>> 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.

>> 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.