I agree with Ted. If you want perks, how about giving voting power on what we will work on? -Johan ----- Reply message ----- From: "Ted Gould" <ted@...1...> To: <inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net&gt; Subject: [Inkscape-board] Hackfest organization Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2014 15:26 On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 21:23 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 04:18:10PM -0400, Martin Owens wrote: When we do fundraising for this event, what would you guys think if we made one of the rewards for $xx contribution be an invitation to join us? (This would imply that we would limit invites to only current contributors or some such.) I'm -1 on that, I think it implies that the event is somehow private or closed. I think it is better to present the event as open to all, with developers getting sponsored attendance. Ted