Dear Board/Committee,

We had a practice discussion and this is our practice vote.

Background on the vote:

The Inkscape PLC is a subsidiary of the software freedom conservancy.
As such our use of the word "Board" to describe our group can be
confusing to English speakers.

To help remedy this, I move that we rename ourselves to the "Inkscape
Committee" in all our documentation and how we describe ourselves.

Pros:
 * This is the name used in the SFC agreement. "The Inkscape Committee
Will Manage the Project. Authority to manage the technical,artistic and
philanthropic direction of the Project and the program activities of
the Project isdelegated to the Inkscape Committee (“Committee”) as
defined in §6"
 * It helps people understand our relationship with the SFC.
 * It helps us avoid getting into discussions with third parties that
assume we're an independent organisation.

Cons:
 * There's a lot of things to modify. (chat rooms, wiki, website, irc,
mailing lists) although not all things need to be modified if they are
hard to do. For example the mailing list.
 * It's not that important. The SFC don't mind and aren't forcing us
to.

This vote wil be open for one week (7 days) from today at which point
the tally will be made and the decision will be posted to this mailing
list. If passed, I'll announce to the rest of the project (and
especially vectors) and make a start at changing the name. We can do
this bit by bit as we see things.

Options

 * [ ] Rename the "Inkscape Board" the "Inkscape Committee"
 * [ ] No not rename it and keep it as "Inkscape Board"
 * [ ] Rename it to something else (please specify)

Thanks!

Best Regards, Martin Owens
Inkscape Board/Committee Member
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