On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 19:51 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest for 2016: > > Proposals: > > 1. Hold the 2016 hackfest in Leeds on Apr 11-14 2016. > (Refer to attached proposal document for details). > > [ ] a. Yes, hold hackfest in Leeds as proposed > [ ] b. Approve holding a hackfest, but recommend making the > following alterations: > ____________________________________________________________ > [ ] c. Do not approve holding a hackfest this year
a. > 2. Reimburse using a ranked system similar to last year, but with > increased limits and relaxed contribution requirements, as detailed > below. > > [ ] a. Use ranked reimbursement. Long term, high commit developers > are sponsored up to a higher maximum than new developers. > [ ] b. Use open ended. We'll fully cover all valid expenses > incurred by the sponsorees. > [ ] c. Other: > ____________________________________________________________ > [ ] d. Do not reimburse for Leeds hackfest 2016 expenses a. > 3. If a sponsoree does not hit their maximum reimbursement amount for the > hackfest itself, can they apply the remainder against LGM expenses? > > [ ] Yes. Consider LGM and Hackfest expenses lumped together for > purposes of reimbursement. > [ ] No. Airfare can be covered by either Hackfest or LGM > sponsorship (or split between them), but hotel and food expenses > for each event should be handled separately. Yes. > 4. The Inkscape Board sponsors a dinner event, to be funded from the > Inkscape general fund (instead of the hackfest fund), for Hackfest > attendees and guests. > > [ ] Yes. Allocate $600 from Inkscape's general fund for a dinner. > [ ] Yes, but handle funding the dinner in a different way: > ________________________________________________________________ > [ ] No, do not fund a sponsored dinner for the hackfest. Yes. > Votes: > > Resolved: > > Background: > > After the success of the 2015 Hackfest, there is strong interest in > sponsoring another one in 2016. Last year we co-located the event with > LGM, which was convenient for Inkscape developers who wanted to attend > LGM; we had a few LGM attendees stop by the hackfest which was nice but > perhaps not as critical. > > This year's LGM is in London, and in order to achieve similar cross-over > benefits this proposal suggests holding it nearby, but not necessarily > (expensively) *in* London. Leeds is a short distance and we have an > Inkscape developer in proximity who can organize it and handle > logistics, so this seems like a sensible locale. > > Last year's fundraising brought in an amount well in excess of what we > required, and indeed probably enough to cover most or all of the > sponsorship for the 2016 hackfest. Due to this, we probably don't need > to allocate money from the general fund for this event. Even so, it is > intended that we conduct another fundraiser; this will help establish > certainty for a 2017 hackfest, and/or might be usable for another > smaller (perhaps US-located) hackfest in 2016. > > We established limits on the maximum sponsorship amounts last year, in > order to ensure spreading the funds widely. However, since we > underspent so significantly, and since attendance was below anticipated, > this proposal suggests relaxing the requirements and increasing the > limits: > > * Up to $2500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 3+ > years and > 150 commits > * Up to $2000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 2+ > years and > 50 commits > * Up to $1500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 1+ > year and > 25 commits > * Up to $500 each for any Inkscape contributor listed in AUTHORS file > with at least 10 commits by Jan 1, 2016 > > Alex Valavanis has volunteered as event coordinator for the hackfest > event. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
