July 2020 - Inkscape Board of Directors

Board diversity
by Bryce Harrington 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

At the meeting today, Martin raised a point about improving the diversity of the board. Since we did not have full attendance I took the action to start a thread on the mailing list, so we can all discuss it prior to making any tangible proposals. Hopefully a recording of today's meeting is captured and available somewhere for Josh and Ted to review. The two points that would need worked out is first identifying a plan for recruiting for the diversity we wish to gain, and second making room on the board for new members. Let's hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on both matters. Bryce

4 5

Outreachy planning
by Bryce Harrington 12 Jul '20

12 Jul '20

Outreachy was mentioned in the board meeting again today, and I took an action to review what had been decided by the board for Outreachy funding previously. https://alpha.inkscape.org/board/referendums/resolutions/outreachy_2018.html So it looks like last time, we were anticipating some external sponsorship, so voted to establish a way for sponsors to tag their donations to the program. I checked our donation records and there were no contributions tagged for outreachy, so I think no funds were raised. However, the resolution was not year-specific, so if we were to solicit sponsorship for outreachy I believe the financial bucket is there for it. There is also the option to sponsor the students ourselves, at $6500 apiece. However, a more important initial requirement is to identify a coordinator to run our end of the project. The duties are spelled out by the program: https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#coordinator The coordinator doesn't need to be a board member, but should be someone active in and familiar with the Inkscape project. Can you guys identify someone willing to take this role? Bryce

1 0

Community/Developer Book campaign background info
by Bryce Harrington 11 Jul '20

11 Jul '20

A book purchasing program was raised at today's board meeting, as an idea to stimulate both community involvement and participation in development. We've done book purchasing programs successfully a couple times before, and they proved to be cost-effective and reasonably straightforward. Here are the referendums for these two events, which lay out a procedure I think we could roughly follow here as well. The email text we used is also included. * 2013 Developer Education Book Campaign https://alpha.inkscape.org/board/referendums/resolutions/developer_educatio… * 2014 Developer Education Book Campaign https://alpha.inkscape.org/board/referendums/resolutions/developer_educatio… Mc, you took the action to draft a proposal, right? The main things that need defined are a) how we determine who is eligible to receive books, and b) what the list of books are to offer. An estimate of how many people we expect to order books, and the avg book price, can give a rough estimate of total costs. Bryce

1 0