[REFERENDUM] Produce materials for SCALE 13x
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences
* Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info.
* Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.
Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 11:47:41AM -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
I'll vote (a).
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
Thanks for writing this up. In the future let me post for the official vote, so I can be the point of accountability on votes. Just check in your write up the repo and give me a ping.
Bryce
I vote a.
The one question I have, is how does the banner get passed around?
Tav (from the Singapore airport)
On Sun, 2015-02-08 at 11:47 -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
I vote a.
The one question I have, is how does the banner get passed around?
Other groups have used ground shipping within the US. And for some things (such as LGM) it could go along with a delegate in checked luggage. If Inkscape starts having booths in more conferences spread out, we might look at producing more locally. Bryce is based near PDX and I'm near LAX so we have two of the main tech hubs covered for hand-offs if needed.
It shouldn't be a problem to have an EU banner when time comes. Someone there could locally source one.
On 8 February 2015 at 20:24, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...9...> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
I vote a.
The one question I have, is how does the banner get passed around?
Other groups have used ground shipping within the US. And for some things (such as LGM) it could go along with a delegate in checked luggage. If Inkscape starts having booths in more conferences spread out, we might look at producing more locally. Bryce is based near PDX and I'm near LAX so we have two of the main tech hubs covered for hand-offs if needed.
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On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 05:24:39PM -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
I vote a.
The one question I have, is how does the banner get passed around?
Other groups have used ground shipping within the US. And for some things (such as LGM) it could go along with a delegate in checked luggage.
Yep, agreed.
If Inkscape starts having booths in more conferences spread out, we might look at producing more locally. Bryce is based near PDX and I'm near LAX so we have two of the main tech hubs covered for hand-offs if needed.
In this case we could probably talk about getting a couple extras made just to simplify logistics.
Bryce
I vote "a".
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...9...> wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
-- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...
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Presumably Jon is voting "a" as well, looks like this has collected enough votes to pass. Jon, please cast your official vote so I can communicate this to SFC, but please proceed with procuring the materials at your convenience.
Thanks for organizing this, Bryce
On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 09:17:13PM -0800, Josh Andler wrote:
I vote "a".
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Jon A. Cruz <jon@...9...> wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
-- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...
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I vote 'a'
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
-- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...
On Sun, 2015-02-08 at 11:47 -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal.
I'll vote 'a'. Only comment would be that it might be worth asking who ever did the printing for the other SCALE programs and fliers. That's what I did last time we did this (several years ago) and they were willing to give us the same bulk discount that they gave SCALE.
Ted
Votes:
Bryce Harrington a. Tavmjong Bah a. Josh Andler a. Jon Cruz a. Ted Gould a. Johan Engelen MentalGuy
Resolution:
The board approves the expenditure of up to $250 for booth materials for the SCALE conference. Jon Cruz will procure the items and coordinate Inkscape's involvement at the event.
On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 11:47:41AM -0800, Jon A. Cruz wrote:
A majority vote of the current board members is required for this matter.
Proposal:
Reimburse the cost of producing:
* Up to $200 for a one-time expense to create an Inkscape stand-up banner for shows and conferences * Up to $80 for hand-out materials including mini-stickers and mini-cards with hackfest fundraising info. * Total limit of $250 for the one-time and hand-out expenses combined.Jon A. Cruz will coordinate acquisition of items and setup for the Inkscape booth at SCALE 13x.
[ ] a. Yes, approve this funding proposal. [ ] b. I might vote yes for a more limited proposal [ ] c. No, do not provide funding for conference materials
Background:
Inkscape has participated in SCALE conferences for several years now. The exhibit floor reaches a wide audience including businessmen from various industries, students and educators, other open source projects and the general population.
Some years back we used a generic Libre Graphics banner that had been provided by Andy Fitzsimon. It has gotten worn out over the years, but also was never Inkscape-specific. Currently as one project member noted "Our barren booth at SCALE is kind of an embarrassment... we're a graphics app and we have the stock generic "banner" they provide us with."
A non-retracting two-sided floor banner should be about $170 plus tax and shipping. This item should last several years, and can be shipped as needed to different conferences.
The mini-card portion of the hand-out materials runs about $20 plus shipping and handling. It has been noted that them bringing in just a few small donations (perhaps 3-4) could more than make up for their expense. But at the least they can help raise awareness of Inkscape and appreciation for it in the general population.
-- Jon A. Cruz jon@...9...
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participants (6)
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Bryce Harrington -
Jon A. Cruz -
Josh Andler -
Martin Owens -
Tavmjong Bah -
Ted Gould