On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 01:24:08PM -0800, Josh Andler wrote:
It is. As an aside, I just want to make sure that when it comes to mentor payments that we establish language explicitly stating that Inkscape is paying the mentors so it is clear how it actually works. This way, should the board agree to it, we can pay mentors as soon as GSoC has concluded. This way it's not perceived that we are floating money for Google, and it accurately reflects that the project gets paid by Google and we are choosing to pay the mentors if they desire (the difference is that we have money in the bank and can choose to pay the mentors before our next payment from Google).
Is that to deal with the delays that sometimes occur with Google getting the checks cut for us?
Yes. It's become evident in my years as Admin that people are expecting the payments not too long after the program concludes. It doesn't seem like an odd expectation given how compensation typically happens with other "jobs". One thing I've learned is that the reasons people "need" the payment to be by a given date varies greatly.
The one thing we'd have to keep in mind is that we always keep enough $$ in the bank to cover the cost until we get paid.
Absolutely.
Cheers, Josh