1a 2b 3a - Note that 9 people probably shouldn't cost that much, but I understand we should have a buffer.
I'm hoping CR will be able to organise a place for a few of us to stay. If possible to do, it'd be nice to get that funding in place in- advanced so as not to burden Chris with the cost liability. Thanks Tav for setting this up. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 22:08 +0200, Tavmjong Bah wrote: > Hi, > > We have an offer of free space for a Paris hackfest for June 27th- > July > 1st at the Carrefour Numérique² fablab (at the Cité des sciences et > de > l'industrie). Nine Inkscapers have expressed interest in attending. I > would like to have a vote on proceeding with this hackfest. Here the > proposed vote text: > > > Your vote is needed on the planned Inkscape Hackfest in Paris, > France. > > Proposals: > > 1. Sponsor a hackfest in Paris, France, for June 27th - July 1st. > > Total cost estimate for 9 people is roughly $13k. > (Refer to attached proposal document for details) > > [ ] a. Yes, sponsor hackfest in Paris, France as proposed. > [ ] b. Approve holding a hackfest, but recommend making the > following alterations: > ___________________________________________________ > [ ] c. Do not approve holding a hackfest in Paris > > 2. Reimburse using a ranked system similar to 2015/2016 hackfests. > > [ ] 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 Paris hackfest expenses > > 3. 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. > > Tavmjong Bah has volunteered as event coordinator for the hackfest > event (with help from Marc). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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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