The Inkscape Board has voted officially on the following issue:
Should the $500/mentor paid from GSoC be paid to the mentor, unless
they specify otherwise?
For: 4
Against: 0
Abstain: 1
No Vote: 2
The $500 paid by Google should be paid to the mentors. The mentor
can decline the payment, in which case it will be paid to Inkscape.
Ref.:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20121126223614.G...
We are still collecting votes on the question of the 10% payment to the
Conservacy. Several board members are leaning to Yes, but haven't cast
a vote due to a question of what "earmarked funds" would cover. If we
can get guidance from SFC on this, I think we can get the voting wrapped
up on this question as well.
Bryce
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 03:49:19PM -0800, Josh Andler wrote:
Hi Bradley,
In response to both issues. 1) As I've stated in the past, I am okay
with the project paying mentors for their efforts. So, consider that
an official "Yes" from me on this issue. 2) As for the 10% payment to
the Conservancy, I am in favor of that as well. So, another "Yes" for
the record on that issue too.
Cheers,
Josh
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn
<bkuhn@...41...> wrote:
> Inkscape Committee,
>
> Conservancy is about to invoice for the GSoC funds for 2012. In the
> past, some Conservancy projects, including Inkscape, have decided to pay
> mentors the proceeds of the mentor payments to the mentors. This is not
> required by GSoC's program -- from Google's perspective, the money goes
> to Conservancy for Inkscape's earmarked account, since Conservancy is
> Inkscape's organization.
>
> However, if Inkscape decides to pay a stipend to the mentors, this can
> be done, in thanks for their work mentoring students. Please let me
> know if you'd like to do this.
>
> The amount can be anything between $0-$500. Google gives $500/mentor,
> and per our Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement between Conservancy and
> Inkscape, Conservancy gets 0% of any funds given to Inkscape [0], so, in
> this case, all of the funds could theoretically be given to the mentors
> in appreciation for their work.
>
>
> Please let me know if you want to do this again. As always, it's
> entirely up to you; the funds can also just stay in Inkscape's earmarked
> account.
>
>
> [0] Note that in another thread that's stalled, I raised the issue of
> giving back 10% to Conservancy; please see that other thread for
> details. I'd like to note that Conservancy puts a lot of work in
> coordinating the invoicing details with Google, and has done a
> pretty good job at it in previous years, in addition to the other
> services that Conservancy regularly gives to Inkscape. As it
> stands, I have to do all accounting/invoicing work myself, because
> Conservancy can't afford a bookkeeper. Our hope is to raise enough
> money to put some financial resources behind improving our
> bookkeeping, and asking projects to support Conservancy is part of
> that. I'm sorry to put such a fine point on this, but Conservancy
> is really hurting for resources and we'd appreciate your help.
> --
> Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy