Brett, we've also discussed Marc's suggested wording and think it is a better representation of the aim for this. (Sorry, I didn't receive his email until after I posted my reply.)
Bryce On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 04:20:26PM +0100, Marc Jeanmougin wrote: > Something simple like "Inkscape fund for improving contributors > diversity" maybe ? > > Le 06/03/2019 à 15:59, Brett Smith a écrit : > > 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. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
