Thanks Tav, My votes are (a) Yes on all items as well.
Thanks, Bryce On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 11:15:39AM +0100, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
