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December 2024

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VOTE: 2025 Inkscape Summit Frankfurt
by Jonathan Neuhauser 09 Dec '24

09 Dec '24

Dear all, ==== Background ==== In the past, Inkscape has chosen to fund conference costs, including venue, hotel, and travel expenses. I'm organizing next year's summit in Frankfurt, Germany; it's in the week after FOSDEM (Brussels) Sun, Feb 02 - Fri, Feb 07, 2025. Eligible to attend are all Inkscape members as defined by the Membership policy. More details: https://office.inkscape.org/nextcloud/index.php/s/gYgteYQ6k7dGJqp The budget covers a total of 15 participants. Until now, I've received 6 registrations; the list of participants already makes me optimistic for a productive summit - although I do hope that a few more participants will still follow! The summit has an estimated cost requirement of 15,000€ for up to 15 participants. Hotel costs for 15 participants, including full-board meals, conference room: 5411 € In the past, the project has also offered reimbursement of up to 1000€ in travel / visa expenses, to be reimbursed to each attendee upon submitting of travel receipts. Note that there is no per-diem, as all expenses are included with the accommodations. Attendees are asked to choose economical means of transport. The vote is for 6,000.00€ in funds to be allocated up-front with the expectation that receipts for rooms, venue, and any remaining balance will be returned upon conclusion of the event. Up to a further 9,000.00€ in travel expenses, to be reimbursed after the event, under SFC’s net30 (days) reimbursement policy, to be refunded to attendees upon submitting receipts for these expenses to SFC. If possible, it would be nice if Pono could again book the flights directly. (For reference: https://alpha.inkscape.org/board/referendums/resolutions/2023_Hackfest_Bens…) ==== Ballot ==== Budget a maximum of 15,000€ for the Frankfurt Inkscape Summit, organized by Jonathan. a) Approve this budget b) Disapprove this budget c) Alternative Best, Jonathan

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Financial Report for 2024
by Martin Owens 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Dear Inkscape PLC, We've finally got data from the SFC on our donations for 2024 and the financial report is updated on the website here: https://inkscape.org/budget/inkscape/ You can see that we have basically held steady over the year, spending $34k on programming services, $6k on conferences/travel and $1.5k in hardware. So overall we've spent less than half of the amount in 2024 we spent in 2023 for each of the above mentioned categories. It would have been higher for hardware but the hardware program failed at the SFC level. I think we have room to pay for more code in 2025 as our peace-chest remains at $360k. There's some outstanding contracts such as the one for the AI importer completion. Donations are averaging $3-$4k per month, a total of $47k for the year. It's very low compared to other sizable projects but we do have room to ask for more contributions in 2025. These are some of the choice comments from this year's donations: 102, Thank you / Great software 66, Contribute to Inkscape (generic or unlabeled) 12, Keep up the great work 3, Company/Gov support * Nice program except for text on Windows 11. * Make Inkscape more stable, good luck and good job ! * I want to thank you for developing Inkscape and prefer it over Procreate. Thank you * Thank you for the free software for me to use for my personal project. * Thank you so much for your amazing work! I apply Inksacpe for teaching Critical Cartography at the University. * Thank you for all the great work you do! I only use Inkscape once or twice a year, but I am greatful for this program each and every time. I hope my small donation helps to keep your efforts going. * Hey! Inkscape is great. Here’s the 1 month Adobe Illustrator subscription I saved by using it. * Amazing software. Just what I was looking for. Thank you! Shout out to TJFREE for his Inkscape tutorials. * Mahalo nui loa! Keep on keeping on * Thank you for making this tool available to us. I use it for my reports, journal articles, etc. * Thank you for Inkscape. LONG time Corel user saying no to subscriptions only. * Just a small thank you. I know it's not much but I want to contribute to keep open source truly open source. * Inkscape is wonderful software, runs flawlessly on even my ancient laptop with a 5th gen i3! Easy to use. Thanks for your work * Muchas Gracias por su ayuda a la comunidad * I thank the developers who made inkscape. I hope this helps them in developing that amazing software. * For Inkscape helping a prospective keyset designer * Great work on v1.4 , your team makes wonderful art projects possible. =) * Hello, I really like Inkscape and want to support. Can you support also crypto donation? * I, just want thank you all for your hard work. Your software helped solve a design problem I had. Still learning. . . thanks * i'll give you more when I have it. Adobe is the enemy of the artistic community, so I'll use Inkscape and give you the money instead. Thank you, thank you, from all the artists and budding artists out there * Love the embroidery plugin! Have a good 2025! * sliced pan bread goes in the toaster SIDEWAYS * Thank you for making this free so this old lady can craft for her kids. Appreciate all you do! * Thank you for making this software available to us "starving artists" * Thank you! I am tired of paying Adobe a monthly rent to use the same core features that I've used in Adobe Illustrator for 30 years. * thanks. So nice to have a decent illustrator alternative. * The software was easy and fun to use so I hope to contribute a bit to its development. * This software has brought me joy.

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