- Inkscape Board of Directors

Re: [Inkscape-board] Update of Committee & other matters for Conservancy/Inkscape discussion (was Re: New board members)
by Tavmjong Bah 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi Bradley, It was good to meet you last week. Thanks for following up. I have received the copy of the FSA and I assent to serve on the Committee. Tav On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 13:13 -0400, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > Josh, > > Sorry for the delayed reply to this message as well. > > Josh Andler wrote on 24 September: > > We held elections last week for the two open spots on the board. The > > results are in and "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...31...> & > > "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...47...> have been elected. I'm guessing that > > you or Tony are the ones to make it all official, so I'm initiating > > the discussion to make it happen. > > I can confirm that Johan and Tavmjong are officially now on the Inkscape > Committee in Conservancy's records and they have been added to the > <inkscape@...41...> alias. I also had the pleasure of meeting > and talking with Tavmjong at the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit > last weekend. Based on my discussion with him, I realized there were > probably a few things that Conservancy and Inkscape should at this point > discuss: > > 0. As mentioned in a previous email, we do need an official resignation > from Aaron that actually says he resigns. I've left him on the > Committee for the moment until we get that, just to make sure things > are abundantly clear. However, this creates somewhat of an odd > situation, because the current Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement > (attached) calls for 7 Committee members and Aaron's continued > presence makes 8. > > 1. The existing FSA doesn't require signatures from anyone who was newly > elected, but it would be useful if Tavmjong and Johan acknowledge via > email their receipt of the attached copy of the FSA (with sha256sum > of a2020dacc0db0bea45aff3239770f3fe8f9aaff0a8f7d4b575e5554c6c2590d3 > and their assent to serve on the Committee. Tavmjong and Johan, > could you do that? > > 2. Meanwhile, now might be a good time to discuss updating the FSA. > There are a number of reasons that I've discussed in the past with > some of you about updating the FSA, and since there's a change in the > Committee, this might be a good opportunity, for these reasons: > > (a) The older FSA's have a bug that Tony discovered when he came to > work for Conservancy. Specifically, they don't have a clear > hand-off from the original signatories of the FSA to the > Project's Leadership Committee. Ideally, the Signatories cede > their authority to the Committee, so we don't have to bug > former committee members with getting signatures if they decide > to move on from the project. The new FSA template fixes this. > > (b) As I've discussed with a number of you, including Jon, Josh and > Tavmjong, Inkscape has received fiscal sponsorship services > from Conservancy at no charge since 2006. Back when > Conservancy was founded, I was an SFLC employee and SFLC was > subsidizing my time -- effectively donating staff time to > Conservancy. This ceased in early 2008, and I served as a > volunteer for Conservancy on nights/weekends until 2011, when I > became a full-time employee -- which was the only way to keep > it going with the services it promises (the other option would > have been to shut down Conservancy). Since then, to maintain > legal services as part of the service plan once SFLC shrunk > further, we hired Tony as well. We get a lot done with a staff > of two, but obviously we need financial resources to be able to > provide these services. > > Conservancy's Board of Directors voted about a year ago that > all member projects should be required to give 10% of their > earmarked revenue to support Conservancy to continue to provide > services. This is a standard way for a fiscal sponsor to > operate, and we were lucky before that we weren't required to > do this, and I'd been waiting to bother Inkscape with this > since you are one of our older members. (We haven't taken a new > member for anything other than 10% in a few years, BTW). I > hope a 10% arrangement as we use with other projects now will > be acceptable to you, and I and Tony are happy to discuss > further this issue. > > (c) Now might be a good time to update the Representation section > of the FSA. Right now, as you see from (0) above, it requires > explicit resignations to change the Committee, and perhaps that > is too burdensome and problematic, particularly for people who > have moved on from the project. Conservancy can work with you > to redrafted the Representation section to better reflect your > current realities of leadership. As you see in the template, > there a few suggestions of how to draft Representation > sections. > > As mentioned, your current FSA is attached, and the newer FSA > template is actually available publicly at: > http://sfconservancy.org/members/apply/ConservancyFSATemplate.pdf > http://sfconservancy.org/members/apply/conservancy-fsa-template.tex > > Please take a look and let me know if you have any > thoughts/suggestions/questions. >

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Re: [Inkscape-board] NJH resignation process; needed official resignation from Aaron Spike.
by Aaron Spike 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

I hereby resign from my position on the Inkscape Board. Aaron Spike

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SourceForge Upgrade
by Josh Andler 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

Hey All, SF.net is upgrading their site and all projects. I wanted to give a heads up that I've initiated the transition for us and we are in their queue. Hopefully this will not negatively impact our usage of SF, but, it is something they're going to do to all projects that they host. I apologize in advance that they will be notifying everyone with commit access of code access changes, and I'm sorry if they send other emails to everyone else. Hopefully this will all be for the good in the end, as it's going to be mandatory. Cheers, Josh

