I vote a. On Sun, 2018-01-14 at 20:02 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > A second mini-hackfest is tentatively planned be held in conjunction > with the LGM meeting in Seville, Spain April 26th through April 30th. > Google may be providing some support for travel to LGM. They are > interested in adding Variable Font support to Inkscape. > > Details are available on the Inkscape wiki at: > Seville: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2018_LGM > > Proposal: > > [ ] a. Cover travel and hotel expenses for Inkscape > developers to participate in LGM 2018, at half our typical > hackfest rates. > [ ] b. The budgeted funds for LGM should be used some other way: > ______________________________________________________ > __ > > > Allocation for attending hackfest: > > * Up to $1000 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for > 3+ > years and > 200 commits. > * Up to $750 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 2+ > years and > 100 commits. > * Up to $500 each for Inkscape developers who have contributed for 1+ > year and > 50 commits. > * Up to $250 each for any Inkscape contributor listed in AUTHORS file > with at least 10 commits by Jan 1, 2018. > > Votes: > ------ > > > > > Board Member | 1. | > > -------------------- |:--:| > > Bryce Harrington | a. | > > Josh Andler | | > > Tavmjong Bah | | > > Ted Gould | | > > Martin Owens | | > > Marc Jeanmougin | | > > Chris Rogers | | > Resolution: > ----------- > > Background: > ----------- > > LGM is an important meeting for the Libre graphics movement. While > we > won't be having a separate, distinct hackfest apart from it, as we've > done in the past, this event serves as a good opportunity for > European > Inkscapers to meet up and to interact with the larger FOSS graphics > community. > > > > Sample Announcement from Past LGM: > ---------------------------------- > > Interested in meeting up with fellow Inkscapers? Thanks to generous > donations to the project, we are able to provide funds to reimburse > five > developers up to $500 each for attendance at the Libre Graphics > Meeting > in Leipzig in April. > > Anyone in the AUTHORS file as of Feb 19th, 2014 is eligible to apply. > To register, please email Tavmjong Bah, our coordinator for the > event, > by March 6th to get on the list. He'll let you know what position > you > are in the list. Then, register for the conference, enjoy your time, > and save your receipts. Afterwards email copies of the receipts to > Tav, > who will forward them along to SFC for reimbursement. A maximum of > $500 > US each will be reimbursed to five attendees for travel, hotel room, > and > food. > > Note that the LGM meeting may also give partial reimbursements, so if > your total costs exceed $500 they may be able to help. > > In addition, the board is sponsoring Tavmjong Bah to attend both LGM > as > a speaker and as our event coordinator, and the co-located SVG > Working > Group Meeting. Tav will be representing Inkscape's interests at the > SVG > meeting, and will be working with them on features including mesh > gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. > > Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Inkscape in the > past. Your > funding has made these sponsorships possible. We've found these > face-to-face meetings invaluable both for sharing ideas and as > general > inspiration for advancement of the project. > > > > Previous Years' Website Blurb: > > Thanks to generous donations from users, the Inkscape Project is > pleased > to pay for five developers to attend the Libre Graphics Meeting, to > be > held in Leipzig in April. Tavmjong Bah will be presenting and is > sponsored to go as Inkscape's event coordinator; please contact him > if > you are an Inkscape developer and would like added to the sponsorship > list. > > Tav will also be sponsored to attend the co-located SVG Working Group > Meeting. Tav will be representing Inkscape's interests at the SVG > meeting, and will be working with them on features including mesh > gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
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