I think it's nice that the SFC is thinking about us while they are out handing out materials. Providing the SFC report back the spending to the Vectors as requested, and providing the Vectors are consulted next time before a vote is made, I see no issue with voting A.
I'll thus vote A to approve the budget this time.
Thanks Martin for your extra work here. -C
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 5:31 PM Martin Owens doctormo@gmail.com wrote:
A condensed view from the vectors team yesterday:
- This is a lot of money for just stickers, but they understand that
it's a budget for more than just stickers.
- Some members question why the SFC should be in charge of marketing
Inkscape and not Inkscape.
- It is not a problematic amount of money and will not impact
Inkscape's or the vector's budgeting plans.
- The PLC should require the SFC to report on how they are spending
the money, please report back so the costs of goods are understood.
- There are no problems with any designs the SFC might choose to use.
The inkscape logo and some other various designs are available.
- The Vector's team wishes to have stickers it can use at other
events. There was more discussion about how to achieve this which is outside of the scope of this vote.
I maintain my view that this vote should have touched the vectors team before going to a PLC vote, having to do this leg work to fill in the social connection between teams has made me very unhappy, which is probably obvious. I feel it's deeply unfair that there are only a few PLC members who are active in keeping the wider Inkscape cohesion together. If we wish to have an open source project that is bigger than one or two people, we must show respect to the specialisations and expertise of the people we have invited to help us.
Regards, Martin