- Inkscape Board of Directors

[REFERENDUM] Produce materials for SCALE 13x
by Jon A. Cruz 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter. Proposal: Reimburse the cost of producing: * Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined. Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x. [ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials Background: Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population. Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with." A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences. The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population. -- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...

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[RFC] Election procedure
by Bryce Harrington 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hi all, As per our current FSA, when a board member resigns, we hold a public election to replace them. In preparation for this, I've drafted the following election procedure. Please review and contribute your suggestions for improvement. Copyedits welcomed too! I'll post a final copy for voting on when it's ready. I've adapted this from some of the earlier elections we've had, formalizing things a bit here and there. I've also taken ideas from X.org's election process where they appeared to have better mechanics. In particular, I've dispensed with our nomination/seconds system (which is awkward and inevitably leads to a mess of declines) and just ask that candidates indicate interest by registering. Also of note, I'm specifying STV as the voting method; it's basically the multiple-person form of IRV. I assume this is going to be fine with everyone, but please do raise any concerns. Martin Owens says Django has modules for STV (and IRV) voting, so we can consider doing the voting through the website rather than on the mailing list. This might be easier to manage, as well as give a little more privacy. I'd particularly like to hear thoughts on this. Bryce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inkscape is holding elections for ${NUM_SEATS} new Board Members. ${Introduction_Text} Typically the board votes on things such as project fund expenditures (travel, conferences, marketing materials for events, etc), trademark related issue, other legal issues that arise, etc. The board does not have responsibility currently for technical decisions for the project, and does not handle social/community issues where there are no financial or legal aspects to the problem. Board membership requires a commitment of time: At a minimum you will be expected to participate in votes on the mailing list, which typically occur with a frequency of about 0 to 3 per month. You are required to be on the board mailing list, which has a volume of about 30-50 emails per month; you're not required to participate in the discussions, but it is very strongly encouraged. We also solicit volunteers from the board to serve as as event managers, team leaders, fundraising coordinators, etc. - Again, not a requirement, but we value board members who can shoulder such duties for the project. As specified in Section 6 or our charter we maintain a committee of seven project members. Section 6 reads as follows: "6. Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers, each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld." Election Schedule ================= * Kickoff Announcement: ${date} + Post to inkscape-announce@ + Publish news item to website * Candidacy period Start: ${date} * Candidacy period End: ${date + 1 week} (Midnight Pacific time) * Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate Q&A: ${date + 1 week} * Election Start: ${date + 1 week} * Election End: ${date + 1 week + 2 weeks} (Midnight Pacific time) * Results Posted: ${date + 1 week + 2 weeks + 2 days} Membership ========== Inkscape developers listed in the AUTHORS file as of ${AUTHORS_DATE} are considered Official Members for purposes of this election, as per our Fiscale Sponsorship Agreement with the Software Freedom Conservancy. Only Official Members may run for the board positions, and only Official Members may vote for them. Board Election ============== The following Board Members have resigned from their positions and need to be filled by new members: TBD TBD The election process starts with a Candidacy Period during which any Official Member may indicate interest in running for the positions. To register, please email ${ELECTIONS_ADDRESS}, giving your - Legal name - Current professional affiliation - Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies - A personal statement At the end of the Candidacy Period, the applicants will be reviewed to verify eligibility. The list of candidates will then by published, and the community will have a chance to ask questions on the development discussion list, inkscape-devel@...103... Finally, the election will be held using the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) voting system[1]. This is similar in mechanism to the Instant Runoff Vote (IRV) system we've used in the past[2], but for multi-seat results rather than the single-winner result of IRV. From a voter's perspective it's the same voting procedure: Rank candidates in order of choice with #1 being first choice, and so on. References ========== 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote 2: Past elections: 2006 Election + http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Election-process-for-Inkscape-Board-tt2805… 2008 Election + http://t48889.graphics-inkscape-development.graphictalk.us/opening-inkscape… 2012 Election + http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Board-Election-voting-time-tt4965… + http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Board-Committee-Nominations-tc496…

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Materials for SCALE 13x
by Jon A. Cruz 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi guys, SCALE 13x is coming up on Feb 19th, and Inkscape has a booth again. I was wondering if we might want to get some materials together for that and/or other shows. A few years back we had a vertical banner for LGM that we used, but it is not holding up any more (I think Andy got it in a print shop in China for under $1) and was not Inkscape specific. If we want to get a new one they seem to be in the $150-$280 range. Smaller banners or signs could come in for less. We could also do something for giveaway/schwag, such as small stickers or cards from moo.com. Those are $20 for 90 stickers and $20 for 100 mini cards. http://us.moo.com/products/stickerbooks.html http://us.moo.com/products/minicards.html Minicards could have room for our logo and a QR code to the website. Do either of these sound like a good idea? We're getting a bit shorter on time so I can understand if we might want to hold off on the banner. -- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...

