The Inkscape Project will subsidize travel for Tav to go to the London SVG Working Group meeting, for up to $1550.
| Board Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jon A. Cruz | a. |
| Josh Andler | a. |
| Johan Engelen | a. |
| Ted Gould | a. |
I (Tav) would like funding to attend the London SVG working group meeting, held August 22-26 just before The Graphical Web (TGW, formerly SVG Open) conference. I would also like back-up funding to attend TGW conference in Winchester, England should the event organizers not be able to fully fund my attendance (they have fully funded me the past few years and have committed to partially funding this year but cannot make a full commitment yet).
This is a critical time for SVG 2. The new features I am responsible for include mesh gradients, hatched fills, and auto-flowed text. The move to “CSS based” text layout which brings in auto-flowed text (with a natural SVG 1.1 fallback) requires a lot of work which is easiest to do face-to-face. Critical decisions are made at these meetings (i.e. dropping SVG fonts). It is important to have Inkscape interests represented. Progress on SVG 2 can be followed at:
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/The London meeting is being held in conjunction with TGW. I will be giving an SVG talk at TGW, high lighting Inkscape’s support for new SVG 2 features.
Approximate cost for London
5 nights lodging/meals $600 (in University dorm room)
Approximate costs for TGW (if organizers can’t fund),
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