Contents:
* Introduction * Hackfest LGM * Hackfest FOSDEM * Updating FSA * Mac OSX
Introduction ============
A group of interested Inkscape developers met via IRC with Karen Sandler, the Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)[1]. The primary motive for the meeting was to discuss organizing a hackfest in conjunction with the 2015 Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) at the end of April in Toronto.[2]
If you are interested in participating, please add your name at:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2015
We also briefly discussed updating the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement (FSA) and the Mac OSX port.
We will meet again next week at the same time (Monday 19:00 UTC, 21:00 CEST, 15:00 EDT, 12:00 PDT) at inkscape-devel on freenode.
Hackfest LGM ============
Hackfest: Location ------------------
Two possibilities:
Toronto:
Advantage: No extra travel required. Cheaper hotels, etc.? Disadvantage: Need to find local host.
Boston:
Advantage: There are many possible places to hold the hackfest. Disadvantage: Extra travel to/from Toronto. US Visa requirements. Possible place: MIT
* Martin is contacting LGM to see if they can help us find space.
Hackfest: Costs ---------------
What will Inkscape pay for?
Travel, accommodation, food for sponsored attendees? Refreshments? Equipment? Video projector?
We need to decide who to sponsor. Probably 10, maybe up to 20 people. Preferably those with a "job to do" and not just passers-by.
Hackfest: Topics ----------------
Code and documentation, see web page for ideas (and add your own).
We should outreach to new contributors; maybe have a training period the first morning.
Hackfest: Sponsors ------------------
We discussed who might sponsor a hackfest (and why they might).
* Karen will inquire with RedHat and Google. * Bryce will contact Samsung. * Intel? Canonical? * ScislaC will compile a list of companies using Inkscape.
Hackfest: FOSDEM ================
It might be possible to have a "warm-up" hackfest at FOSDEM.[3] Hacking is one of the main activities at this conference and there should be no problem finding space. FOSDEM 2015 is the weekend of 31 January/1 February in Brussels.
Updating the FSA ================
Before we started discussing the hackfest, we briefly discussed updating our Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement (FSA) with SFC. Inkscape was one of the first groups to join FSA and our FSA is a bit out-dated. There are at least two places where changes are needed:
1. The SFC is financed by its members. Member groups are required to give 10% of the funds they raise to the SFC. Inkscape's agreement predates this requirement. The SFC would like to see Inkscape's FSA brought into alignment. The Inkscape board has agreed in principle to this change.
2. Inkscape needs an active board to successfully manage Inkscape's resources. At the moment, board member serve until they resign or until they are removed by a majority vote of the community members. It would good to have a criteria for removing inactive board members without the need for a potentially disruptive vote by the community members.
Karen and Bradley will be at the Google Summer of Code Mentor's meet-up as will three Inkscape board members. This will be a good time to finalize the new agreement.
Mac OSX =======
We discussed the status of the native Mac OSX port and the possibility of paying a developer to finish it off. The port is done but there seem to be problems with the underlying libraries (Wayland or gtk+/quartz).