I've just got official word. The registration fee will definitely be waved and they might be able to cover a hotel room as they've already paid for one more room than they will probably need.
On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 23:17 -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > > I agree, and it sounds like Martin would perhaps be interested. So, > I'm okay with that. I could probably do it as well, but Martin is > much closer. Martin are you still interested? We'll need to get this decided quick. I'll put together something for the board to vote on this weekend. > When we talked with the W3C before there was some question about > people who were working for companies that could be potential W3C > members (Canonical specifically) representing Inkscape, and whether > that would work within the W3C policies. We never got to a final > conclusion on that. So I think Martin being independent solves some > problems there as well. This is not a W3C conference so it doesn't matter who you work for. Tav > Ted > > On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 10:05 -0700, Josh Andler wrote: > > Well, given that you said it's probably not worth the amount to > > send > > you, I would probably be okay with something along the lines of the > > $500 funding for someone "local" provided that they could fill in > > for > > you on the speaking part. > > > > Cheers, > > Josh > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:50 AM, Tavmjong Bah <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > BUMP > > > > > > Anybody else have feelings about this, negative or positive? > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2015-08-30 at 09:57 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > > >> On Sun, 2015-08-30 at 15:21 +0200, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > > >> > Hi, > > >> > > > >> > The Graphical Web Conference (formerly SVG Open) is taking > > place > > >> > Sept > > >> > 23-26 in Pittsburgh. > > >> > > > >> > https://www.graphicalweb.org/2015/ > > >> > > >> Sounds like the kind of thing Inkscape people should be > > attending in > > >> some form or another. > > >> > > >> > I submitted a talk on SVG 2 (in which I highlight Inkscape) > > which > > >> > was > > >> > accepted. For the past few years the conference has fully paid > > my > > >> > travel costs (I've asked Inkscape for backup funding each time > > but > > >> > I > > >> > never had to use it). This year it is clear that the > > conference > > >> > will be > > >> > unable to fund my travel as they are running a rather large > > >> > deficit. It > > >> > is probably not worth the $1500 it would take for Inkscape to > > send > > >> > me > > >> > to the conference but it might be worth sending someone who is > > >> > closer, > > >> > especially if that person could fill in for me. I was thinking > > >> > maybe > > >> > along the line of $500 of support. (We can probably get the > > >> > conference > > >> > fee waived.) > > >> > > > >> > What do you all think about this? > > >> > > >> It's interesting to me. Who's the closest and most available to > > >> PA/USA? > > >> > > >> I'm 1.4 hours away @ $164 by air. What about others? > > >> > > >> Martin, > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > > Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! > > > Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools > > > in one place. > > > SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of > > Datadog now! > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------- > > Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! > > Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools > > in one place. > > SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog > > now! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