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Proposed FY2015 Budget
by Bryce Harrington 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

For the past four years our annual donation income has been steady at about $7,000. We have $31,000 saved from past years. I'd like to propose we budget $10,000 for expenses in FY2015. For the $10,000 I'd further like to propose the following breakdown for categorization: Item Budget ------------- ------ SVG Working Group $2,500 LGM 2015 2,500 Hackfest 2015 2,500 SCALE 250 Other events 500 Funded Development 750 Developer Education 1,000 ------ ------ Total $10,000 The one caveat being that targeted fundraising can increase the available amounts. For instance since $409 are raised specifically for the Hackfest, the actual amount spent could be $2,909. Before we vote on this, any questions or thoughts to consider? Bryce

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GSoC 2015
by Tavmjong Bah 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

While I am thinking about it, the GSoC deadline for organization applications is February 20th. Tav

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Current Finances
by Bryce Harrington 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

== CURRENT BALANCE == $-21,137.35 Expenses:Inkscape $52,600.56 Income:Inkscape -------------------- $31,463.21 == TOTALS == Year Income Expenses Change Total FY2006 $3,399.50 $3399.50 $3399.50 FY2007 $10,232.65 $-4,718.00 $5514.65 $8914.15 FY2008 $358.48 $-460.98 $-102.50 $8811.65 FY2009 $2,784.57 $-500.00 $2284.57 $11096.22 FY2010 $4,803.28 $-2,081.60 $2721.68 $13817.90 FY2011 $8,798.50 $-2,314.98 $6483.52 $20301.42 FY2012 $6,957.72 $-1,653.90 $5303.82 $25605.24 FY2013 $8,068.04 $-2,501.70 $5566.34 $31171.58 FY2014 $7,197.82 $-6,906.20 $291.62 $31463.20 FY2015 $ $31463.20 == DONATIONS == FY2006 06-Oct-09 - 07-Feb-07 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $3,399.50 $3,399.50 FY2007 07-Mar-05 - 08-Feb-25 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $4,231.81 $4,231.81 FY2007 In:Ink:Donation:Google $6,000.00 $10,231.81 FY2008 08-Mar-10 - 09-Jan-02 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $350.00 $350.00 FY2009 09-Mar-01 - 10-Jan-09 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $2,720.98 $2,720.98 FY2010 10-Mar-01 - 11-Feb-27 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $4,294.20 $4,294.20 FY2010 In:Inks:Donation:Packt $497.00 $4,791.20 FY2011 11-Mar-01 - 12-Feb-24 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $6,922.09 $6,922.09 FY2011 In:Inks:Donation:Packt $500.00 $7,422.09 FY2012 12-Mar-02 - 13-Feb-28 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $6,389.29 $6,389.29 FY2013 13-Mar-05 - 14-Feb-28 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $7,637.61 $7,637.61 FY2014 14-Mar-03 - 15-Jan-30 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $6,926.98 $6,926.98 Hackfest FY2014 14-Dec-05 - 15-Jan-30 Assets:PayPal $-389.86 $-389.86 FY2014 Ex:Inksca:Banking Fees $-19.14 $-409.00 FY2014 Inc:Inkscape:Donations $409.00 0 == EXPENSES == FY 2007: $4,718.00 Expenses FY 2008: $460.98 Expenses FY 2009: $500.00 Expenses FY 2010: $2,081.60 Expenses FY 2011: $2,314.98 Expenses FY 2012: $1,653.90 Expenses FY 2013: $2,501.70 Expenses FY 2014: $6,906.20 Expenses FY 2015: FY 2013 Expenses: 13-May-07 Jasper van de Gronde - GSoC Mentor Summit 2011 - KLM - Partial Reimbursement ..In:Currency Conversion $4.05 $4.05 13-Oct-03 Tavmjong Bah - United Airlines - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Flight Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $1,031.40 $1,035.45 13-Oct-28 Tavmjong Bah - Cal Train - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $7.00 $1,042.45 13-Oct-18 Tavmjong Bah - South & East Bay Shuttle - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Ground Tra.. Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $52.00 $1,094.45 13-Oct-28 Tavmjong Bah - BART - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $4.05 $1,098.50 13-Oct-18 Tavmjong Bah - RER - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $14.38 $1,112.88 13-Oct-29 Tavmjong Bah - RER - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $14.46 $1,127.34 13-Dec-02 Google, Inc. - GSoC Mentor Summit 2013 - Inkscape - Travel Expenses Reimbursem.. Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $-1,100.00 $27.34 13-Apr-13 Tavmjong Bah - Hotel Mediodía - Libre Graphics Meeting 2013 - Hotel Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $237.22 $264.56 13-May-07 Tavmjong Bah - Air France - SVG Working Group 2013 - Flight Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $1,045.53 $1,310.09 13-May-31 Tavmjong Bah - RER - SVG Working Group 2013 - Ground transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $13.64 $1,323.73 13-Jun-05 Tavmjong Bah - Hotel New Ueno - SVG Working Group 2013 - Hotel <Adjustment> $-0.01 $1,323.72 Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $275.49 $1,599.21 13-Jun-07 Tavmjong Bah - SVG Working Group 2013 - Per Diem <Adjustment> $0.01 $1,599.22 Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $38.28 $1,637.50 13-Dec-09 Tavmjong Bah - Outgoing Wire Transfer ..In:Currency Conversion $107.43 $1,744.93 14-Jan-12 Cédric Gémy - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - easyJet Airline Company Limited Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $162.30 $1,907.23 14-Feb-18 Martin Owens - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $23.20 $1,930.43 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $3.99 $1,934.42 Exp:Inkscap:Sales Tax:MA $1.45 $1,935.87 14-Feb-21 Kris De Gussem - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $33.70 $1,969.57 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $1,977.55 14-Feb-18 Nicolas Dufour - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $33.70 $2,011.25 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $2,019.23 14-Feb-19 Alvin Penner - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $42.84 $2,062.07 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $11.62 $2,073.69 14-Feb-20 Krzysztof Kosinski - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $33.70 $2,107.39 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $2,115.37 14-Feb-19 Alexander Valavanis - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $42.84 $2,158.21 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $2,166.19 14-Feb-19 Matthew Petroff - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $23.20 $2,189.39 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $3.99 $2,193.38 14-Feb-19 Markus Engel - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $23.20 $2,216.58 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $2,224.56 14-Feb-19 Tavmjong Bah - Amazon.com - Book Purchase Exp:Inkscape:Development $42.84 $2,267.40 Expense:Inkscape:Postage $7.98 $2,275.38 FY 2013 Banking fees: $226.32 Expenses:Inkscape:Banking Fees FY 2014 Expenses: 14-Apr-02 Cédric Gémy - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Deutsche Bahn Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $70.87 $70.87 14-Apr-18 Cédric Gémy - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - airBandB - 4 Nights - Partial Reim.. Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $266.83 $337.70 14-Mar-17 Krzysztof Kosiński - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Deutsche Bahn Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $133.70 $471.40 14-Mar-28 Metro Krzysztof Kosiński - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Deutsche Bahn <Adjustment> $-0.01 $471.39 Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $29.02 $500.41 14-Apr-06 Kudenbeleg Hotel Admiral Lepzig - Krzysztof Kosiński - Libre Graphics Meeting .. Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $267.21 $767.62 14-Apr-06 Kudenbeleg Hotel Admiral Lepzig - Krzysztof Kosiński - Libre Graphics Meeting .. Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $40.29 $807.91 14-Mar-17 Luftansa - Martin Owens - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Partial Reimbursement Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $500.00 $1,307.91 14-Mar-31 Joakim Verona - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Air Berlin Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $361.91 $1,669.82 14-Apr-02 Joakim Verona - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Train Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $40.07 $1,709.89 14-Apr-02 Joakim Verona - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Deutsche Bahn Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $90.82 $1,800.71 14-Apr-04 Joakim Verona - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Train - Partial Reimbursement Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $7.20 $1,807.91 14-Mar-13 Tavmjong Bah - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Luftanasa Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $277.39 $2,085.30 14-Apr-01 Tavmjong Bah - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Motel One Leipzig Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $857.17 $2,942.47 14-Apr-01 Tavmjong Bah - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - RER Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $15.46 $2,957.93 14-Apr-10 Tavmjong Bah - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - RER Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $15.56 $2,973.49 14-Apr-10 Tavmjong Bah - Libre Graphics Meeting 2014 - Per Diem Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $234.42 $3,207.91 14-Aug-02 University of London - Tavmjong Bah - SVG Meeting August 2014 Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $496.51 $3,704.42 14-Aug-29 Tavmjong Bah - SVG Meeting August 2014 - Per Diem Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $200.01 $3,904.43 14-Aug-29 Tavmjong Bah - Graphics Web Conference 2014 - Per Diem Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $60.00 $3,964.43 14-Jul-22 FRU.PL - Krzysztof Kosiński - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Flight Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $996.10 $4,960.53 14-Jul-21 Cheaptickets.ch - Johan Engelen - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Flight - Partial R.. Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $1,100.00 $6,060.53 14-Oct-26 Google, Inc. - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Inkscape Travel Reimbursement Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $-2,096.10 $3,964.43 14-Sep-04 Air France - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Flight <Adjustment> $-0.01 $3,964.42 Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $1,240.90 $5,205.32 14-Oct-23 SNCF - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $14.18 $5,219.50 14-Oct-23 BART - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $4.25 $5,223.75 14-Oct-23 Caltrain - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $7.25 $5,231.00 14-Nov-01 Taxi - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $30.00 $5,261.00 14-Nov-01 avatar hotel - Tavmjong Bah - SVG Working Group Meeting - Lodging Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $245.22 $5,506.22 14-Nov-05 Per Diem - Tavmjong Bah - SVG Working Group Meeting Ex:In:Con:Trave:Per Diem $60.83 $5,567.05 14-Nov-05 SNCF - Tavmjong Bah - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Ground Transportation Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $13.99 $5,581.04 14-Sep-02 Hilton - Josh Andler - GSoC Mentor Summit 2014 - Hotel Ex:Inks:Conferenc:Travel $149.64 $5,730.68 14-Sep-05 USPTO - Trademark Number 3672907 Ex:In:Trade:Registration $300.00 $6,030.68 14-Sep-05 USPTO - Trademark Number 3672917 Ex:In:Trade:Registration $300.00 $6,330.68 14-Sep-05 USPTO - Trademark Number 3672956 Ex:In:Trade:Registration $300.00 $6,630.68 FY 2014 Banking fees: $275.52 Expenses:Inkscape:Banking Fees FY 2015 Expenses: FY 2015 Banking fees:

