On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 12:18:27PM -0700, Josh Andler wrote:
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...
wrote:
Yeah, especially for mentors who regularly contribute the $500 back to Inkscape, I think that's an easy 'yes' if they wish to go.
Agreed.
BTW, I was really hoping others would have chimed in by now... :-/
You might CC in any mentors or other non-board folk that might be interested. Even though they won't be voting, would be good to hear their perspective.
One thing to keep in mind though is that $1500 is about what it'd cost to send someone to LGM next year, so we should consider which would return more to the project. In the case of a GSoC admin, going to the GSoC event is a no-brainer; for someone that's more focused on graphics contributions, sending them to LGM or the Boston hackfest might be more rewarding for them.
This is a very good point. Something to consider, it looks like next year (2015) LGM will be in Toronto, so it is another event in North America in less than a year from the Reunion. Plus with a possible Boston hackfest, that makes for another possible NA event.
Are you thinking we're going to be heavily NA weighted for the next bit? Maybe to even things out we could look into funding something in europe some time in 2015.
The quantity of events also may be a concern. I haven't yet looked up what our income and expenses were for last year, but I'm going to guess something on the order of $10,000 give or take a few thousand either direction. So, using that WAG, $2-5k for 3 or 4 events a year seems within reason.
What if we offered $1500 for people who have served as GSoC admins 2 or more years, $1000 for people who have mentored 2 or more years, and $500 for students that have continued contributing outside of GSoC?
I think it seems fair, but would not be opposed to hearing from others. If we don't see any more suggestions or opposition, we should put put it up for a vote later this week. The 16th is the deadline to enter the lottery, so we want to at least give them a week to enter if possible should we vote to provide funding.
Okay. Can we count on you to be the event coordinator for this one, to be the point of contact for attendees and to collect expense info and so on? If so, I can take care of writing up the referendum and run it by you in the next day or two.
Bryce