1 2 3 ----------------------------------------- Josh Andler b a b Tavmjong Bah - - - Ted Gould b b b Johan Engelen b b b Bryce Harrington b b b Mental Guy b b b Jon Cruz ? ? ? ----------------------------------------- Final Result: b b b
1. We (the Inkscape organization) receive $500/mentor paid by Google. We will:
[X] b. Pay it to the mentor. The mentor can opt to refuse the payment, in which case it will go to the Inkscape organization.
2. If the $500/mentor payments are made to the mentor (1b), should 10% of this amount be given back to the Software Freedom Conservancy?
[X] b. No, do not withhold 10% from mentor payments.
3. If the $500/mentor payments are made to the mentor (1b), should 10% of this amount be kept for Inkscape itself?
[X] b. No, do not withhold 10% from mentor payments.
Thank you all for voting on this matter.
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:19:03PM -0800, MenTaLguY wrote:
My inclination is:
1b 2b 3b
with the caveat that 3b is predicated on 1b being presented to mentors as opt-in, rather than opt-out.
-mental
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:36:14 -0800, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...24...> wrote:
1 2 3
Josh Andler b a b Tavmjong Bah - - - Ted Gould b b b Johan Engelen b b b Bryce Harrington b b b Tim Cole ? ? ? Jon Cruz ? ? ?
Result: b ? b
Tim, Jon, and/or Tavmjong* need to vote at least on item #2.
Tav had recused himself from voting on these proposals due to conflict of interest, however at least for proposal #2 I think the possible conflict is minimal; indeed I think it *would* be valuable to get an actual mentor's opinion included in our voting.
Bryce
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 07:19:59PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
All board members, please vote on each of the following proposals.
Proposals:
We (the Inkscape organization) receive $500/mentor paid by Google. Should we:
[ ] a. Keep the money for the Inkscape organization [ ] b. Pay it to the mentor. The mentor can opt to refuse the payment, in which case it will go to the Inkscape organization.
If the $500/mentor payments are made to the mentor (1b), should 10% of this amount be given back to the Software Freedom Conservancy?
[ ] a. Yes, withhold 10% of mentor payments for the Conservancy [ ] b. No, do not withhold 10% from mentor payments.
If the $500/mentor payments are made to the mentor (1b), should 10% of this amount be kept for Inkscape itself?
[ ] a. Yes, keep 10% for the Inkscape organization. [ ] b. No, do not withhold 10% from mentor payments.
Background:
Historically most mentors have let Inkscape keep the $500, but it was always our (unwritten) intention that the disposition of this money was up to the discretion of the mentor. More recently mentors have asked to be paid this money, so they can use it for offsetting travel costs for LGM and GSoC events, or for other purposes.
However, Bradley Kuhn points out that this is not the standard policy of Google; they merely pay out the $500/mentor to the organization, and it's up to them what to do with it. Our involvement in GSoC pre-dates the existance of the Inkscape board, and thus our approach is more of a tradition than an official policy. Mr. Kuhn wishes to know our official policy on this matter.
He has also asked that we consider contributing 10% of money received by Inkscape back to the Conservancy (see the other referendum posted today), to help offset costs for bookkeeping and other needs. There is a question as to whether this 10% would be required of mentor payments as well.
Bryce