Current vote status:
1. 2. 3.
Bryce Harrington a a a
Josh Andler
Tavmjong Bah a a a
Jon A. Cruz
Ted Gould a a a
Krzysztof Kosiński
Martin Owens a b a
Items 1 and 3 have passed.
Item 2 is still unresolved.
Tav, it's safe to proceed with organizing the event and encourage people
to start making travel arrangements, the question is simply whether to
fund people up to a limit or to full amounts of expenses.
Bryce
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 08:46:41AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
>
> 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 as used in the 2016 hackfest. 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.
> Bryce Harrington a a a
> Josh Andler
> Tavmjong Bah
> Jon A. Cruz
> Ted Gould
> Krzysztof Kosiński
> Martin Owens a b a
>
> 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).
>
>
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