Dear Board,
Please read the attached request for help from our hosting provider OSUOSL.
I'm proposing that since Inkscape is in the position to help, we should commit to giving them $20k in a one off amount, and commit to something reasonable for a yearly grant. Since they run our website, this mailing list and email provision for our various services. And have been working on our new matrix chat server. Their support has always been courteous, smart and fast and we've depending on them for a long time.
I'm presenting an ambitious proposal, but I believe that getting them over this emergency situation would be in our long term best interest.
We have given to them in the past. But I believe this is our time to put our resources behind an important bit of infrastructure.
This isn't a vote, we'll do that later. Possibly after next Friday's meeting.
Related Social Media post: https://floss.social/@downey/114428216313195235
Best Regards, Martin Owens