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Inkscape Finances
by Bryce Harrington 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Hi all, I thought you guys might find this data informative. I recently got access to our CLI Ledger data, and sorted out how to generate reports to get a sense of our project's funding and expenses. == CURRENT BALANCE == $-17,538.31 Expenses:Inkscape $47,887.65 Income:Inkscape -------------------- $30,349.34 This first table provides a high level view of our total money received and paid since we joined the conservancy. We've spent a little over a third of the money we've collected. == ASSETS == $31,595.96 Assets $344.62 FR Checking $3,600.00 FR Visa Check Card $-12.00 Gandi Prepaid Account $4,704.51 Google Checkout $15,667.38 Inkscape:FR Money Market $7,291.45 PayPal $-368.15 Liabilities:Credit Card:AMEX -------------------- $31,227.81 This shows where all of our current money "lives". I don't know why the total here differs from the current balance. == TOTALS == Year Income Expenses 2006 $3,126.00 $3126.00 2007 $6,955.81 $-4,718.00 $2237.81 2008 $3,861.14 $-460.98 $3400.16 2009 $2,798.57 $-500.00 $2298.57 2010 $3,915.37 $-1,821.20 $2094.17 2011 $8,489.61 $-1,060.80 $7428.81 2012 $6,919.27 $-3,130.18 $3789.09 2013 $7,664.94 $-1,955.27 $5709.67 2014 $3,674.37 $-3,889.74 $-215.37 This shows our yearly income and expenses, and the year to year delta. It looks like we could sustain an annual budget of about $7k. Income 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Donations 3126.00 6955.81 3854.00 2746.48 3898.20 Google 0.00 6000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Packt 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Interest 0.00 0.00 7.14 52.09 17.17 Royalties 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Currency Conversion 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other Income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Expenses Hosting 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 OSU 0.00 -200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Banking Fees 0.00 -18.00 0.00 0.00 -75.00 Postage 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Travel 0.00 -500.00 -460.98 0.00 -316.20 Per Diem 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mentor Stipend 0.00 -4000.00 0.00 -500.00 -1430.00 Development 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Currency Conversion 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other Expenses 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Income 2011 2012 2013 2014 Donations 7361.50 6404.88 7326.41 3673.70 Google 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Packt 497.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 Interest 10.14 2.48 3.95 0.67 Royalties 1117.97 491.15 334.34 0.00 Currency Conversion 0.00 20.74 -111.24 0.00 Other Income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Expenses Hosting -12.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 OSU 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Banking Fees -48.80 -111.81 210.34 -151.38 Postage 0.00 0.00 0.00 -67.48 Travel 0.00 518.35 1556.88 3370.21 Per Diem 0.00 0.00 -38.28 274.71 Mentor Stipend -1000.00 -2500.00 0.00 0.00 Development 0.00 0.00 0.00 -299.22 Currency Conversion 0.00 20.74 -111.24 0.00 Other Expenses 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.45 This table shows a more detailed breakdown of where our income came from and where it went to, on a year by year basis. I'm not sure why the travel expenses show as positive in 2012-2015; I'll enquire. Meanwhile if you have any other questions let me know and I'll pass them along. Bryce

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SVG WG meeting and GSoC Mentor's conference
by Tavmjong Bah 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Hi, I would like to ask for additional funding to cover attending the SVG working group meeting in Santa Clara just after the GSoC mentor's meeting (travel to/from the GSoC meeting is covered by the previous referendum on the GSoC reunion). The SVG working group will meet two days during the annual "TPAC" meeting (the joint meeting of all W3C groups). I may also attend part of the CSS working group meeting which is on two different days. I am asking for a maximum of $900 to cover hotel and misc. other expenses. The W3C has waved the meeting fees for me. Depending on the exact meeting schedule, I may only need to stay in a hotel for two or three nights but am asking for support for the full six to allow some flexibility. Tav

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SVG WG meeting and The Graphical Web conference
by Tavmjong Bah 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hi, I would like to ask for funding to attend the SVG working group meeting in London (August 22-26) just prior to The Graphical Web (TGW) conference, formerly SVG Open, in Winchester, England (August 27-30). I would also like to ask for back-up funding to attend TGW (where I will be giving a talk) if the organizers are unable to completely fund my attendance (the have the past few years). The estimated cost for attending just the SVG WG meeting is 600 dollars, this about 500 dollars for five nights in a university dorm room (London hotels are very expensive) plus 100 dollars for misc. expenses. If the TGW organizer's are unable to completely cover my expenses (train to London/Winchester) there might also be travel expenses ($200), conference fees ($350), room charges ($300 for a dorm room) and $100 for misc. expenses. I expect that at least the conference fees will be waved. Tav

