Leadership Committee Status Updates

Place and Time

We meet in #inkscape-devel on freenode.

Board meetings are typically the first Friday of each month.

Everybody in the Inkscape community is invited to participate.

Next meeting: 10:00 PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CEST, (click for world clock), Fri, 6th April, 2018. (Time is fixed to 10 AM Pacific Time.)

Meetings should be announced in advance on inkscape-devel and inkscape-board mailing lists.

Agenda

• Future meetings/hackfests.
  • Inkscape Hackfest 2018 - March 26th-30th (Boston, USA)
  • LGM 2018 - April 26th-30th (Seville, Spain) Google may be sponsoring attendance for hacking on Variable Width fonts.
  • GUADEC 2018 - July (Ameria, Spain) GTK conference

• Merchandise sales
  • Spreadshirt account ready to go, but we're not using it
    • Password was reset again
    • Changes to bzr credentials tree need ported to the newer git tree
  • Evaluate self-serve merchandise sales - spreadshirt, cafepress, Golden Ribbon, Think Penguin or similar [Mc]

• Board election debrief
  • Updating nomination/election rules as needed [ted]

• Infrastructure backup/alternate hosting
  • (DONE) Send out sponsorship solicitation [bryce]

• Preliminary preparations for 0.93 [tav]
  • Fix GPLv3 licensing (gimp widgets)
  • Gtk3 migration status / todo's?
  • Release management advice/review [tav]

• Other Business

Other Agenda Items

• Welcome new Board Members
  • Add new GPG keys for credentials repository [Mc], [Cr]

• Sponsor acceptance policy

• Should we add officer positions
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Vetter (need better name...)

• Funded development [bryce]
  • Identify Manager/Reviewer/Second for each of the jobs
  • How should we advertise the jobs?

Action Items

• Merchandise Sales
  • Get doctormo and prkos added as shopkeepers

• Future hackfests
  • Hackfest organizational tips (Need to document this someplace)
    • Process: Have folks propose options, and then trade off cost projections and benefits
    • Try to organize group lodging (same hotel, rented/air-bnb house, http://www.linuxhotel.de/community.en.html, etc.)
    • Send a scout ahead of time to help avoid slummy accommodations
    • Catered lunches help keep everyone focused (we're already reimbursing on lunches, so cost differential isn't huge, and it saves hassle all around)
    • Boots on the ground at a location can be a huge help if plans go awry
    • Prefer locations with local inkscape community on the ground

• Finalization of Budget 2016 [bryce]
  • Update the budget, see what $$ remains in the hackfest fund [bryce]
• Funded development [bryce]
• Add a C++-11 conversion project with tasks detailed to the Roadmap for 0.93 or later. [valavanisalex]
• Regularly check sponsor ads / sponsor mentions on the website:
  • Advance Systems: added Dec 9th, 2016
  • Deals Land UK: added June, 21st, 2017

Blocked Action Items

• Privacy Policy [drmo] ~ Blocked waiting on time availability by SFC
• Amend CoC reporting section ~ Waiting until we have a dedicated email, e.g. abuse@inkscape.org

Board Meeting Transcripts

2018

• 2018-01-05
• 2018-02-02
• 2018-03-02

2017

• 2017-01-06
• 2017-02-03
• 2017-03-03
• 2017-04-07
• 2017-06-02
• 2017-07-07
• 2017-08-04
• 2017-09-01
• 2017-10-06
• 2017-11-03
• 2017-12-01

2016

• 2016-01-08
• 2016-04-01
• 2016-05-06
• 2016-06-03
• 2016-07-08
• 2016-08-05
• 2016-09-02
• 2016-11-04
• 2016-12-02

2015

• 2015-10-02
• 2015-11-06
• 2015-12-04

2014

• 2014-09-15
• 2014-09-29
• 2014-10-08
• 2014-10-15
• 2014-11-05
• 2014-11-12
• 2014-11-19
• 2014-11-26

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