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Sydney SVG WG Meeting
by Tavmjong Bah 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi, I would like to attend the SVG working group meeting in Sydney next month. The working group is targeting this meeting to move the SVG 2 specification into "last call" at which point no new features can be added and incomplete features can be dropped. It is an important meeting to attend to make sure that features that are important to Inkscape remain in the specification. The full justification for attending is in the attached proposal (which is also checked into the Inkscape board bzr repository). The cost of attending (both financial and time) is higher than previous meetings that I have attended with Inkscape's support but I think the importance of this meeting justifies it. Note, reports from previously attended SVG WG meetings can be found on my blog: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/ Tav Proposal: [ ] a. Approve funding Tav to attend the Sydney SVG WG meeting as outlined below, for a total of up to $2250. [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav. Background: I (Tav) would like funding to attend the Sydney SVG working group meeting, to be held February 11-14, 2015. The first day will be a joint meeting with the CSS working group. At this meeting, the SVG working group plans on moving the SVG 2 specification to "Last Call". At this point the specification is essentially feature complete with no new features to be added and incomplete features removed. It is an important meeting to attend in person to make sure that features important to Inkscape such as mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text are not dropped. It also is a last chance to add new features adopted like text-on-a-shape or resolve problems such as getting proper closing of paths. The meeting also is an opportunity to lobby the browsers to implement SVG 2 features already supported by Inkscape such as the 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' values for the 'fill' and 'stroke' properties which allows automatically matching marker fill color to path stroke color and the 'auto-reverse-start' value for the marker orientation which allows an arrow marker to be used both at the start and end of a path. Progress on SVG 2 can be followed at: https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/ My presentations at the last SVG working group meeting can be found at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/SVG/tpac_2014.html and a meeting report at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=1154 Approximate cost for Sydney Transportation: Paris to Syndey: $1500 6 nights lodging/meals: $ 750 Tavmjong Bah

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Jenkins email
by Johan Engelen 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

Hi all, What email service do you want to use for Jenkins to send us mails? For example, I can set up a Gmail account for this. thanks, Johan

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Resignation
by Johan Engelen 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Hi all, I want to give you a heads-up that I am probably going to resign my board membership soon. There are many reasons. Not worrying about Inkscape for the past few weeks has been very nice, without any bad emotions behind the keyboard. It is a pity, and I feel sorry about it. I'd like to stay on to finish the FSA thing, so that we get that done, and then resign shortly after. regards, Johan

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OSUOSL contribution
by Bryce Harrington 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

Some years ago we made a $200 donation to OSUOSL in thanks for services provided[1]. I'd like to propose we make another $200 donation this year. Thoughts? Bryce 1: http://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/172490/

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