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[Referendum] GSoC Reunion Travel Sponsorship
by Bryce Harrington 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter. Proposal: Sponsor costs for GSoC participants to attend the GSoC Reunion according to the following schedule: * Up to $1500 each for GSoC admins who have served 2+ years * Up to $1000 each for GSoC mentors who have mentored for 2+ years * Up to $500 each for students who successfully completed their mentorship, and who continued contributing outside GSoC. Josh Andler will act as event coordinator to provide a point of contact for attendees and to collect expense info for reimbursement. [ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal for whomever gets accepted [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide GSoC sponsorship Background: Inkscape has participated in the Google Summer of Code Program for many years now. We've got a lot of good code, several good developers, and a good bit of cash from this participation. Each year Google also has a yearly get together after the summer is done. We've had on average 3 people interested in attending each year. This year is the 10th anniversary and Google is holding a special Mentor's Summit (Reunion). Google will sponsor the usual 2 delegates we get to send, funding up to $1100 each in travel expenses and room costs. In addition, Google will hold a lottery for others to attend, but at their own expense. Eligible participants for the lottery include admins, mentors, and students. We don't know how many lottery slots will be made available to us, but they estimate 220 total lottery winners covering a total of 190 mentoring organizations. So on average I guess we can expect something on the order of 1-3 people.

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Inkscape: books
by Johan Engelen 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

On 6-6-2014 17:01, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote: > (resend to everyone) > > I didn't receive the book - maybe it was lost in transit :/ :-( Bryce, can you follow up on this? thanks, Johan

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Inkscape: books
by Tavmjong Bah 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 00:28 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote: > Hi all, > Could you give me some feedback on the book campaign? > Have you read the book, liked it, tossed it, wished for something else, > recommended it, have it next to your keyboard, gave it to a friend, > never looked at it, read front to back, read specific parts, etc.. > I got "Refactoring" and to be honest, other than reading the inspiring first chapter haven't used it much. It did motivate me to spend three weeks to completely rewrite the horrible style handling code. I also bought myself the other two books. "Effective C++" was my nightly reading for several weeks. I found it quite useful as I rewrote the style code. I also completely read "Tour of C++". I found it quite interesting (I can't wait until we can use C++11!) but I found it a bit superficial. I think the "C++ Programming Language" would have been more useful (years ago, I learned all about the STL using the 3rd edition and C++ in general from the 2nd edition). I do think the book campaign was a great idea and would support it becoming a yearly thing. Tav

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Re: [Inkscape-board] Inkscape: books
by Martin Owens 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi Johan, Thanks for the prompt to write something about the book. I received "A Tour of C++" by Bjarne Stroustrup. The book is most useful as a reference, explaining lots of aspects and designs that go into making C ++ and the ways people generally make programs in C++. What I found missing from the text was more practical experimentations. I find myself having to read it a few times over before any of the information seems to sink in and this might be become I'm a more practical learner. I would recommend the book to anyone as a reference, but perhaps a companion book or tutorial set to expand it's effectiveness. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 00:28 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote: > Have you read the book, liked it, tossed it, wished for something > else, > recommended it, have it next to your keyboard, gave it to a friend, > never looked at it, read front to back, read specific parts, etc..

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Fwd: Inkscape: books
by Johan Engelen 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

(sent a mail to all book receivers and CC'ed it to the list but it did not accept my email address. 2nd attempt) Hi all, Could you give me some feedback on the book campaign? Have you read the book, liked it, tossed it, wished for something else, recommended it, have it next to your keyboard, gave it to a friend, never looked at it, read front to back, read specific parts, etc.. Thanks! Johan

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google+ page management
by Alexandre Prokoudine 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Hello board, Since I'm not really involved with the project anymore, I only post relevant stuff from the Inkscape's Google+ page when I have time, which is once a month at best. I don't believe this is good for the project. Hence I'd like to transfer the ownership of the page to someone else who can be around regularly. Currently these people are managers of the page: Josh Andler, Tavmjong Bah, Uwe Schöler. ~suv was invited, but she never accepted the role. Please use your own judgment who should be owner (there can be only one), and who should gain (currently missing) management access, then let me know. Thanks. Alex

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Legal Statement for Output
by Martin Owens 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Hello, I've been following a Gimp thread about the restrictions or limitations on the creative output in Gimp. Of course there is no restriction and our license covers the software not the output. But some companies are concerned or have questions. So the question is: Should we put a notice/disclaimer/information in the about screen stating in plain [local-language] that output from inkscape is not restricted/copyrighted/limited and is owned by the creator suject to local laws etc etc. I'm not sure of the wording and maybe the SFLC could help bake a nice sentence for multiple Free Software creative groups. Thoughts? Martin,

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