Inkscape Board of Directors
August 2018
inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org
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Friends of Inkscape - A program for individuals and small businesses who want to promote Inkscape
by C R
There has been an increase in people within the project wanting to give
back to Inkscape in the form of donating a percentage of their earnings
from Inkscape courses, tutorials, artwork sales, etc.
It's my opinion that we should support this, however like any other public
sponsorship of Inkscape, I believe donations of this sort should have some
rules to ensure there is no conflict of interest.
Here is a brief summary of the sponsorship rights and responsibilities
which I think should take effect if the Inkscape Project will be helping
with promotion of sales where a percentage is going to the project:
1. Neutrality: The Inkscape project will not play favourites amongst
internal and external sponsors who join as Friends of Inkscape.
2. Transparency: In the case of promotional releases (Facebook, Twitter, G+
etc.), the Inkscape project will make clear the rules and guidelines of
using the Inkscape Project's namesake for promotion, keep a tally of funds
donated by the sponsor on our website.
3. Non-endorsement policy: Verbiage for press releases should make it clear
that the Inkscape Project does not necesarilly endorse the content or views
of the sponsor, and the sponsorship is to be treated purely as a
fund-raising exercise to benefit the project. Moreover that the sponsor is
solely responsible for delivering the product.
4. Quality - The Inkscape project should, before accepting any
co-sponsorship agreement, ensure that the products being offered or sold is
of sufficient quality, and provide real value to the Inkscape community
(basically that the items are worth buying, and not just a scheme to make
as much profit as possible without offering sufficient value to the buyers).
5. Commitment - The sponsor should be able to follow up on what they are
selling and maintain a good customer satisfaction rating on their chosen
commercial platform. The Inkscape Project should take into account the
history, ratings, and reviews for products sold by the sponsor to protect
Inkscape users.
6. Ongoing - If the project determines at any time that the sponsor is not
keeping up with their promised delivery of goods, or the quality or content
of the products being sold is not adequate, the project reserves the right
to cancel at any time, and for any reason the sponsorship agreement.
7. For-Profit Only - These terms only apply to sponsors who wish the
Inkscape Project to advertise these co-sponsorship deals. For example an
Inkscape press release could read: "Help raise money for Inkscape, while
learning from the professionals! XXXX is generously donating 50% from this
professional tutorial course to fund development of Inkscape! Thanks XXXX!)
These terms do not apply to folks who just want to donate without any press
releases from the Inkscape Project.
8. Honesty - Obviously, we should ensure that sponsors follow up on the
promise to donate the stated funds to the Inkscape Project. We can
encourage this with a running-total press release, for example: "Donations
from XXXX's Inkscape course just passed the £10,000.00 mark! Our next
hackfest is fully funded!" etc.
9. Ending a sponsorship - When the sponsor wishes to end the sponsorship
deal, it should be made clear that funds are no longer going to the
Inkscape Project. This can be done with a thank you press release, like
this: XXXX has raised a total of £150,000.00 for Inkscape's development. On
behalf of the Inkscape Project, we'd like to thank XXXX for this generous
donation and wish them good luck on future projects.
Any thoughts are welcome. :)
Thanks for your attention!
-C
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Board meeting Friday Aug 3rd at 10am Pacific
by Bryce Harrington
Our monthly board meeting is scheduled for Friday, Aug 3rd,
at 10am Pacific in #inkscape-devel. All members are welcome.
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings
Agenda:
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* Kiel Hackfest
** [[Hackfest2018 Kiel]] - Sun, 2018-09-09 until Thu, 2018-09-13
* Future meetings/hackfests.
** [http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/ SCALE] - March 7th-10th,
2019 (Pasadena, California)
** [http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2019/ LGM 2019] - May 30th-June 3rd
(Saarbrucken, Germany) Proposed. (About two hours by train from
Paris.)
