Proposal:
[ ] a. Cover travel and hotel expenses for Inkscape developers to participate in LGM 2015, maximum of $500 per developer, up to $5000 total. [ ] b. Cover travel and hotel expenses for Inkscape developers to participate in LGM 2015, maximum of $1000 per developer, up to $5000 total. [ ] c. Either a or b would be fine. [ ] d. The budgeted funds for LGM should be used some other way: ________________________________________________________
Background:
LGM is an important meeting for the Libre graphics movement. We will be having a hackfest ahead of it, and should help hackfest attendees afford staying for LGM too. Having Inkscape developers get together is always a good thing. Having Inkscape developers talking with others in the Libre Graphics movement can even be better.
We've budgeted $5000 for sponsoring LGM attendees. (Note this is in addition to $5000 + donations for hackfest attendees.) The question we need to decide in this vote is exactly how to split it up.
Last year the board funded up to 5 developers, $500 each. For people attending the hackfest, $500 will likely sufficiently cover the additional hotel expense for the additional 4 days, depending on where they're staying. This would enable us to fund 10 developers.
However, if we have some people attending LGM only, and not attending the hackfest, then they may have additional travel expenses and it may make sense to provide a higher allocation of $1000, but this may reduce the total number of developers we could sponsor.
Last Year's Announcement:
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.
Last Year's 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.