I vote a.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, 17:50 Bryce Harrington, <[email protected]> wrote: > Proposal: > --------- > > Shall Inkscape participate in the Outreachy internship program, and > allow the earmarking of donations for funding one or more Outreachy > slots? > > > - [ ] a. Yes, participate in Outreachy and allow collection of > donations to fund one or more internship slots. > - [ ] b. No, do not participate in Outreachy at this time. > - [ ] c. Other ___________________ > > > Votes: > ------ > > | Board Member | 1. | > | -------------------- |:--:| > | Bryce Harrington | a. | > | Josh Andler | a. | > | Tavmjong Bah | a. | > | Ted Gould | | > | Martin Owens | a. | > | Marc Jeanmougin | a. | > | Chris Rogers | a. | > > > Resolution: > ----------- > > Inkscape will begin earmarking of donations for the Outreachy internship > program, with the goal of participating in one or more Outreachy slots. > > Note that at this time it is assumed the cost of the Outreachy > participation will be covered entirely by the earmarked donations. > > > Background: > ----------- > > At the Boston hackfest Máirín Duffy suggested Inkscape participate in > the Outreachy internship program, and offered to help with organizing > and fundraising for it. We discussed it in detail at the board > meetings, but I don't think we formally voted on it. Conservancy > requires a formal vote for moving forward with collection of donations > for us. > > One way Outreachy appears to differ from the GSoC program is that > funding must be arranged by the mentoring organization. Máirín believes > that adequate external funding can be secured for Inkscape, to cover at > least one student. With the Inkscape Committee's approval, Conservancy > will create a Donate button to receive and earmark funds to be used for > the Outreachy slot. > > At this time it is assumed the cost of the Outreachy participation will > be covered entirely by the earmarked donations. If it becomes > desireable in the future for Inkscape to cover portions of the > internship cost, a separate vote will be done. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 08:52:08PM +0000, Bradley M. Kuhn via RT wrote: > > Oh, I forgot to add in my last email, Máirín asked for us to set up an > "account". To be clear, we are *not* setting up an "account" for this -- > that's a term of art in accounting and it defintiely is not how we handle > the situation when an existing Conservancy member project wants to fund an > Outreachy internship. > > > > What we can set up is a donate button, which is what I've changed this > ticket into an action item for. > > > > Since both Inkscape and Outreachy are Conservancy member projects, I > believe it's ok to say publicly that the funds are meant for that, but > please don't do that until I'm in possession of a a vote in the approvals > queue where Inkscape Committee has voted to fund an Outreachy slot. Bryce, > please take that as an action item and email to approvals creating a > separate ticket. > > > > But, to be clear, the money will be officially earmarked for Inkscape, > in their regular "Income:Donations" account, and the thing that will bind > it to go to the Outreachy slot will be the vote by the Inkscape PLC to > spend money on a slot. > > > > If you have further questions about what's appropriate to say during > fundraising campaign,or other related issues to this, probably best to > discuss in detail with Karen outside of any specific RT ticket. > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board >
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