hardware (metal) options, a technician would need to be > > available for handling hardware issues, to do OS > > installation/reinstallation, hook up KVM/IP if available, and to > > investigate faults that can't be diagnosed remotely. > > > > * Server would be under the administrative and technical management of > > the Inkscape admin team (about 6-8 people). We would have root access > > to the machine for doing system updates and to install/configure > > software and services. > > > > * We expect to be managing/maintaining our software ourselves. Items we > > anticipate migrating to this include (in rough order of priority): > > > > + Mailman3 > > + Mattermost > > + Wiki (mediawiki currently) > > + Forum (e.g. hosting for inkscapeforum.com) > > + Bug tracker (TBD) > > + Gitlab > > + Other project management tools > > + Website / Django > > > > * Inkscape does not handle anything particularly controversial. No > > copyright infringing materials, nothing political, nothing > > intentionally offensive. Our windows binary has been false-positived > > by virus software in the past, but we clear this up ourselves. > > > > * Currently our website hosting is sponsored and managed by OSUOSL. > > It's a root access virtual machine running postgresql, memcached, > > nginx and the django site itself. Memory usage is 450MiB per web host > > thread, currently 2 threads, plus 500MB for postgresql and 500MB for > > memcache. CDN is hosted by Fastly, currently serving 32TB per month > > for Inkscape (1:1.5 ratio US:EU, so more EU hits overall). There's > > enough dynamic content that we still see a decent load (1/2 TB/mo) on > > the server, notably around major releases (once every year or two); we > > are continuously tweaking optimizations. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > > We're hiring! <https://www.digitalocean.com/company/careers/> | > digitalocean.com | @digitalocean <https://twitter.com/digitalocean>

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spreadshirt merch
by C R 27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17

So after setting up a gpg key, and looking over bzr documentation to try and get access to the password for spreadshirt, to then set up shirts and other merchandise for Inkscape, i realise i don't have enough time at the moment to learn bzr and do artwork for the store. Please let me know which activity I should do with my very limited time. Thanks. -C

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liberapay
by Nathan Hurst 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Hi board, Due to the recent cash grab by patreon, I have moved all my funding to liberapay. Inkscape does not appear to have an account with liberapay, and furthermore, there is a 'fork' account which we might want to investigate. https://liberapay.com/search?q=inkscape -- Nathan Hurst njh@...19...

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean
by C R 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

A - Yes as long as there is no obligation to stay after the 500 is spent. It will likely give us an idea of how much we need to spend for hosting. Also, we may be able to convince them to give us another package for promoting their services. Digital ocean is very well known and supports all sorts of FLOSS projects, podcasts, etc. I think they deserve our support as well if we can set that up in the future. If not, well we can explore other options in the mean time. On 30 Nov 2017 05:17, "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...2...> wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:03:20PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote: > b. No > > There are questions I have about an on going committment. A one year > credit will doom us to pay Digital Ocean in the future, a $500 credit > /per year/ would be better. > > I'd rather no invest the sys-admin time into a platform that we don't > know what will happen in a year's time. Totally valid concerns there, although I think you've misunderstood - it's not a one year credit, it's a $500 credit we can stretch as far as we want. The entry level node is $5/mo, and even bumped up a few levels it could last for multiple years. I too would prefer a more open ended sponsorship with higher capacity hosting, but there's no guarantee of finding one. These nodes appear to be pretty standard Ubuntu 16.04 images with docker and other typical provisioning. If service installation is done orderly and kept well-documented, migration to another platform (if we can find one) could be expected to be fairly straightforward. I could imagine using this as our backup host, if we were lucky in securing a higher capacity host at some point in the future. Finally, yes, I get your concerns about not wanting to invest your sysadmin time on a platform that may end up being temporary, so will impose no expectations on you. To some degree I can probably handle it myself, but my plan would be to establish it as co-maintained by several volunteers in order to avoid bottlenecking. Bryce > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 17:32 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > Your vote is needed to accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean. > > > > 1. Accept DigitalOcean's offer of $500 credit on their virtual > > hosting > > system for use in provisioning various Inkscape web > > services. Add > > DigitalOcean as a Bronze level sponsor for 2018. Authorize > > Conservancy to initiate registration with DigitalOcean for > > Inkscape. > > > > - [ ] a. Yes, accept DigitalOcean's sponsorship > > - [ ] b. No > > > > Votes: > > ------ > > > > > > > > Board Member | 1. | > > > -------------------- |:--:| > > > Bryce Harrington | | > > > Josh Andler | | > > > Tavmjong Bah | | > > > Ted Gould | | > > > Martin Owens | | > > > Marc Jeanmougin | | > > > Chris Rogers | | > > > > Resolved: > > --------- > > > > Background: > > ----------- > > > > In 2017, the Inkscape Board [solicited sponsorship offers][1] for web > > hosting. We [received an offer][2] from DigitalOcean that provides > > a credit for $500 in service on their virtual hosting platform. It > > doesn't match all the requirements we had called for, but it may be > > able > > to address near term service needs while we continue our search. > > > > Registration with DigitalOcean requires entry of financial > > information > > so will need to be performed by the Software Freedom Conservancy > > staff > > for us. This vote authorizes them to do so. > > > > [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/36074233/ > > [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/inkscape-board@...149... > > t/msg01019.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

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