My apologies, this vote is no longer necessary.
I try to be as flexible and accommodating as possible, sometimes that requires to react quickly to meet deadlines without having the full picture of the situation. And that comes with the risk of doing things that turn out to be unnecessary after all. It’s just my bad luck that this could have been avoided with 15 more minutes…
So, vote cancelled. We do not have an 11th participant.
Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:
Von: René de Hesselle dehesselle@icloud.com Betreff: VOTE: expand Hackfest to 11 participants Datum: 4. Februar 2023 um 14:42:08 MEZ An: "inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org" inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org
Background
The Hackfest 2023 in Bensberg was planned for 10 participants. While it looked like we couldn’t fill those 10 slots for most of the time, we suddenly have the opportunity to expand to an 11th participant. The attendees would then be comprised of 9 long standing contributors and 2 promising newcomers. It goes without saying that this addition has been carefully considered in the best interests of the project (this is not a vacation).
This would increase the total event cost (excl. travel) from 9,770 € to 10,607 €. You have previously voted on a budget up to 10,000 € which we would now exceed.
If the numbers above only look vaguely familiar, take a look at the updated calculation on the bottom of this page: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Hackfest2023_Bensberg It is now precise and does not contain an ominous „buffer“.
Full disclosure: even in the event that you approve an 11th participant there is the possibility that our hosts cannot make it happen. (But at least we tried.)
Proposal
Increase the Hackfest budget (excl. travel) to 10,607 € to cover for an 11th participant:
- a. Yes
- b. No
Timeline
Proposed: 2023-02-04 Closes: 2023-02-09
Apologies for the inconvenience of not giving you one full week for this vote. If you cannot manage to close the vote until the deadline, the vote will automatically fail and default to "No" as in accordance to standing decisions regarding the Hackfest.
Thank you.
René