- Inkscape Board of Directors

License Page
by Martin Owens 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Because of a number of questions about file licenses, I've constructed this license page for the website: https://inkscape.org/en/about/license/ The text at the top is what's important, the rest is just the gplv2. Also, I noticed that our trunk repository has the LGPLv2 text but not the GPLv2 text, is this a mistake? Martin,

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[REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for 2016
by Bryce Harrington 19 May '16

19 May '16

[Resending to the correct list this time... sheesh.] ----- Forwarded message from Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> ----- Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 23:14:31 -0700 From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> To: inkscape-devel@...5... Subject: [Inkscape-devel] [REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for 2016 A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following matter. Proposal: Authorize SVG WG travel by Tav up to the amount in the SVG WG fund. "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to pay any invoice from Tav between 2016-03-01 and 2017-02-28 for SVG Working Group meetings, up to the amount presently available in Inkscape's SVG WG Fund, $2384.91. Tav must of course also comply with Conservancy's travel policy." [ ] a. Yes, authorize SVG WG expenses up to amount in fund [ ] b. No, do not authorize these expenses Votes: Resolved: Background: In the past we've had to vote on each of Tav's meeting attendances on a case by case basis. But now that we have set aside a fund specifically for these meetings, I think we should just approve any and all travel he may do, up to the total in that fund. This will eliminate uncertainty for him in making his travel plans, and simplify our voting. I enquired with Bradley Kuhn about how we can do this, and this is what he replied: <quote> Bryce Harrington wrote: > Tav attends these SVG WG meetings pretty routinely now, and I don't > recall us ever not approving his attendance. Now that we have a > dedicated fund set up for this, that isn't going to be used for > anything *but* funding Tav's SVG WG trips, would it be permissible to > give him approval to arrange his attendance at these meetings at his > own discretion, so long as the expenses are within the limit of what's > in the funding pool, without requiring board votes on each individual > meeting? I'd suggest you approve an annual maximum budget that Tav can send invoices for regarding SVG meetings, and instruct Conservancy to pay them provided Tav's within the Conservancy travel policy. That way, you only have to think about it once per year, or when he goes over budget. Something like: "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to pay any invoice from Tav between now and 2017-01-01 for SVG Working Group meetings, up to a maximum 2016 Travel Budget for Tav's SVG Working Group meetings of $Nk. Tav must of course also comply with Conservancy's travel policy." -- bkuhn <endquote> I aligned the dates to fiscal year 2016 since we decided to shift our budget to those dates. Below is a tally of the SVG WG fund balance as of what's in SFC's ledger system for us: ---- FY 2015 ---- Initial fund $ 0 + $2250.00 Budgeted from Inkscape General Fund 2015 $ 2250 - $ 346.82 SVG WG Sweden $ 1903.18 - $ 12.89 " " $ 1890.29 - $ 12.95 " " $ 1877.34 - $ 37.24 " " $ 1840.10 - $ 15.19 " " $ 1824.91 - $ 49.53 " " $ 1775.38 - $ 394.00 " " $ 1381.38 - $ 31.38 " " $ 1350.00 + $2250.00 Retroactive from FY 2016 Ink. Gen. Fund $ 3600.00 - $ 12.99 SVG WG Sydney Feb 3-5 $ 3587.01 - $ 12.44 " " $ 3574.57 - $1586.80 " " $ 1987.77 - $ 15.55 " " $ 1972.22 - $ 11.67 " " $ 1960.55 - $ 244.29 " " $ 1716.26 - $ 68.89 " " $ 1647.37 ---- FY 2016 ---- + $ 736.54 Donation income Dec 2015 - May 2016 $ 2383.91 This will cover Tav's recent London SVG editor's meeting (which he reports ran to about $500), an editor's meeting in Amsterdam, and other travel he'll undertake through the remainder of FY 2016. If Tav needs to spend in excess of this sum, and there have been additional donation income that covers the overage, at that point we'll need to re-vote to increase the budget limit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for 2016
by Jon A. Cruz 16 May '16

