Below is current status on the vote (we're not quite there, but pretty close), and some slight modifications to our referendum to account for voter write-ins.
An issue was raised whether the retroactive donation needs to be referenced in the FSA at all or not, and there appears to be a preference for the write-in option on question 2 so I've made the popular write-in text it's own option.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 03:03:33PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
[Reposting]
A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following proposal relating to retroactive payment to SFC.
Proposal:
In light of the services provided by the Software Freedom Consortium to date, given on voluntary basis, should we provide a retroactive donation to the SFC?
[ ] Yes, donate to SFC in thanks for their past support. [ ] No. We should pay only the required 10% fee going forward from date of signature of the new FSA.
Assuming we should donate to the SFC, how much should we donate to SFC?
[ ] a. 10% of gross income since we have been a member (9 years). [ ] b. 10% of gross income since initiation of FSA #2 discussions (2012). [ ] c. A flat amount of $400 per year that we have been a member (2009). This amounts to $3600. [ ] d. A flat amount of $400 per year since FSA #2 (2012). This amounts to $1200.
[ ] e. A flat amount of $400/yr for 2009-2012 ($1600), and 10% from 2012 onward (~ $2335). This amounts to approxmately $3935. [ ] f. Some other amount: _________________________________________________________
3. Should mention of the retroactive donation be made in the FSA?
[ ] Yes [ ] No, only mention the 10% fee going forward in the FSA.
I'll cast my own votes at this time:
1: Y, 2: c|e, 3: N
With those alterations, the vote tally currently is:
Votes: 1. 2. 3. Bryce Harrington Y c|e N Tavmjong Bah Y c|e N Josh Andler Y c N Jon Cruz Ted Gould Y e <empty> <empty>
So, we agree on making a donation, but are tied as to how much to give. Jon could be the tie breaker. Or Josh or Ted could revise their votes to bring us to a decision.
I'd like to have voting wrapped on this by the end of the day tomorrow.
Bryce
Background:
Tav writes, "I agree with Josh and Ted that a donation to the SFC is appropriate for their past work on our behalf. Can we agree on the amount? I would propose $400 for each year we have been a member. We have been a member for 9 years so that would be $3600.
This assumes that the 10% kicks in on the date the new FSA is approved. "
We were asked by Bradley to provide 10% of our revenue to SFC in 2012:
(b) As I've discussed with a number of you, including Jon, Josh and Tavmjong, Inkscape has received fiscal sponsorship services from Conservancy at no charge since 2006. Back when Conservancy was founded, I was an SFLC employee and SFLC was subsidizing my time -- effectively donating staff time to Conservancy. This ceased in early 2008, and I served as a volunteer for Conservancy on nights/weekends until 2011, when I became a full-time employee -- which was the only way to keep it going with the services it promises (the other option would have been to shut down Conservancy). Since then, to maintain legal services as part of the service plan once SFLC shrunk further, we hired Tony as well. We get a lot done with a staff of two, but obviously we need financial resources to be able to provide these services. Conservancy's Board of Directors voted about a year ago that all member projects should be required to give 10% of their earmarked revenue to support Conservancy to continue to provide services. This is a standard way for a fiscal sponsor to operate, and we were lucky before that we weren't required to do this, and I'd been waiting to bother Inkscape with this since you are one of our older members. (We haven't taken a new member for anything other than 10% in a few years, BTW). I hope a 10% arrangement as we use with other projects now will be acceptable to you, and I and Tony are happy to discuss further this issue.In December 2012, we voted generally favorable to paying the 10% fee going forward from 2012. There were questions regarding pass-thru of Google SOC payments and so on, but generally favored the basic idea:
https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/inkscape-board/?viewmonth=201212For comparison, Software in the Public Interest (SPI), an organization analogous to the SFC, provides similar services and takes 5% of net (after credit card, etc. fees):
http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
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