Board members, your vote is also needed on this additional matter:


Proposal:

  [ ] a. Approve funding Tav to attend the London SVG WG meeting and
         The Graphical Web conference as outlined below, for a total
	 of up to $1550.
  [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.


Background:

I (Tav) would like funding to attend the London SVG working group
meeting, held August 22-26 just before The Graphical Web (TGW,
formerly SVG Open) conference. I would also like back-up funding to
attend TGW conference in Winchester, England should the event
organizers not be able to fully fund my attendance (they have fully
funded me the past few years and have committed to partially funding
this year but cannot make a full commitment yet).

This is a critical time for SVG 2. The new features I am responsible
for include mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. The
move to "CSS based" text layout which brings in auto-flowed text (with
a natural SVG 1.1 fallback) requires a lot of work which is easiest to
do face-to-face. Critical decisions are made at these meetings
(i.e. dropping SVG fonts). It is important to have Inkscape interests
represented. Progress on SVG 2 can be followed at:

	     https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/

The London meeting is being held in conjunction with TGW. I will be
giving an SVG talk at TGW, high lighting Inkscape's support for new
SVG 2 features.


Approximate cost for London

  5 nights lodging/meals   $600 (in University dorm room)


Approximate costs for TGW (if organizers can't fund),

  Transportation	   $200 (via train)
  4 nights lodging/meals   $400 (in University dorm room)
  Conference fee	   $350 (should be waved)

Tavmjong Bah


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