On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 07:38:11AM +0000, C R wrote: > My vote: a > > >From experience, the LGM conference is a great motivator to work on > Inkscape. Do we have anyone speaking for the project at the convention?
Yes, it would be great to have one of the attendees give a recruitment pitch, or talk about how Inkscape's run, or what they've been working on. Bryce > On 15 Jan 2018 04:03, "Bryce Harrington" <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
