Hello board,
In talking with Ted about this, it seems like it's worth bringing forth to the board.
Due to some issues out of my control, I won't have available funds to attend SCALE this year. As sad as it was, I could live with not going.
However, they've now offered us 4 hours of classroom time (2 sessions that are 2 hours each, one for basic usage, the other for advanced usage). We do typically have Ted, John Taber, Jon Cruz, and myself there to man the booth. But, out of all 4 of us, I am probably best qualified to teach the classes as I know inkscape extremely well from a user perspective and have used it fairly extensively for illustration, design, etc.
So, I am requesting if the board would approve funding my attendance this year to teach the classes (as well as all of my regular duties there). I've estimated the cost to be $500 for the hotel+taxes & gas to get to LA & back.
If this is something that other board members would agree to it would help make for a really great conference this year.
-Josh
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:35:39AM -0700, Joshua A. Andler wrote:
Hello board,
In talking with Ted about this, it seems like it's worth bringing forth to the board.
Due to some issues out of my control, I won't have available funds to attend SCALE this year. As sad as it was, I could live with not going.
However, they've now offered us 4 hours of classroom time (2 sessions that are 2 hours each, one for basic usage, the other for advanced usage). We do typically have Ted, John Taber, Jon Cruz, and myself there to man the booth. But, out of all 4 of us, I am probably best qualified to teach the classes as I know inkscape extremely well from a user perspective and have used it fairly extensively for illustration, design, etc.
So, I am requesting if the board would approve funding my attendance this year to teach the classes (as well as all of my regular duties there). I've estimated the cost to be $500 for the hotel+taxes & gas to get to LA & back.
If this is something that other board members would agree to it would help make for a really great conference this year.
I vote +1 for this.
Bryce
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:03:29 -0800, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> wrote:
So, I am requesting if the board would approve funding my attendance this year to teach the classes (as well as all of my regular duties there). I've estimated the cost to be $500 for the hotel+taxes & gas to get to LA & back.
If this is something that other board members would agree to it would help make for a really great conference this year.
I vote +1 for this.
I am also in favor.
-mental
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:35 -0700, Joshua A. Andler wrote:
So, I am requesting if the board would approve funding my attendance this year to teach the classes (as well as all of my regular duties there). I've estimated the cost to be $500 for the hotel+taxes & gas to get to LA & back.
I'm for this also. +1.
--Ted
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:11:38 -0600, Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> wrote:
Ps. How do we go about replacing our lost board member?
I believe that's spelled out in our charter, though I can't find my copy at the moment. I guess we also need to make sure that any public records are updated to reflect the change in the board membership.
-mental
MenTaLguY wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:11:38 -0600, Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> wrote:
Ps. How do we go about replacing our lost board member?
I believe that's spelled out in our charter, though I can't find my copy at the moment. I guess we also need to make sure that any public records are updated to reflect the change in the board membership.
Ah, indeed it does.
6. Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers, each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
So the community should be notified and we should hold an election.
Aaron
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:13:56PM -0600, Aaron Spike wrote:
MenTaLguY wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:11:38 -0600, Aaron Spike <aaron@...7...> wrote:
Ps. How do we go about replacing our lost board member?
I believe that's spelled out in our charter, though I can't find my copy at the moment. I guess we also need to make sure that any public records are updated to reflect the change in the board membership.
Ah, indeed it does.
- Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers,
each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
So the community should be notified and we should hold an election.
Hi Aaron, thanks for looking this up!
How quickly do you think we should move ahead on organizing a vote? If it should be done soon, Aaron would you be willing to take the lead on organizing it? Otherwise, if it can wait until after the release, I'll have more spare organizational energy to do it.
Bryce
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Aaron Spike -
Bryce Harrington -
Joshua A. Andler -
MenTaLguY -
Ted Gould