Dear PLC,
*Background:*
Jonathan Neuhauser (@joneuhauser at Gitlab and chat.inkscape.org) is submitting a proposal to hire a freelance contributor to write an importer for AI files as a Python extension. For one, this is a highly requested feature (https://twitter.com/inkscape/status/1574010475024683008), and its boundary conditions make it perfect as a "test balloon" for contracting out work, in general.
The complete proposal can be found here [1]; the first 2 pages are the "job description", while pages 3-5 contain information on the hiring process, license, milestones, financials and what has already been prepared code-wise.
*Proposal:*
Voting is needed on the following items:
- assigning Jonathan Neuhauser, Réne de Hesselle, Marc Jeanmougin and one SFC staff member (to be determined) as hiring team (with Martin Owens as stand-in if one of the other members become unavailable), who will also perform the midterm evaluation and decide whether the project should be extended,
- allocating a total of USD 21,000 for the project, of which $600 are allocated as a management stipend, $400 as a stipend for the hiring team, and $10,000 as compensation for the candidate for the first part of the project,
- authorizing the hiring team to decide, in consultation with the Dev Team, whether the project should be extended (i.e. another $10,000 for compensation of the candidate).
Details on the process are lined out in the attached document.
*Ballot:*
a. Accept the above items. b. No, cease effort for AI Import project. c. Other: ______
Best regards,