On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 09:59:35AM -0500, Brett Smith wrote: > Hi Bryce, > > I went to make the button, but there’s an implementation detail I want > to check with you. Most of your buttons describe the donation as > “Inkscape donation for [purpose] via Conservancy.” Unfortunately, I > can’t use the obvious “Inkscape donation for Outreachy internship” > because of limits in our tooling: our PayPal import system will see that > the donations reference both “Inkscape” and “Outreachy,” and refuse to > add it to the books automatically because it can’t figure out which > project it’s supposed to go to. And that doesn’t scale. > > So, I need to describe the donation to donors in a way that doesn’t > explicitly say “Outreachy,” and I wanted to check if you had any > preferences on that wording that would be consistent with the rest of > your messaging, etc. The next closest thing I can think of is “Inkscape > donation for paid internships,” so if that’s fine by you we’ll do it. > But if you’ve got other ideas, it’s your button, and I’m happy to make > sure it matches your messaging.
I've spoken with several of the board members, and all think your approach sounds fine. In fact, it gives a bit of flexibility in the messaging, in case there are other internship opportunities in the future. Bryce > Bear in mind PayPal requires the description to be brief, just a few > words, so a detailed description of Outreachy like “Inkscape donation to > fund paid internships for developers underrepresented in FOSS” isn’t an > option unfortunately. > > Thanks, > > > > > On 3/2/19 6:07 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > Hi, I just wanted to follow up on this. We held the vote as requested > > and forwarded to the ticket, and are waiting for a button to be > > generated so we can start collecting funds to allow us to participate in > > the Outreachy program. > > > > If there is any further steps required on our end before the button can > > be provided by SFC, please advise. > > > > Bryce > > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 09:50:19AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> Proposal: > >> --------- > >> > >> Shall Inkscape participate in the Outreachy internship program, and > >> allow the earmarking of donations for funding one or more Outreachy > >> slots? > >> > >> > >> - [ ] a. Yes, participate in Outreachy and allow collection of > >> donations to fund one or more internship slots. > >> - [ ] b. No, do not participate in Outreachy at this time. > >> - [ ] c. Other ___________________ > >> > >> > >> Votes: > >> ------ > >> > >> | Board Member | 1. | > >> | -------------------- |:--:| > >> | Bryce Harrington | a. | > >> | Josh Andler | a. | > >> | Tavmjong Bah | a. | > >> | Ted Gould | | > >> | Martin Owens | a. | > >> | Marc Jeanmougin | a. | > >> | Chris Rogers | a. | > >> > >> > >> Resolution: > >> ----------- > >> > >> Inkscape will begin earmarking of donations for the Outreachy internship > >> program, with the goal of participating in one or more Outreachy slots. > >> > >> Note that at this time it is assumed the cost of the Outreachy > >> participation will be covered entirely by the earmarked donations. > >> > >> > >> Background: > >> ----------- > >> > >> At the Boston hackfest Máirín Duffy suggested Inkscape participate in > >> the Outreachy internship program, and offered to help with organizing > >> and fundraising for it. We discussed it in detail at the board > >> meetings, but I don't think we formally voted on it. Conservancy > >> requires a formal vote for moving forward with collection of donations > >> for us. > >> > >> One way Outreachy appears to differ from the GSoC program is that > >> funding must be arranged by the mentoring organization. Máirín believes > >> that adequate external funding can be secured for Inkscape, to cover at > >> least one student. With the Inkscape Committee's approval, Conservancy > >> will create a Donate button to receive and earmark funds to be used for > >> the Outreachy slot. > >> > >> At this time it is assumed the cost of the Outreachy participation will > >> be covered entirely by the earmarked donations. If it becomes > >> desireable in the future for Inkscape to cover portions of the > >> internship cost, a separate vote will be done. > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 08:52:08PM +0000, Bradley M. Kuhn via RT wrote: > >>> Oh, I forgot to add in my last email, Máirín asked for us to set up an > >>> "account". To be clear, we are *not* setting up an "account" for this -- > >>> that's a term of art in accounting and it defintiely is not how we handle > >>> the situation when an existing Conservancy member project wants to fund > >>> an Outreachy internship. > >>> > >>> What we can set up is a donate button, which is what I've changed this > >>> ticket into an action item for. > >>> > >>> Since both Inkscape and Outreachy are Conservancy member projects, I > >>> believe it's ok to say publicly that the funds are meant for that, but > >>> please don't do that until I'm in possession of a a vote in the approvals > >>> queue where Inkscape Committee has voted to fund an Outreachy slot. > >>> Bryce, please take that as an action item and email to approvals creating > >>> a separate ticket. > >>> > >>> But, to be clear, the money will be officially earmarked for Inkscape, in > >>> their regular "Income:Donations" account, and the thing that will bind it > >>> to go to the Outreachy slot will be the vote by the Inkscape PLC to spend > >>> money on a slot. > >>> > >>> If you have further questions about what's appropriate to say during > >>> fundraising campaign,or other related issues to this, probably best to > >>> discuss in detail with Karen outside of any specific RT ticket. > >>> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> iF0EABECAB0WIQTHIj6+TvZlE7iSWYkRowFW4OZ2EQUCW65bxwAKCRARowFW4OZ2 > >> Ecg6AKC20YRVCjBAUeJwqZQbGQenuQp3eQCeJfxXlDd1IjNwJ+UnzfykyNum5OM= > >> =KRka > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Inkscape-board mailing list > >> Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > -- > Brett Smith _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
