Nevermind guys. Terri heard back and the place is already booked up on those dates (and for the rest of the year).
Bryce On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 07:16:41PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest in Portland, Oregon. > > Proposals: > > 1. Sponsor a hackfest in Portland, Oregon. > (Refer to attached proposal document for details). > > [ ] a. Yes, sponsor hackfest in Portland, Oregon as proposed. > [ ] b. Approve holding a hackfest, but recommend making the > following alterations: > ____________________________________________________________ > [ ] c. Do not approve holding a hackfest in Portland > > 2. Which date should we target to reserve? Note the availability may > change, requiring us to select a different date. > > [ ] a. Oct 21 - Oct 26, 2016 > [ ] b. Nov 26 - Dec 1, 2016 > [ ] c. Any of the above > [ ] d. Spring, 2017 > [ ] e. Other: > ____________________________________________________________ > [ ] f. No preference > > 3. Reimburse using a ranked system similar to 2015. Note this is > somewhat less than was allocated for the Leeds hackfest, but > expenses are expected to be lower. > > [ ] a. Use ranked reimbursement. Long term, high commit developers > are sponsored up to a higher maximum than new developers. > [ ] b. Use open ended. We'll fully cover all valid expenses > incurred by the sponsorees. > [ ] c. Other: > ____________________________________________________________ > [ ] d. Do not reimburse for Portland hackfest expenses > > 4. The Inkscape Board sponsors a dinner event, to be funded from the > Inkscape general fund (instead of the hackfest fund), for Hackfest > attendees and guests. > > [ ] a. Yes. Allocate $600 from Inkscape's general fund for a dinner. > [ ] b. Yes, but handle funding the dinner in a different way: > ________________________________________________________________ > [ ] c. No, do not fund a sponsored dinner for the hackfest. > > Votes: > > 1. 2. 3. 4. > Bryce Harrington > Josh Andler > Tavmjong Bah > Jon A. Cruz > Ted Gould > Krzysztof Kosiński > Martin Owens > > Resolved: > > > > Background: > > Past hackfests have provided excellent opportunities for Inkscape > developers to meet in person, discuss the project and coordinate work on > bug-fixing, feature planning, and other efforts. In the past we've also > sought to align the location and time of the event with conferences or > groups in the area to permit external collaborations as well. Our > experience so far seems to show that we're getting far more tangible > benefit out of the internal interactions than the external ones. > > Thus, this event will focus more sharply on the hackfest itself, giving > us much greater flexibility for time and location. > > In the past events, we flexibly let each attendee arrange their own > accommodation within an allowed stipend, so as to enable them to find > options that best minimize costs. However, our experience has shown this > to be unpredictable with sometimes sub-par stays and various levels of > hassles making the arrangements and securing reimbursement. > > Bryce Harrington has volunteered as event coordinator for the hackfest > event. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks everyone for the feedback on the proposal, I've decided to press > on with getting the vote settled for the budgeted amounts so we can get > a reservation in place before someone else books our dates. > > There seems to not be a consensus on the preferred dates. I'm hoping > the vote will help clear that up, or at least give us a majority > decision we can use to start getting things nailed down. > > A potential hitch for the dates is that Terri noticed the schedule on > the rental company's website differs substantially from what they show > on AirBnB. She's attempting to contact them for clarification (and to > investigate if there's any chance we could get both units this year). > Based on this we may need to adjust our dates. > > Bryce > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 09:58:30PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Attached is the proposal for a hackfest in Portland. Please review and let > > me know of any changes that should be made, or questions that need > > answered. In a couple days (depending on feedback) I'll post for a > > vote, and then make the appropriate reservation. > > > > As mentioned at the meeting, if we want a hackfest in Oct/Nov there is > > availability for one unit or the other. It doesn't look like we could > > get both units until 2017, although if the proposal looks otherwise ok > > and if we definitely do want both units, we will contact the owners to > > see if there's any potential flexibility. If you have a strong opinion > > on dates please let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Bryce > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