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Fwd: Inkscape - Childrens Book
by Alexandre Prokoudine 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

FYI, if you've been wondering where some of the donations come from. The book in question: http://www.amazon.com/Ted-wants-Rock-Quaid-Leckey/dp/0473223325 Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quaid <name@...48...> Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM Subject: Inkscape - Childrens Book To: alexandre.prokoudine@...23... Hi There! I was just writing to let you know about a children’s book I’ve put together with Inkscape as my predominant illustration platform. The book is titled: ‘Ted wants to Rock!’ and is about a teddy bear who wants to become a rock star. It was recently released and is available from Amazon, so I would very much like to take this time to thank you guys for an excellent piece of software! I will be donating to the cause depending on whether or not the book is successful, But well worth it since it has become one of the tools I use the most for a huge variety of reasons (it’s currently pinned my apps list, which is the only thing besides Qt Creator I tend to use on a daily basis) So, once again, thank you, and have a fantastic rest of your day! Cheers, Quaid Leckey Author: Ted Wants to Rock! (ISBN-13 978-0-473-22332-8)

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Inkscape Board - election results
by Josh Andler 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hey All, I'm happy to announce that Tavmjong Bah & Johan Engelen have been elected and have accepted their positions on the board. A few people had voted off-lists, however, it does not affect the results in the end (they actually had more votes including those). So, to Johan & Tav, congratulations and welcome aboard! :) Cheers, Josh

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New board members
by Josh Andler 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi Bradley, We held elections last week for the two open spots on the board. The results are in and "Johan Engelen" <jbc.engelen@...31...> & "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...47...> have been elected. I'm guessing that you or Tony are the ones to make it all official, so I'm initiating the discussion to make it happen. Cheers, Josh

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[aaron@...7...: Re: [Elections] Board interest check]
by Bryce Harrington 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Here is Aaron's email indicating his preference to be replaced. ----- Forwarded message from Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> ----- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:44:02 -0500 From: Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check On 9/12/2012 11:39 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process > of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. > > I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all > existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest > to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and > let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! I still believe that my place on the board would be better filled by someone with a more active role in the community. Aaron Spike ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [Elections] Board interest check
by Josh Andler 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@...41...> wrote: > Can someone be sure to send us Nathan's and Aaron's official resignation > so we take them off the official Conservancy Inkscape Committee list? For NJH: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=18397080 For Aaron: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28829716 Nathan's is certainly more official, but a simple email to Aaron can confirm that it was indeed official as long as we had someone ready to replace him. Cheers, Josh

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[Elections] Board interest check
by Bryce Harrington 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

We have a couple spots we need to fill on the board, and are in process of organizing an election of the Inkscape development community. I figure this would be a good opportunity to do a quick check among all existing board members to verify you're still have the time and interest to continue board work. Please reply to me by the end of the week and let us know you're willing to continue in your role. Thanks! Bryce

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Inkscape Board/Committee Nominations
by Josh Andler 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

Hello Developers, I am recycling Aaron Spike's email from the last time we went through this. As many of you know, Inkscape is a member organization of the Software Freedom Conservancy ( http://sfconservancy.org/ ) and that we have a board. The board/committee consists of Josh Andler, Jon Cruz, Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, MenTaLguY and Aaron Spike. Bryce Harrington currently serves as the Representative (the official board representative on behalf of Inkscape to the SFC). Dr. Hurst had previously resigned his position on the board and Aaron has done so more recently. Therefore we must elect new committee members to fill the open spots. I will be collecting nominations through the weekend (ending Sunday, September 16th unless there is great desire for an extension to the nomination period). Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may make a nomination. Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file (as of September 10, 2012) may be nominated. Nominees are free to refuse nomination. Just as a heads up, if you use a pseudonym, you will have to sign the agreement with your legal name (not that this information gets released to the public). Note: The dates related to the AUTHORS file are to avoid anyone trying to get in at the last second, and they will always adjust with future nomination periods. Typically the board votes on things such as project fund expenditures (travel, conferences, marketing materials for events, etc), trademark related issues (a topic currently be worked on), other legal issues that arise, etc. Our hope is that by refreshing the board, that we'll be better suited to give better guidance on items and hopefully be more effective at supporting the Inkscape project and our community as a result. 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." The election itself will take place from the 17th through the 23rd. The process will be voting for your top two choices (all votes carry equal weight) and the two names with the most votes will be elected. Thank you to everyone for your participation. Cheers, Josh P.S. I have uploaded a redacted copy of the full Charter at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21152971/InkscapeSponsorshipAgreement-redacted.pdf (modified only for privacy reasons). We will get something more official in place soon.

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