Vote a, of course - keep up the fantastic work Tav!

On May 16, 2016 10:12, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...23...> wrote:
Still a. :-D

On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 09:21 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> [Resending to the correct list this time... sheesh.]
>
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> org> -----
>
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 23:14:31 -0700
> From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...39......>
> To: inkscape-devel@...5...
> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] [REFERENDUM] SVG Working Group Meetings for
> 2016
>
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for the
> following matter.
>
> Proposal:
>
> Authorize SVG WG travel by Tav up to the amount in the SVG WG fund.
>
>  "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to
> pay
>  any invoice from Tav between 2016-03-01 and 2017-02-28 for SVG
> Working
>  Group meetings, up to the amount presently available in Inkscape's
> SVG
>  WG Fund, $2384.91.  Tav must of course also comply with
> Conservancy's
>  travel policy."
>
>        [ ]  a.  Yes, authorize SVG WG expenses up to amount in fund
>        [ ]  b.  No, do not authorize these expenses
>
> Votes:
>
>
> Resolved:
>
>
> Background:
>
> In the past we've had to vote on each of Tav's meeting attendances on
> a
> case by case basis.  But now that we have set aside a fund
> specifically
> for these meetings, I think we should just approve any and all travel
> he
> may do, up to the total in that fund.  This will eliminate
> uncertainty
> for him in making his travel plans, and simplify our voting.
>
> I enquired with Bradley Kuhn about how we can do this, and this is
> what
> he replied:
>
>
> <quote>
> Bryce Harrington wrote:
> >
> > Tav attends these SVG WG meetings pretty routinely now, and I don't
> > recall us ever not approving his attendance.  Now that we have a
> > dedicated fund set up for this, that isn't going to be used for
> > anything *but* funding Tav's SVG WG trips, would it be permissible
> > to
> > give him approval to arrange his attendance at these meetings at
> > his
> > own discretion, so long as the expenses are within the limit of
> > what's
> > in the funding pool, without requiring board votes on each
> > individual
> > meeting?
> I'd suggest you approve an annual maximum budget that Tav can send
> invoices for regarding SVG meetings, and instruct Conservancy to pay
> them provided Tav's within the Conservancy travel policy.  That way,
> you
> only have to think about it once per year, or when he goes over
> budget.
> Something like:
>
>  "Inkscape's Project Leadership committee authorizes Conservancy to
> pay
>   any invoice from Tav between now and 2017-01-01 for SVG Working
> Group
>   meetings, up to a maximum 2016 Travel Budget for Tav's SVG Working
>   Group meetings of $Nk.  Tav must of course also comply with
>   Conservancy's travel policy."
>
>    -- bkuhn
> <endquote>
>
>
> I aligned the dates to fiscal year 2016 since we decided to shift our
> budget to those dates.
>
> Below is a tally of the SVG WG fund balance as of what's in SFC's
> ledger
> system for us:
>
> ---- FY 2015 ----
>             Initial fund                                $ 0
> + $2250.00  Budgeted from Inkscape General Fund 2015    $ 2250
> - $ 346.82  SVG WG Sweden                               $ 1903.18
> - $  12.89  " "                                         $ 1890.29
> - $  12.95  " "                                         $ 1877.34
> - $  37.24  " "                                         $ 1840.10
> - $  15.19  " "                                         $ 1824.91
> - $  49.53  " "                                         $ 1775.38
> - $ 394.00  " "                                         $ 1381.38
> - $  31.38  " "                                         $ 1350.00
> + $2250.00  Retroactive from FY 2016 Ink. Gen. Fund     $ 3600.00
> - $  12.99  SVG WG Sydney Feb 3-5                       $ 3587.01
> - $  12.44  " "                                         $ 3574.57
> - $1586.80  " "                                         $ 1987.77
> - $  15.55  " "                                         $ 1972.22
> - $  11.67  " "                                         $ 1960.55
> - $ 244.29  " "                                         $ 1716.26
> - $  68.89  " "                                         $ 1647.37
>
> ---- FY 2016 ----
> + $ 736.54  Donation income Dec 2015 - May 2016         $ 2383.91
>
> This will cover Tav's recent London SVG editor's meeting (which he
> reports ran to about $500), an editor's meeting in Amsterdam, and
> other
> travel he'll undertake through the remainder of FY 2016.
>
> If Tav needs to spend in excess of this sum, and there have been
> additional donation income that covers the overage, at that point
> we'll need to re-vote to increase the budget limit.
>
>
>
>
>
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