Something simple like "Inkscape fund for improving contributors diversity" maybe ?
Le 06/03/2019 à 15:59, Brett Smith a écrit : > Hi Bryce, > > I went to make the button, but there’s an implementation detail I want > to check with you. Most of your buttons describe the donation as > “Inkscape donation for [purpose] via Conservancy.” Unfortunately, I > can’t use the obvious “Inkscape donation for Outreachy internship” > because of limits in our tooling: our PayPal import system will see that > the donations reference both “Inkscape” and “Outreachy,” and refuse to > add it to the books automatically because it can’t figure out which > project it’s supposed to go to. And that doesn’t scale. > > So, I need to describe the donation to donors in a way that doesn’t > explicitly say “Outreachy,” and I wanted to check if you had any > preferences on that wording that would be consistent with the rest of > your messaging, etc. The next closest thing I can think of is “Inkscape > donation for paid internships,” so if that’s fine by you we’ll do it. > But if you’ve got other ideas, it’s your button, and I’m happy to make > sure it matches your messaging. > > Bear in mind PayPal requires the description to be brief, just a few > words, so a detailed description of Outreachy like “Inkscape donation to > fund paid internships for developers underrepresented in FOSS” isn’t an > option unfortunately. > > Thanks, > > > > > On 3/2/19 6:07 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> Hi, I just wanted to follow up on this. We held the vote as requested >> and forwarded to the ticket, and are waiting for a button to be >> generated so we can start collecting funds to allow us to participate in >> the Outreachy program. >> >> If there is any further steps required on our end before the button can >> be provided by SFC, please advise. >> >> Bryce >> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 09:50:19AM -0700, Bryce Harrington 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. >>>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> iF0EABECAB0WIQTHIj6+TvZlE7iSWYkRowFW4OZ2EQUCW65bxwAKCRARowFW4OZ2 >>> Ecg6AKC20YRVCjBAUeJwqZQbGQenuQp3eQCeJfxXlDd1IjNwJ+UnzfykyNum5OM= >>> =KRka >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-board mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
