I vote a.

Big thanks to Jonathan for organising this effort.

Martin,

On Sat, 2022-11-12 at 02:48 +0100, Marc Jeanmougin wrote:
> Dear PLC,
>
> *Background:*
>
> Jonathan Neuhauser (@joneuhauser at Gitlab and chat.inkscape.org) is
> submitting a proposal to hire a freelance contributor to write an
> importer for AI files as a Python extension. For one, this is a
> highly
> requested feature
> (https://twitter.com/inkscape/status/1574010475024683008), and its
> boundary conditions make it perfect as a "test balloon" for
> contracting
> out work, in general.
>
> The complete proposal can be found here [1]; the first 2 pages are
> the
> "job description", while pages 3-5 contain information on the hiring
> process, license, milestones, financials and what has already been
> prepared code-wise.
>
> *Proposal:*
>
> Voting is needed on the following items:
>
> - assigning Jonathan Neuhauser, Réne de Hesselle, Marc Jeanmougin and
> one SFC staff member (to be determined) as hiring team (with Martin
> Owens as stand-in if one of the other members become unavailable),
> who
> will also perform the midterm evaluation and decide whether the
> project
> should be extended,
>
> - allocating a total of USD 21,000 for the project, of which $600 are
> allocated as a management stipend, $400 as a stipend for the hiring
> team, and $10,000 as compensation for the candidate for the first
> part
> of the project,
>
> - authorizing the hiring team to decide, in consultation with the Dev
> Team, whether the project should be extended (i.e. another $10,000
> for
> compensation of the candidate).
>
> Details on the process are lined out in the attached document.
>
> *Ballot:*
>
> a. Accept the above items.
> b. No, cease effort for AI Import project.
> c. Other: ______
>
> Best regards,
>
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