- Inkscape Board of Directors

[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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Sponsorship Levels (Revisited)
by Bryce Harrington 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Hello board, As discussed last board meeting, I'd like to reopen discussion regarding sponsorship levels. The current levels were decided in Sept 2015: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/34463940/ I've pasted the full text below for ease of commenting. For reference we've received the following donations at the >= $1000 level: Inkscape Conservancy 15-Feb-12 Elementary LL $ 1,000.00 05-Aug-17 F. Gyger € 1,786.50 € 198.50 16-Dec-08 Worksoft $ 1,806.43 $ 193.57 Our donations typically range from $1 to $500. Very roughly, we seem to get multiple donations at the $1, $5, $10 daily, $20 and $50 weekly, $100-300 every few weeks, and $500 a few times a year. Some of the accumulated suggestions I've seen, which should be considered in this update: * More benefits at the higher levels * A tangible reward in reach of individual donors (i.e. ~$500) * Better specificity with the website acknowledgement rewards How do you think we can expand our sponsorship levels? I'll incorporate suggestions and we'll re-vote in a few weeks. We'll then need the levels wordsmithed into a nice looking web page to detail the sponsorship levels. Bryce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors ------------------------------------ 1. Principles ============= Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with given rewards. 2. Levels ========= The following levels are established (in US$): Diamond Scribe: $20,000 Platinum Pen: $10,000 Golden Brush: $5,000 Silver Quill $2,000 Bronze Stylus: $1,000 3. Rewards ========== 1. Acknowledgment with logo on "Our Sponsor Page" (one year) 2. Acknowledgment with logo on our home page (one year) for Silver and above levels. 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). 4. Retroactivity ================ With their agreement, previous donors of $1000 or more will qualify for the above rewards with a starting date of the adoption of this resolution.

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Inkscape Board Meeting + Release Meeting Feb 3rd
by Bryce Harrington 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

== Board Meeting == Already time for another board meeting. Come join us Friday, Feb 3rd at noon Pacific in #inkscape-devel. Any community member is welcome to attend! http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: + Inkscape Forum status - Update on receipt of forum data - Update on OSUOSL hosting provisioning + Inkscape gitlab - experience so far - self-hosting feasibility? + Inkscape Website disk space + Merchandise sales + Sponsorship levels followup == Release Meeting == Agenda: + 0.92.1 release status + (Help needed) writing release notes + Promotion/advocacy team recruitment + kickoff

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Board meeting?
by Tavmjong Bah 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Are we planning on meeting Friday? Tav

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[Fwd: Website Feedback]
by Martin Owens 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

>From the website admin's email address. FW to board.

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Inkscape Board Meeting Nov 4th
by Bryce Harrington 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Meeting time this Friday, Nov 1st at noon Pacific in #inkscape-devel. Everyone's more than welcome to attend! http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings Agenda: * SVG 2 news [Tav] * Merchandise sales [bryce] - Spreadshirt account's ready to go - Next need shirt designs * Sponsorship levels followup [bryce] * Inkscape forum followup SFC has been kind enough to establish the Spreadshirt account for us; next step is to arrange login access for administrators. If this sounds interesting please come to the meeting, or contact me directly. Bryce

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Inkscape Sponsorship
by Martin Owens 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Dear Inkscape Board (and Tony), I'm connecting up Sam from work soft to the inkscape board to talk about a sponsorship. https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/sponsors/ Any details we can supply about the sponsorships currently open, please email between yourselves. Best Regards, Martin Owens Website Administrator Hat

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Inkscape Branding page on website
by Maren Hachmann 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Dear Board members, Jabier asked the website team in a bug report [1] if we could make a 'Branding' page for the website, where users, sponsors, developers etc. can be guided to find everything they need for participating in contests or for creating other Inkscape-branded materials. I've based the contents of the page on the existing Wiki page [2]. The images and fonts I've uploaded are now attached to Bryce's account, so a board member/developer can edit them. They are living in a gallery that belongs to the developers team [3] (and is linked to Bryce's account, too), just like they do in the Inkscape code base. In theory, it should be possible for any developer who is registered as one on the website now to upload to that gallery (in practice, I think that feature needs some fixing... Bryce will be able to upload to the gallery atm). The page itself is this one: https://inkscape.org/en/about/branding/ It's not yet available in the menu, but published, so you can take a look easily. Please let me know if there are any changes required to the contents. Regards, Maren [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape-web/+bug/1639389 [2] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Branding [3] https://inkscape.org/en/*developer/galleries/inkscape-brand-assets/

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[Referendum] Hackfest in Portland, OR
by Bryce Harrington 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest in Portland, Oregon. Proposals: 1. Sponsor a hackfest in Portland, Oregon. (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. Which date should we target to reserve? Note the availability may change, requiring us to select a different date. [ ] a. Oct 21 - Oct 26, 2016 [ ] b. Nov 26 - Dec 1, 2016 [ ] c. Any of the above [ ] d. Spring, 2017 [ ] e. Other: ____________________________________________________________ [ ] f. No preference 3. 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 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks everyone for the feedback on the proposal, I've decided to press on with getting the vote settled for the budgeted amounts so we can get a reservation in place before someone else books our dates. There seems to not be a consensus on the preferred dates. I'm hoping the vote will help clear that up, or at least give us a majority decision we can use to start getting things nailed down. A potential hitch for the dates is that Terri noticed the schedule on the rental company's website differs substantially from what they show on AirBnB. She's attempting to contact them for clarification (and to investigate if there's any chance we could get both units this year). Based on this we may need to adjust our dates. Bryce On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 09:58:30PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi guys, > > Attached is the proposal for a hackfest in Portland. Please review and let > me know of any changes that should be made, or questions that need > answered. In a couple days (depending on feedback) I'll post for a > vote, and then make the appropriate reservation. > > As mentioned at the meeting, if we want a hackfest in Oct/Nov there is > availability for one unit or the other. It doesn't look like we could > get both units until 2017, although if the proposal looks otherwise ok > and if we definitely do want both units, we will contact the owners to > see if there's any potential flexibility. If you have a strong opinion > on dates please let me know. > > Thanks, > Bryce > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board

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Proposal for Hackfest in Portland, OR
by Bryce Harrington 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

Hi guys, Attached is the proposal for a hackfest in Portland. Please review and let me know of any changes that should be made, or questions that need answered. In a couple days (depending on feedback) I'll post for a vote, and then make the appropriate reservation. As mentioned at the meeting, if we want a hackfest in Oct/Nov there is availability for one unit or the other. It doesn't look like we could get both units until 2017, although if the proposal looks otherwise ok and if we definitely do want both units, we will contact the owners to see if there's any potential flexibility. If you have a strong opinion on dates please let me know. Thanks, Bryce

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