On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 04:36:10PM -0500, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
>> 0. Will Inkscape offer to pay a stipend to the mentors who
mentored
>> students in Summer of Code 2011?
Bryce Harrington wrote at 20:52 (EST) on Thursday:
> I think our unofficial policy has been that mentors have first dibs on
> the money, but can gift it back to (i.e. leave it with) Inkscape at
> their discretion. They did the work to earn it, they should have the
> say over its disposition.
Yes, that's been how it was handled in the past.
> Despite that, early on all the mentors all pretty much just let Inkscape
> keep the funds, so there wasn't a question of paying it out.
It's been mixed in previous years -- some were paid out, some weren't.
> Does anyone feel more that the money should go directly into the
> Inkscape fund, and only paid to mentors on a case-by-case basis?
Ok, while you do say below that you're still the Rep (sorry for
misremembering) I can take instruction from you about what to do, but I
presume that statement above is you polling everyone else... in which
case, I am going to wait to tell me the polling is done and you've
decided.
I support Bryce's position.
>> 1. If the answer to (0) is yes, what is the maximum amount
will be paid
>> to each mentor?
>
> It would be the maximum amount from Google ($500) less any fees.
>
> Does anyone else feel that the amount should be something different?
Same here.
$500 works for me.
njh