Re: Inkscape Forum

It's my understanding that we always aim for the lightest possible touch,
especially with people who have been a part of and supported Inkscape over
the years.

The project setting up another forum under direct control of the project
should not be seen as competition for the old Inkscape forum, but a
necessary step.

This should in no way reduce our sincere gratitude to the hosts of Inkscape
forum. And we do hope that they will continue to be a part of Inkscape and
the new forum if indeed they have time to continue contributing in the
future when it's more convenient for them to do so.

With this in mind, I think 3 months is plenty of notice. I believe any
contributor who steps away for that long would not be surprised that the
project continues on in their absence, which of course we must do to
support our users and community.

So with absolutely no disrespect to the Inkscape forum hosts, I believe we
should continue with our plans within the active community.

I will bring it up at the next board meeting if it's determined we need a
majority vote on it. In the meantime I'll post the concern to the board
mailing list.

Thanks to Brynn for keeping up with it, and keeping us all in the loop with
complete transparency and a compassion and patience that is truly
motivating and inspiring. :)

My 2p
-C



On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, 10:51 brynn <[email protected] wrote:

> Just to be clear, there is no adversarial relationship between
> InkscapeForum and
> the rest of the community.  I'm sorry if I gave that impression.  I think
> the
> owner was once involved with the community.  He has continued to host the
> site
> for all these years, without complaint.  Just also without input.
>
> At this point, I think we are still hoping and waiting.  It's just that
> I'm
> wondering how long we should wait.  Perhaps ironically, I was the one who
> advocated for waiting longer (few months) rather than shorter (few
> weeks).  But
> it has been a few months.
>
> I guess I should message the small team who has been working on this, and
> find
> out if it's time to take our next steps (after deciding what those steps
> will
> be).  Your proposed solution is indeed one of those options.
>
> All best,
> brynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Westmann
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2018 1:46 PM
> To: inkscape-user
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Forum
>
>
> We can try to talk to the InkscapeForum in the most peaceful and
> diplomatic way.
> If he/she does not collaborate with us we can start a new forum and
> mention in
> our site that the other one is NOT OFFICIAL forum. It can be used with no
> further problems but it is not endorsed by the project.
>
> What do you think?
>
> --Victor Westmann
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 12:30 PM Victor Westmann <[email protected]>
>
> wrote:
>
> Oh my! I see... so the forum we have today was created by someone outside
> of the
> project team and became very popular. I see. Well... in this case never
> mind. I
> don't want to disturb everyone with this then... just thought that someone
> forgot to put the link to the forum since there is so much activity in
> there.
>
> Let's pray for a peaceful and civilized solution soon then.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 11:21 AM brynn <[email protected] wrote:
> Indeed, InkscapeForum.com is the de facto official forum.  It was removed
> from
> the links on the Community page (a couple or 3 years ago) because it came
> to
> light that except for spam control, there is no other significant
> management of
> the forum (just loyal and dedicated members, helping Inkscape users, day
> in and
> day out).  In my  opinion, it screams to be updated.  We have no access to
> its
> server.
>
> The single owner/admin has twice said he will provide the forum to become
> community managed.  And now that the Inkscape project has it's own server,
> a new
> forum has been installed, and is ready and waiting for him to deposit the
> databases and other files.  I guess we've been waiting around 4 or 5
> months?
>
> I'm not sure what we're going to do, but I guess it's probably time to
> address
> it, and decide what "Plan B" is going to be.  Just my opinion though.
>
> Certainly if it's databases are used to start the new official forum, it
> will be
> well-linked from the website!
>
> All best,
> brynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Westmann
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2018 10:58 AM
> To: inkscape-user
> Subject: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape Forum
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am a long time inkscape user but I just recently found the forum. Maybe
> it is
> just me but isn't it possible for us to include the forum
> (www.inkscapeforum.com) in one of the main menus of the Inkscape website?
> (maybe
> under the option "community" of under the option "learn"?)
>
> There such a rich wealth of knowledge and so many active discussions that
> I feel
> like I have rediscovered this application today altogether!
>
> What do you think?
>
> Regards,
>
> --Victor Westmann
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Inkscape-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Inkscape-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Inkscape-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Inkscape-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user
>

_______________________________________________
Inkscape-user mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user