Hi Bryce, Don't Panic!
I'm interested in coming and I didn't think you needed my specific RSVP, but if in any case, here it is! We can give it until the end of the week to get a number of people, if it's less that four say, would that be a good threshold? Best Regards, Martin Owens On Sun, 2017-03-05 at 11:32 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Hi guys, > > Couple bits of not good news so far. > > First, the reservation fell through. Apparently, their reservation > system is (still) screwy and someone else had booked two of our days > a > couple days prior to our reservation but their system hadn't listed > it > until now. > > Second, I've had zero people contact me so far as interested in > coming. > I know it's the weekend, and maybe people need time to check > availability, and it's been only a day's notice... however it's not > a > good sign. > > I'm going to hold off on attempting a re-booking until there's some > more > tangible interest expressed. I think I can still make it work if > there > is, although time to do so is growing shorter by the day. > > Bryce > > On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 06:24:13PM -0500, Martin Owens 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.) > > > > > > [ ] a. Yes, permit an additional $500 lodging stipend for any > > > who > > > do > > > not wish to use the group lodging. > > > [X] b. Yes, but... > > > It should be reasonable and close by to the venue. > > > ___ > > > [ ] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