16 May '16

I vote a Sent from my mobile device. -------- Original message -------- From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> Date: 5/16/2016 09:21 (GMT-08:00) To: inkscape-board@...5... Subject: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for 2016 [Resending to the correct list this time... sheesh.] ----- Forwarded message from Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> ----- Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 23:14:31 -0700 From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> To: inkscape-devel@...5... Subject: [Inkscape-devel] [REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for 2016 A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following matter. Proposal: Authorize SVG WG travel by Tav up to the amount in the SVG WG fund. "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to pay any invoice from Tav between 2016-03-01 and 2017-02-28 for SVG Working Group meetings, up to the amount presently available in Inkscape's SVG WG Fund, $2384.91. Tav must of course also comply with Conservancy's travel policy." [ ] a. Yes, authorize SVG WG expenses up to amount in fund [ ] b. No, do not authorize these expenses Votes: Resolved: Background: In the past we've had to vote on each of Tav's meeting attendances on a case by case basis. But now that we have set aside a fund specifically for these meetings, I think we should just approve any and all travel he may do, up to the total in that fund. This will eliminate uncertainty for him in making his travel plans, and simplify our voting. I enquired with Bradley Kuhn about how we can do this, and this is what he replied: <quote> Bryce Harrington wrote: > Tav attends these SVG WG meetings pretty routinely now, and I don't > recall us ever not approving his attendance. Now that we have a > dedicated fund set up for this, that isn't going to be used for > anything *but* funding Tav's SVG WG trips, would it be permissible to > give him approval to arrange his attendance at these meetings at his > own discretion, so long as the expenses are within the limit of what's > in the funding pool, without requiring board votes on each individual > meeting? I'd suggest you approve an annual maximum budget that Tav can send invoices for regarding SVG meetings, and instruct Conservancy to pay them provided Tav's within the Conservancy travel policy. That way, you only have to think about it once per year, or when he goes over budget. Something like: "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to pay any invoice from Tav between now and 2017-01-01 for SVG Working Group meetings, up to a maximum 2016 Travel Budget for Tav's SVG Working Group meetings of $Nk. Tav must of course also comply with Conservancy's travel policy." -- bkuhn <endquote> I aligned the dates to fiscal year 2016 since we decided to shift our budget to those dates. Below is a tally of the SVG WG fund balance as of what's in SFC's ledger system for us: ---- FY 2015 ---- Initial fund $ 0 + $2250.00 Budgeted from Inkscape General Fund 2015 $ 2250 - $ 346.82 SVG WG Sweden $ 1903.18 - $ 12.89 " " $ 1890.29 - $ 12.95 " " $ 1877.34 - $ 37.24 " " $ 1840.10 - $ 15.19 " " $ 1824.91 - $ 49.53 " " $ 1775.38 - $ 394.00 " " $ 1381.38 - $ 31.38 " " $ 1350.00 + $2250.00 Retroactive from FY 2016 Ink. Gen. Fund $ 3600.00 - $ 12.99 SVG WG Sydney Feb 3-5 $ 3587.01 - $ 12.44 " " $ 3574.57 - $1586.80 " " $ 1987.77 - $ 15.55 " " $ 1972.22 - $ 11.67 " " $ 1960.55 - $ 244.29 " " $ 1716.26 - $ 68.89 " " $ 1647.37 ---- FY 2016 ---- + $ 736.54 Donation income Dec 2015 - May 2016 $ 2383.91 This will cover Tav's recent London SVG editor's meeting (which he reports ran to about $500), an editor's meeting in Amsterdam, and other travel he'll undertake through the remainder of FY 2016. If Tav needs to spend in excess of this sum, and there have been additional donation income that covers the overage, at that point we'll need to re-vote to increase the budget limit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

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Board Meeting @ Friday May 6th, 2016
by Bryce Harrington 08 May '16

08 May '16

May's meeting is coming up. It'll be in #inkscape-devel at noon Pacific time (2000 UTC). http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings This will be a good opportunity to debrief from the hackfest and identify followup actions that the board should work on in coming months. Bryce

