On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 22:24 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest in Portland, > Oregon. > > Proposals: > > 1. Sponsor a hackfest in Portland, Oregon for Apr 28 - May 3. > Total cost estimate for 5 to 11 people is roughly $6k to $14k. > (Refer to attached proposal document for details) > > [X] 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. 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. > > [X] 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 > > 3. Provide an additional $500 lodging stipend for anyone that > prefers > to make their own lodging arrangements. (I.e. for reasons of > age, > gender, special needs, or personal preference.) > > [X] a. Yes, permit an additional $500 lodging stipend for any who > do > not wish to use the group lodging. > [ ] b. Yes, but... > _____________________________________________________________ > ___ > [ ] c. Do not provide an additional stipend beyond the standard > reimbursement limit. > > 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. > > [X] 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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
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