I vote a.
On Tue, 2018-02-06 at 17:04 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > A majority vote of the current board members is required for the > following matter. > > Proposal: > --------- > > Reimburse Ryan Gorley up to $1000 for travel expenses to attend the > 2018 > Inkscape Hackfest in Boston. > > - [ ] a. Yes, approve the reimbursement as stated above. > - [ ] b. No, do not approve reimbursement as stated above. > > Votes: > ------ > > > > > Board Member | 1. | > > -------------------- |:--:| > > Bryce Harrington | | > > Josh Andler | | > > Tavmjong Bah | | > > Ted Gould | | > > Martin Owens | | > > Marc Jeanmougin | | > > Chris Rogers | | > Resolution: > ----------- > > > Background: > ----------- > > Ryan Gorley is lead for Inkscape's Vectors team, in which role he is > heavily involved in marketing, fundraising, and infrastructure > activities for the project. He will be bringing camera equipment > (tripod, lighting, etc.) to the event for capturing interviews and > audio > recording. Due to this activity his attendance at the 2018 Hackfest > in > Boston is vital to the project. He is a relatively new member of > Inkscape (will be 11 months as of the date of the event), however, > and > the types of contributions he makes are not directly measurable as > patches, so the established hackfest reimbursement rules do not cover > the expected expenses for his attendance. > > His sponsorship was discussed at the Feb 2018 Inkscape Board meeting > and > there was a rough consensus favoring holding a vote for sponsoring > him. > Martin Owens has offered to share lodging, so Ryan's expected > expenses > should total less than $1000, which is the allocation level we > generally > provide for 1-year contributors. > > Note, this resolution does not increase the budget for the hackfest > nor > does it open up invitations to any other person without board > consent. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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
