Dear PLC, *Background:* Jonathan Neuhauser (@joneuhauser at Gitlab and chat.inkscape.org) is submitting a proposal to hire a freelance contributor to write an importer for AI files as a Python extension. For one, this is a highly requested feature (https://twitter.com/inkscape/status/1574010475024683008), and its boundary conditions make it perfect as a "test balloon" for contracting out work, in general. The complete proposal can be found here [1]; the first 2 pages are the "job description", while pages 3-5 contain information on the hiring process, license, milestones, financials and what has already been prepared code-wise. *Proposal:* Voting is needed on the following items: - assigning Jonathan Neuhauser, Réne de Hesselle, Marc Jeanmougin and one SFC staff member (to be determined) as hiring team (with Martin Owens as stand-in if one of the other members become unavailable), who will also perform the midterm evaluation and decide whether the project should be extended, - allocating a total of USD 21,000 for the project, of which $600 are allocated as a management stipend, $400 as a stipend for the hiring team, and $10,000 as compensation for the candidate for the first part of the project, - authorizing the hiring team to decide, in consultation with the Dev Team, whether the project should be extended (i.e. another $10,000 for compensation of the candidate). Details on the process are lined out in the attached document. *Ballot:* a. Accept the above items. b. No, cease effort for AI Import project. c. Other: ______ Best regards, _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board(a)lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org

Dear PLC, *Background:* Jonathan Neuhauser (@joneuhauser at Gitlab and chat.inkscape.org) is submitting a proposal to hire a freelance contributor to write an importer for AI files as a Python extension. For one, this is a highly requested feature (https://twitter.com/inkscape/status/1574010475024683008), and its boundary conditions make it perfect as a "test balloon" for contracting out work, in general. The complete proposal can be found here [1]; the first 2 pages are the "job description", while pages 3-5 contain information on the hiring process, license, milestones, financials and what has already been prepared code-wise. *Proposal:* Voting is needed on the following items: - assigning Jonathan Neuhauser, Réne de Hesselle, Marc Jeanmougin and one SFC staff member (to be determined) as hiring team (with Martin Owens as stand-in if one of the other members become unavailable), who will also perform the midterm evaluation and decide whether the project should be extended, - allocating a total of USD 21,000 for the project, of which $600 are allocated as a management stipend, $400 as a stipend for the hiring team, and $10,000 as compensation for the candidate for the first part of the project, - authorizing the hiring team to decide, in consultation with the Dev Team, whether the project should be extended (i.e. another $10,000 for compensation of the candidate). Details on the process are lined out in the attached document. *Ballot:* a. Accept the above items. b. No, cease effort for AI Import project. c. Other: ______ Best regards, -- Mc [1] https://office.inkscape.org/nextcloud/index.php/s/wesJJ44xqHzJ9X6, MD5 Sum: 0b1dfad94ff5511317a9d7f9c1e4472c _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board(a)lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org

Just a reminder this vote is coming up on a week and does not have majority yet (although I assume Marc will vote for it ;) ). Thanks for your input on this process and I'm really excited to get it started! Have a good weekend! -Pono On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 02:48:24AM +0100, Marc Jeanmougin wrote: > Dear PLC, > > *Background:* > > Jonathan Neuhauser (@joneuhauser at Gitlab and chat.inkscape.org) is > submitting a proposal to hire a freelance contributor to write an importer > for AI files as a Python extension. For one, this is a highly requested > feature (https://twitter.com/inkscape/status/1574010475024683008), and its > boundary conditions make it perfect as a "test balloon" for contracting out > work, in general. > > The complete proposal can be found here [1]; the first 2 pages are the "job > description", while pages 3-5 contain information on the hiring process, > license, milestones, financials and what has already been prepared > code-wise. > > *Proposal:* > > Voting is needed on the following items: > > - assigning Jonathan Neuhauser, Réne de Hesselle, Marc Jeanmougin and one > SFC staff member (to be determined) as hiring team (with Martin Owens as > stand-in if one of the other members become unavailable), who will also > perform the midterm evaluation and decide whether the project should be > extended, > > - allocating a total of USD 21,000 for the project, of which $600 are > allocated as a management stipend, $400 as a stipend for the hiring team, > and $10,000 as compensation for the candidate for the first part of the > project, > > - authorizing the hiring team to decide, in consultation with the Dev Team, > whether the project should be extended (i.e. another $10,000 for > compensation of the candidate). > > Details on the process are lined out in the attached document. > > *Ballot:* > > a. Accept the above items. > b. No, cease effort for AI Import project. > c. Other: ______ > > Best regards, > > -- > Mc > > [1] https://office.inkscape.org/nextcloud/index.php/s/wesJJ44xqHzJ9X6, MD5 > Sum: 0b1dfad94ff5511317a9d7f9c1e4472c > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board(a)lists.inkscape.org > To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board(a)lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave(a)lists.inkscape.org