15 Jan
2018
15 Jan
'18
8:47 a.m.
I vote a.
--
Mc
On 01/15/2018 05:02 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A second mini-hackfest is tentatively planned be held in conjunction
> with the LGM meeting in Seville, Spain April 26th through April 30th.
> Google may be providing some support for travel to LGM. They are
> interested in adding Variable Font support to Inkscape.
>
> Details are available on the Inkscape wiki at:
> Seville: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2018_LGM
>
> Proposal:
>
> [ ] a. Cover travel and hotel expenses for Inkscape
> developers to participate in LGM 2018, at half our typical
> hackfest rates.
> [ ] b. The budgeted funds for LGM should be used some other way:
> ________________________________________________________
>
>
> Allocation for attending hackfest:
>
> * Up to $1000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 3+
> years and > 200 commits.
> * Up to $750 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 2+
> years and > 100 commits.
> * Up to $500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 1+
> year and > 50 commits.
> * Up to $250 each for any Inkscape contributor listed in AUTHORS file
> with at least 10 commits by Jan 1, 2018.
>
> Votes:
> ------
>
> | Board Member | 1. |
> | -------------------- |:--:|
> | Bryce Harrington | a. |
> | Josh Andler | |
> | Tavmjong Bah | |
> | Ted Gould | |
> | Martin Owens | |
> | Marc Jeanmougin | |
> | Chris Rogers | |
>
> Resolution:
> -----------
>
> Background:
> -----------
>
> LGM is an important meeting for the Libre graphics movement. While we
> won't be having a separate, distinct hackfest apart from it, as we've
> done in the past, this event serves as a good opportunity for European
> Inkscapers to meet up and to interact with the larger FOSS graphics
> community.
>
>
>
> Sample Announcement from Past LGM:
> ----------------------------------
>
> Interested in meeting up with fellow Inkscapers? Thanks to generous
> donations to the project, we are able to provide funds to reimburse five
> developers up to $500 each for attendance at the Libre Graphics Meeting
> in Leipzig in April.
>
> Anyone in the AUTHORS file as of Feb 19th, 2014 is eligible to apply.
> To register, please email Tavmjong Bah, our coordinator for the event,
> by March 6th to get on the list. He'll let you know what position you
> are in the list. Then, register for the conference, enjoy your time,
> and save your receipts. Afterwards email copies of the receipts to Tav,
> who will forward them along to SFC for reimbursement. A maximum of $500
> US each will be reimbursed to five attendees for travel, hotel room, and
> food.
>
> Note that the LGM meeting may also give partial reimbursements, so if
> your total costs exceed $500 they may be able to help.
>
> In addition, the board is sponsoring Tavmjong Bah to attend both LGM as
> a speaker and as our event coordinator, and the co-located SVG Working
> Group Meeting. Tav will be representing Inkscape's interests at the SVG
> meeting, and will be working with them on features including mesh
> gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text.
>
> Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Inkscape in the past. Your
> funding has made these sponsorships possible. We've found these
> face-to-face meetings invaluable both for sharing ideas and as general
> inspiration for advancement of the project.
>
>
>
> Previous Years' Website Blurb:
>
> Thanks to generous donations from users, the Inkscape Project is pleased
> to pay for five developers to attend the Libre Graphics Meeting, to be
> held in Leipzig in April. Tavmjong Bah will be presenting and is
> sponsored to go as Inkscape's event coordinator; please contact him if
> you are an Inkscape developer and would like added to the sponsorship
> list.
>
> Tav will also be sponsored to attend the co-located SVG Working Group
> Meeting. Tav will be representing Inkscape's interests at the SVG
> meeting, and will be working with them on features including mesh
> gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text.
>
>
>
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