* Merchandise sales
** Spreadshirt
** Evaluate self-serve merchandise sales - spreadshirt, cafepress,
Golden Ribbon, Think Penguin or similar [Mc]
* Outreachy: Next round starts in August
[https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/]
* Action Items
* Other Business
Action Items from last meeting:
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=== Kiel Hackfest 2018 ===
♦ ACTION: (Re-)Announce Kiel hackfest on inkscape-devel@ [Tav]
♢ ACTION: Plan video for Kiel hackfest [crogers]
♢ ACTION: Arrange additional Kiel hackfest attendance vote [bryce]
♦ ACTION: Let folks know the new paypal tag for hackfests [bryce]
♦ ACTION: Kiel hackfest donation request news article [Moini, Ryangorley]
=== Future meetings/hackfests ===
♢ ACTION: Set up wiki page for SCALE hackfest
♢ ACTION: Check into pre/post SCALE meeting options & AirBNB [tedg, scislac]
=== 0.92.4 Release ===
♢ ACTION: Kickoff 0.92.4 release in early August [bryce]
♢ ACTION: Remember to put correct version string in AC_ for 0.92.4 [bryce]
=== 1.0 Release ===
♢ ACTION: Check in with people doing test case conversion [Tav]
♢ ACTION: ping jimmac about the symbolic icons for adding the theme to Inkscape [scislac]
♢ ACTION: Set up wiki page for collecting ideas of things worth getting fixed for 1.0 [crogers]
♢ ACTION: Brainstorm plans for 1.0beta / 1.0 commemorative merch [crogers, tedg]
♢ ACTION: Plan video for Inkscape 1.0 release [crogers]
=== Merchandise Sales ===
♢ ACTION: Finalize spreadshirt for launch [crogers, Mc]
Transcripts of previous meetings:
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http://alpha.inkscape.org/board/meetings/transcripts/
Bryce
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[REFERENDUM] Additional travel sponsorship for Kiel Hackfest
by Bryce Harrington
Voting is needed on funding for additional sponsorship of attendees at
the Kiel Hackfest planned for fall 2018.
Proposal:
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1. Add Alex Valavanis as approved for travel sponsorship.
- [ ] a. Reimburse travel for up to $2000.
- [ ] b. Other: _______
- [ ] c. No, do not fund.
2. Add Khaled Hosny as approved for travel sponsorship.
- [ ] a. Reimburse travel for up to $2000.
- [ ] b. Other: _______
- [ ] c. No, do not fund.
3. Cover additional baggage fee for one additional bag for Chris
Rogers to transport camera equipment for use in visual documentation
of the Hackfest event.
- [ ] a. Reimburse an additional 1 checked baggage fee.
- [ ] b. Other: _______
- [ ] c. No, do not fund.
Email addresses for the above individuals are available from
Maren Hachmann <maren@...92...>.
Votes:
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| Board Member | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| -------------------- |:--:|:--:|:--:|
| Bryce Harrington | a. | a. | a. |
| Josh Andler | | | |
| Tavmjong Bah | | | |
| Ted Gould | | | |
| Martin Owens | | | |
| Marc Jeanmougin | | | |
| Chris Rogers | | | |
Resolution:
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Background:
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As discussed in recent board meetings, we'd like to make this event more
convenient for a wider diversity of people, particularly including newer
members of our community and those who contribute to the project in
areas other than coding. For past events we've used a ranked system
that establishes caps based on length of involvement and quantification
of contributions, which could potentially inhibit these two groups.
Instead, it is proposed that we use a simpler flat cap of $2000.
The Conservancy has asked to know the names and email addresses of
approved attendees. Many people do not yet know for certain if they can
attend or if so for how long, but the list shows people who have
expressed that they *might* be able to attend. This vote will authorize
travel reimbursement for the if they do choose to come. Some of these
people are local, or will have travel paid for by other entities, or
will only need to travel within Europe, so we expect that most attendees
will require less than the $2000 cap. The venue can comfortably hold 12
people, so we are trying to ensure we have about that number of
attendees. We may want to recruit alternates if people on the above
list won't be able to come. Thus the list of people should be
considered preliminary.
Further details about the hackfest are available from
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2018_Kiel
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