March 2017 - Inkscape Board of Directors

Inkscape Board Meeting
by Bryce Harrington 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

== Board Meeting == We'll hold another board meeting this Friday, March 3rd at noon Pacific in #inkscape-devel. All members of the community are welcome to participate. http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: + Sponsorship Levels + Hackfests: Portland, Paris + Merchandise sales + Inkscape gitlab + Other

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[Referendum] Conservancy Stickers
by Martin Owens 09 Apr '17

09 Apr '17

Your vote is needed to ask the conservancy to produce a set of stickers to be used for events using their existing process and contacts. Two Votes: 1. Give the Conservancy $100 to produce a set of four stickers based on our 0.92 about screen winner and runner-ups. [ ] a. Yes, allow the conservancy to help up make bulk stickers. [ ] b. Offer a different amount of money: _____________ ______________________________________________ [ ] c. Do stickers some other way: ____________________________________________ _______________ [ ] d. Do not make any stickers for events 2. Distribute the stickers to key Inkscape contributors in batches, to be used for any local events and to also be further redistributed in cases where contributor can't go to the event. [ ] a. Yes, distribute the stickers to atop list of contributors for events and redistribution. [ ] b. Send the stickers to one person who is responsible for sending them at event times. [ ] c. Leave them with the Conservancy and ask for them as the right times. (two does not apply if one is mostly d.) Votes: 1. 2. Bryce Harrington Josh Andler Tavmjong Bah Jon A. Cruz Ted Gould Krzysztof Kosiński Martin Owens Resolved: Background: The conservancy has a strong track record of producing stickers specifically for themselves and a few other projects. By providing the artwork and funding, they could produce this low-entry event item more easily for our fans at events and provide valuable brand recognition for Inkscape over time. Martin Owens will coordinate designs and sending things with the SFC. Thanks everyone, Martin,

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Website Feedback
by Martin Owens 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

Dear Sonya Gibbons of the UOIT, This is Martin Owens, board member for the inkscape. I can answer your questions and I have forwarded this message for record to the inkscape board mailing list. The Inkscape software is a "Free Software" licensed program which gives to you and everyone these fundamental freedoms: 1. To use the software for any reason, absolutely, without restriction for any reason. 2. The freedom to study and modify the software to change it to do what you want. 3. The freedom to distribute copies of the program to anyone for any reason. Including for profit. 4. The freedom to distribute your changes of the program to anyone. More details can be found here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw. en.html The Inkscape project is specifically licensed under the GPLv2 which has some requirements. These are that you can not change the license, you MUST share your changes back to the community, so if you make a modified inkscape, you must provide the source code. See full details of the license here: https://inkscape.org/en/about/license/ See more below... > UOIT has transitioned several of our Faculties to a bring your own > device environment (BYOD) while other Faculties will be continuing in > our institutionally owned laptop program for 2017-18. With a mixed > environment, we would like to make software available in labs to > facilitate students who may not have a capable laptop or who are > taking electives in a program where software that is not eligible for > deployment to a student owned computer is required. > > Could you please provide feedback for the questions below? In each > scenario, we are referring to UOIT’s existing software license. > > 1. We would like to make your software available on lab > machines that are in locations (such as our Library) which, while not > our intent, could potentially be accessed by students from Durham > College. UOIT and Durham College are separate entities that are both > located on the same site. We do not have a feasible way of > restricting access to UOIT students only since some of the data used > for authentication is similar between UOIT and Durham College > students. Does UOIT’s existing license permit us to install your > software in this type of scenario where we cannot restrict access to > UOIT students only? Please note that the general public are not able > to access the software. You mention the UOIT's license, but the only license that applies to Inkscape software is the GPLv2 as mentioned above. Can you confirm that the license you have been given for Inkscape is the GPL and let us know if there has been any re-licensing of the software. > 2. Under UOIT’s existing license, do we need to restrict > access to the software to students and faculty members in specific > programs, Departments or Faculties? No. Inkscape can be used by anyone. The only restrictions are the ones that you wish to place as owners and operators of the computer labs. > 3. Is there a requirement to prevent the general public from > accessing your software on our lab machines? As noted above, we do > restrict access from the general public and plan to continue > restricting access. No. Inkscape can be used by and distributed freely to any member of the public. We encourage you to give copies of the software to students and the public. > 4. UOIT has two locations which are both located in Oshawa > Ontario, Canada. Does UOIT’s existing software license permit > deployment of your software to labs in both locations? Is there a > limit to the number of sites and UOIT lab machines where the software > can be installed? You have permission to deploy Inkscape anywhere for any reason. See above. > 5. As noted above, our students are in a mixed BYOD and > institutionally owned laptop program. Does making your software > available in a lab substitute our permission to install to laptops or > can it be used to complement existing deployment? Inkscape can be used on any computer it'll run on. It's not guaranteed to work on all computers, but you have no restrictions on it's deployment. I hope these answered your questions about the License for Inkscape. Best Regards, Martin Owens Inkscape Website Administrator and Board Member.

