On 03/12/13 23:07, Susan Spencer wrote:

HI Anna,

Question: Is it acceptable for fundraisers to cover the cost of developing the estimate, so that the design team gets reimbursed for conducting a proper engineering effort?

Yes, you just roll it in. It would be less acceptable to say "task one: pay us to figure out task two and three".

How much so is up to the individual I guess. I do a lot of consultancy work and its pretty much the system that you get paid more than you would per day for a normal full time job because there is work that happens in advance, and because you will have periods of "unemployment" between jobs too. So say my time is usually with £10 an hour, I would charge £15 an hour for contact work. That extra would cover additional hours worked in advance, unexpected problems and any debriefing work, plus a little to get me over till the next job.

Also, bear in mind that for Open Funding, some of these projects might on the table anyway, and it is just a way to bring in some funding in a very organic way and perhaps speed up the process.

I am really hoping we get CMYK out of this - its just the perfect project for the structure I think, plus there are so many people wanting it I think it would have no problem reaching its targets. Anyone interested in the job? ;)

Anna

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Anna Morris <gingerling@...3060... mailto:gingerling@...3060...> wrote:

Hi,

Firstly, I am a big Inkscape fan, I have used it for various
projects in the past year, this is my favorite
http://fsfe.org/graphics/xbox-infographic.png (ie. I am not a
spammer, lol)

So, my email is about funding. I am working with Open Funding
http://funding.openinitiative.com/ to assist developers to get
crowd funding for Free Software. Open Funding works on a feature
by feature basis. For example the core-team at gimp are funding a
symmetry painting feature at the moment
http://funding.openinitiative.com/funding/1578/

I am not sure how Inkscape is funded at the moment, but I would
very much like to assist any developer(s) to get funding for a
feature. Also, if you don't need/want to earn money for your work,
you could always donate the funds to the project in general.

This small scale funding is a great way for users (like myself) to
give back, which they are often eager to do, but in a way which is
very concrete, forward thinking and achievable. Its much simpler
to set up than a large kickstarter campaign and is more deeply
routed in the function of the software.

Please let me know what you think and if you are interested in
getting funding this way, either as a group of core-developers or,
if not, as an individual developer.

Thanks

Anna Morris





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