Proposal:
[ ] a. Approve funding of up to $900 for Tav to attend the Santa Clara SVG WG meeting as outlined below. [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.
Votes:
Jon A. Cruz a. Josh Andler a. Johan Engelen a. Ted Gould a.
Resolved:
The Inkscape Project will subsidize travel for Tav to go to the Santa Clara SVG Working Group meeting, for up to $900 for lodging and meals.
Tav, please follow the SFC travel policy for reimbursement. It would be great to see a detailed trip report as well. I'd like to better understand what is getting achieved at these meetings.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:33:14AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Board members, your vote is needed on this matter:
Proposal:
[ ] a. Approve funding of up to $900 for Tav to attend the Santa Clara SVG WG meeting as outlined below. [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.
Background:
I (Tav) would like funding to attend the Santa Clara SVG working group meeting, held as part of the annual W3C "TPAC" meeting October 27-31 just after the GSoC mentor's meeting. I am already schedule to attend the GSoC mentor's meeting with Inkscape funding (see GSoC resolution). This request is for the additional cost of staying for the SVG WG meeting. (Santa Clara is next to San Jose, where the GSoC meeting is taking place.
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/Approximate cost for Santa Clara
6 nights lodging/meals $900
The W3C organizers have waived the conference fee for me.
Note: The SVG WG is meeting the last two days of TPAC. I will either attend the CSS WG meeting the first two day or I will visit a friend during that time. In the latter case, I will use only half the requested amount.
Tavmjong Bah
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