Proposal:
[ ] a. Approve funding Tav to attend the London SVG WG meeting and
The Graphical Web conference as outlined below, for a total
of up to $1550.
[ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.
Votes:
Jon A. Cruz a.
Josh Andler a.
Johan Engelen a.
Ted Gould a.
Resolved:
The Inkscape Project will subsidize travel for Tav to go to the London
SVG Working Group meeting, for up to $1550.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:36:32AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Board members, your vote is also needed on this additional matter:
>
>
> Proposal:
>
> [ ] a. Approve funding Tav to attend the London SVG WG meeting and
> The Graphical Web conference as outlined below, for a total
> of up to $1550.
> [ ] b. Do not approve funding Tav.
>
>
> Background:
>
> I (Tav) would like funding to attend the London SVG working group
> meeting, held August 22-26 just before The Graphical Web (TGW,
> formerly SVG Open) conference. I would also like back-up funding to
> attend TGW conference in Winchester, England should the event
> organizers not be able to fully fund my attendance (they have fully
> funded me the past few years and have committed to partially funding
> this year but cannot make a full commitment yet).
>
> This is a critical time for SVG 2. The new features I am responsible
> for include mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. The
> move to "CSS based" text layout which brings in auto-flowed text (with
> a natural SVG 1.1 fallback) requires a lot of work which is easiest to
> do face-to-face. Critical decisions are made at these meetings
> (i.e. dropping SVG fonts). It is important to have Inkscape interests
> represented. Progress on SVG 2 can be followed at:
>
> https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/
>
> The London meeting is being held in conjunction with TGW. I will be
> giving an SVG talk at TGW, high lighting Inkscape's support for new
> SVG 2 features.
>
>
> Approximate cost for London
>
> 5 nights lodging/meals $600 (in University dorm room)
>
>
> Approximate costs for TGW (if organizers can't fund),
>
> Transportation $200 (via train)
> 4 nights lodging/meals $400 (in University dorm room)
> Conference fee $350 (should be waved)
>
> Tavmjong Bah
>
>
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