On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:36:22PM -0700, Josh Andler wrote:
Hey All,
I'm curious if we can do something. This is basically because of my current situation of still having a number of health related issues I'm dealing, and therefore can't maintain any form of steady work right now. Is there a possibility of the project getting a debit or credit card through the SFC that if the board votes to approve funding something Bradley can make payment arrangements in advance rather than it be reimbursement style?
I seem to recall we had enquired once before about this, for a student that couldn't float air fare, and the response was that they had to have an invoice before funding for it to be legal within the non-profit regulations. But may be worth you doublechecking with Brad just in case. There may be better ways that this type of case can be solved.
For the record, this is coming from a discussion with Jon Cruz last night and him nudging me to attend SVG Open in Cambridge, MA this year. I have an uncle out there I'd most likely be able to stay with, but the airfare would be the issue.
As an aside, I will also bring up that we're trying to determine the 2 mentors for the GSoC Mentor's Summit this year as we have three very interested individuals. Jasper and Tav are both presenting at SVG Open this year so they will be in the states within a week of the summit. Felipe also wants to go... If one of them is on the waiting list, generally, Google will have the additional funding intended for the original slot available still and apply that. However, if we were to need additional funding to bridge a gap, what would the board say to funding a potential gap (this is hypothetical on a number of levels)?
Given that students a) are already getting $$ from google, b) typically have not (yet) contributed to Inkscape outside the parameters of their GSOC project, and c) are kind of hit and miss about sticking around post-project, I'd generally feel that monies from Inkscape's fund should be directed to longer term continuing contributors rather than students.
But I'd need to understand the particulars to make any firm decision one way or the other.
Bryce