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[REFERENDUM] Portland Hackfest Apr 28 - May 3
by Bryce Harrington 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest in Portland, Oregon. Proposals: 1. Sponsor a hackfest in Portland, Oregon for Apr 28 - May 3. Total cost estimate for 5 to 11 people is roughly $6k to $14k. (Refer to attached proposal document for details) [ ] a. Yes, sponsor hackfest in Portland, Oregon as proposed. [ ] b. Approve holding a hackfest, but recommend making the following alterations: ____________________________________________________________ [ ] c. Do not approve holding a hackfest in Portland 2. Reimburse using a ranked system similar to 2015. Note this is somewhat less than was allocated for the Leeds hackfest, but expenses are expected to be lower. [ ] a. Use ranked reimbursement. Long term, high commit developers are sponsored up to a higher maximum than new developers. [ ] b. Use open ended. We'll fully cover all valid expenses incurred by the sponsorees. [ ] c. Other: ____________________________________________________________ [ ] d. Do not reimburse for Portland hackfest expenses 3. Provide an additional $500 lodging stipend for anyone that prefers to make their own lodging arrangements. (I.e. for reasons of age, gender, special needs, or personal preference.) [ ] a. Yes, permit an additional $500 lodging stipend for any who do not wish to use the group lodging. [ ] b. Yes, but... ________________________________________________________________ [ ] c. Do not provide an additional stipend beyond the standard reimbursement limit. 4. The Inkscape Board sponsors a dinner event, to be funded from the Inkscape general fund (instead of the hackfest fund), for Hackfest attendees and guests. [ ] a. Yes. Allocate $600 from Inkscape's general fund for a dinner. [ ] b. Yes, but handle funding the dinner in a different way: ________________________________________________________________ [ ] c. No, do not fund a sponsored dinner for the hackfest. Votes: 1. 2. 3. 4. Bryce Harrington Josh Andler Tavmjong Bah Jon A. Cruz Ted Gould Krzysztof Kosiński Martin Owens Resolved: Background: Past hackfests have provided excellent opportunities for Inkscape developers to meet in person, discuss the project and coordinate work on bug-fixing, feature planning, and other efforts. In the past we've also sought to align the location and time of the event with conferences or groups in the area to permit external collaborations as well. Our experience so far seems to show that we're getting far more tangible benefit out of the internal interactions than the external ones. Thus, this event will focus more sharply on the hackfest itself, giving us much greater flexibility for time and location. In the past events, we flexibly let each attendee arrange their own accommodation within an allowed stipend, so as to enable them to find options that best minimize costs. However, our experience has shown this to be unpredictable with sometimes sub-par stays and various levels of hassles making the arrangements and securing reimbursement. Bryce Harrington has volunteered as event coordinator for the hackfest event.

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[REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels
by Bryce Harrington 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors. See Discussion for explanation of the changes. Proposal: 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500. [ ] Yes. [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000 2. Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased prominance and duration for higher levels than lower. [ ] Yes. [ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now. Diamond can be re-introduced later when we need it. [ ] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond [ ] No. Keep these two levels as-is. 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum sponsors. [ ] Yes. [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for Platinum. [ ] Yes. [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions. 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level sponsors. [ ] Yes. [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release Notes. Votes: Bryce Harrington Tavmjong Bah Josh Andler Jon Cruz Ted Gould Martin Owens Krzysztof Kosiński Resolution: ... Discussion: We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like to better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this level. We've only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as popular of a denomination. A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer. Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to limit it to only higher level sponsors. Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the sponsorship levels. This introduces a few extra perks for the higher levels. This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level sponsor. Our benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and it seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels. We can save Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we better understand what such a sponsor would be interested in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors ------------------------------------ 1. Principles ============= Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with given rewards. 2. Levels ========= The following levels are established (in US$): Platinum Pen: $20,000 Golden Brush: $5,000 Silver Quill $2,000 Bronze Stylus: $500 3. Rewards ========== A. Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of the page). No logos or links. B. Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page) with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project (one year). We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section). C. Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page" with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one year). The sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor. We will publish an item in our Recent News feed, which will include a link to a full news item describing the sponsor's Inkscape usage, drawing-related products, or other prose/information provided by the Sponsor. D. Platinum Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page" as per Golden Level (two years). Inclusion of sponsor name in the Inkscape website footer (two years) with link to the sponsor's main website. The sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor. We will publish one news item (as described for Golden) in our Recent News feed and a second followup news item around the one-year anniversary of the sponsorship. Platinum level sponsors will also receive a thank-you in Inkscape Release Notes of all releases made for a period of two years. Logos must be 160x80px and non-animated. SVG's are encouraged. Logos must be non-political and non-offensive with the Inkscape board and SFC being the final arbitrators of suitability. 4. Non-monetary Donations ========================== Non-monetary donations are also accepted and may, with board approval, qualify for one of the above rewards. A general rule is that $5 worth of services is equal to a $1 cash donation. Significant non-monetary donations not qualifying for a reward will be recognized in a general "Thank You" section on the "Our Sponsors" page (as is the current case). 5. Retroactivity ================ The changes in this resolution apply for sponsors with donations received since its adoption date. Prior sponsors will be handled under the terms of the original sponsorship level plan.

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