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regarding the forum issue
by Jill Davis 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hi Friends, Sorry, but I don't know how to reply to a thread when I'm not subscribed to the list. This is in regard to the issue with InkscapeForum.com. I'm the longest time active member there, and moderated for several years. This current situation has been the status quo for several years. If I had any idea the board or development community would take any interest, I would have contacted you long ago! Part of the reason I started Inkscape Community, was because I thought IF could go under any day. And I wanted to make sure there would be a forum, if that happened. Regarding any potential new "official" forum, I am ready and willing to moderate and/or admin. I can't handle network-level issues, or database issues. Although I'm willing to learn, if anyone is willing to teach. Also, I wanted to comment about the "official Inkscape forum" logo. When IF first opened, it was my understanding that the development community was not interested, and some were even opposed (based on a discussion with the owner/admin). It was for that reason, that the logo for that forum was "the unofficial Inkscape forum". It was only changed to "official" later, for reasons that I never completely understood. As fas as I understand, it was because a few members asked for it. If there was any designation, I'm not aware of it. That's all I have to contribute :-) All best, brynn

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inkscapeforum.com
by Maren Hachmann 02 May '16

02 May '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Board, I would like to ask for the board's help about the following issue: The main Inkscape forum, at http://www.inkscapeforum.com, is maintained by a single admin (microugly, see whois entry of the site for more details), who is the only one with access to server, database and user permissions. The admin seems to be 'alive', indicated by private messages to microugly being read, and the 'Last active' display in the user's profil e (http://www.inkscapeforum.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2). Unfortunately, for a long time, nobody has been able to successfully make contact with microugly (the last time I got a response was in October last year). Martin Owens and I tried to contact microugly via email and launchpad account, and other forum members report sending private forum messages repeatedly. There is currently only a single moderator taking care of spam (Lazur), and the spamming is getting more. The moderator has already declared that he will (understandably) not go on doing this forever, if the admin does not answer his requests for more spam protection and allowing more people to help soon. There are other users who would volunteer to help, but aside from the forum owner, there's nobody who could give them the required permissions (or do updates to the site etc.). As the forum is labelled "The official Inkscape 'users' forum", and is a very valuable resource for users, I think this is important for the Inkscape project. It would be a pity for the domain name and the collected info being drowned in spam when the only active moderator gives up. Can you help with this issue? Additional info: - ---------------- An alternative forum is maintained by Brynn, at http://inkscapecommunity.com/. It's currently a lot less active than inkscapeforum.com and thus, has a smaller information base. It's also quite a bit slower. Its maintainer, however, is very responsive, and it has a collection of well-curated information. The Inkscape project itself does not have a forum, but there have been discussions about this on the devel mailing list (but no volunteers to add one to the website). The current forum community discussion can be found here: http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=20489 Kind regards, Maren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXJ2uSAAoJELavtZto4hQPhZAQAL9+KoLQVBXklZb1crgUryuH d310ACHwJfyzAlnpycN0DYGvSErKZBANZI4b1QlniqFE/rtnNaS/KcsOPnaUXdiZ Bcqfjn5I5duhR5aPKPWeUilCfIVydwN581JmmhWShrK1DoAfY62IcIwTu90Ujet9 Vh80fn5YOZAhbXEYgjaLKHPEIr99oD0v6WMg4+9Wn8j9Cibjo/K/ohfg+1KN7JhY JZIR6BGbq/hdNUsIASAnbG9JQYAXrh4AkuZni8lR3cQkIfwCiQTfra231vNZiuhu HRxMYHSk9gV5o77arrYijVdaKBAMgLIZCa8hzOLeXTsY8m7w+z5YoKM3N4t2vydm sNLK7txo20f+5sZur6zdEMA1fIKW7zJRPzZHfpYPYNZfMLJKnlv5m98ALW30X9Eq tY2tqvD/pynBxPpyboPcS3H3Dc+KUru6LV3N8MlNKm66XNYkM3z7Lv3Li1g0wzyQ F5DjUWsTbFklMjrDJhGCHfTqumTY7d+9wvRLKekz48jdPNE8dWbr8yxeFBKzUu1K DDhgawN2d/E6iuBfj6RiTAtdMeHoSQKNcl3M/IwSUJohW7l59GAYpSjJKXWKlvNJ gkrtjCWvXfK4y4mbWs2/fsC0qgKqdNttsG1RDR0OlpAp9OGL3LjoLkq4YJ4rOO27 J16Bm+kDIObWkEuzS50p =XpXZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Conservancy at OSCON
by Josh Andler 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

Hey all, So I'm sure you all saw Karen reach out to member orgs for help with manning their booth at OSCON. I would be willing to go help them do this, however, I would need some funding assistance from the project to make it happen. As they had said, we would be able to promote our project there and I feel like it might be good to reach out at a higher profile event like this. I would also seek outside donation to our project to help facilitate this but wanted to bring it up to see if other board members feel like this is a worthwhile cause. Thoughts? Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Conservancy at OSCON
by Jon A. Cruz 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Sounds good to me. It would be a good opportunity. Sent from my mobile device. -------- Original message -------- From: Josh Andler <scislac@...23...> Date: 4/20/2016 20:05 (GMT-08:00) To: Inkscape Board <inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-board] Conservancy at OSCON Hey all, So I'm sure you all saw Karen reach out to member orgs for help with manning their booth at OSCON. I would be willing to go help them do this, however, I would need some funding assistance from the project to make it happen. As they had said, we would be able to promote our project there and I feel like it might be good to reach out at a higher profile event like this. I would also seek outside donation to our project to help facilitate this but wanted to bring it up to see if other board members feel like this is a worthwhile cause. Thoughts? Cheers, Josh

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Hackfest and LGM Impressions
by Tavmjong Bah 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Hi, I just want to let the board know a bit about the hackfest and LGM. I assume that you've read the posts on Google+ and seen all the activity on IRC and in Bazaar. I think this year's hackfest was very successful. We got a lot of hacking done including fixing the GTK3 flashing bug and getting a lot closer to being able to switch to CMake. This hackfest had a different tone than last year's. We spent a lot more time coding and a lot less time discussing (only an hour or two). I think we did need to spend a lot of time last year on discussions as that was the first time we really sat down together. Our monthly board meetings have probably also reduced the need to spend a lot of time on discussions. I also think the LGM meeting was more useful this year than last year, not because the talks were better (perhaps they were a bit on average) but because we were able to both continue working on the code and spend a lot of time discussing with others issues that effect Inkscape. We had a good meeting with some designers who use Inkscape everyday and have started an Inkscape interface group which should come in handy as we rework the GTK3 dialogs. I met with people concerning better library support in HarfBuzz for accessing OpenType features which would allow a better interface to font features. Martin talked to the Gimp people about their plans for GTK3. Tom Lechner gave a nice talk demoing some interesting ways of interfacing with text which might be of interest to us. (He also gave a workshop on his very interesting engraving tool.) I would recommend we start thinking about another hackfest, either in the Fall or Spring. LGM will be in Rio de Janeiro in late April or early May. While I would love to visit Rio, I'm not sure we would get a large enough turnout for a hackfest there (hotel/food would be cheap but flights expensive). Martin has suggested a hackfest in Boston. That might be a good location as it's not so far from both Europe and the US west coast. LGM 2018 will most likely be in Europe, possibly Milan. Tav

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[REFERENDUM] Sponsor Olof Bjarnason for $500
by Bryce Harrington 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following matter. Proposal: Reimburse Olof Bjarnason up to $500 for travel expenses to attend the 2016 Inkscape Hackfest. [ ] a. Yes, approve the reimbursement as stated above. [ ] b. No, do not approve reimbursement as stated above. Votes: Bryce Harrington Josh Andler Tavmjong Bah Jon A. Cruz Ted Gould Krzysztof Kosiński Martin Owens Resolved: Background: I (Tav) was asked by another Inkscape developer if it would be possible to invite Olof Bjarnason to the Inkscape hackfest with a sponsorship level of $500. Olaf has been participating on the Inkscape developer's mailing list since September 2015 and was active in helping Marc with adding additional node alignment options this year. He is not in the Inkscape authors file thus does not qualify for sponsorship under the current criteria (he has had a few patches accepted for lib2geom including one in 2015). As an enthusiastic relatively new Inkscape developer it seemed prudent to invite him to the hackfest. I queried the board members through the mailing list, and after getting positive responses by four other members I invited Olof. This resolution is to formalize the decision. Note, this resolution does not increase the budget for the hackfest nor does it open up invitations to any other person without board consent.

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