Can we have a quick meeting on Friday at 1400 UTC to work out the details of payment, please? RSVP if you're on the explicit addressees of this message (walter, david, bryan, andres, mel) Jameson <div class="gmail_quote"> 2009/9/5 David Farning <<a href="mailto:dfarning@sugarlabs.org">dfarning@sugarlabs.org</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hmmm. I also thought it went the the mentors. I double checked the payment details and Jameson is right; The payment goes to the mentoring organisation. As a general rule, I have been loosely assigning money to whoever brings it in. The logic is that people and or groups that are proactive enough to raise/earn money should be able to spend it; The intelligent spending decisions will come from those who raise/earned the money not the oversight board. It is your to use as you wish; pay travel stipends, pay mentors, anything that you think will best help your team and the project. FWIW, this is not an official Sugar Labs policy. It is just a guideline until we have enough money to worry about setting spending policies. david <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Walter Bender<<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Jameson Quinn<<a href="mailto:jameson.quinn@gmail.com">jameson.quinn@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> >> 2009/9/5 Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> >>> >>> CCing our treasurer. >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Jameson Quinn<<a href="mailto:jameson.quinn@gmail.com">jameson.quinn@gmail.com</a>> >>> wrote: >>> > A) >>> > >>> > Mentors, you may have caught the traffic on the GSoC mentor's list about >>> > the >>> > mentor's summit on October 24th and 25th (+ some on the evening of the >>> > 23rd). Google is paying for 2 slots from each organization, but in all >>> > probability has room at the summit for more. As far as I can tell from >>> > asking on IRC, the people interested in going are Andres, Bryan, and >>> > myself. >>> > Roughly, the tickets for Andres and Bryan put together should cost the >>> > $2000 >>> > that Google is fronting for travel. My ticket, including bus fare to >>> > Mexico >>> > City, should be just under $500. The options for paying that: >>> > >>> > 1. I pay myself - I would probably not be able to, so wouldn't come >>> > 2. Bryan and Andres each give me 20% of their travel subsidy, so that we >>> > all >>> > end up with 80% subsidy and paying 20% (ie, figure out how to make the >>> > percentages even). This is better from my perspective and worse from >>> > theirs. >>> > 3. Sugar Labs uses part of the $2500 it made from GSoC to fund my >>> > travel. >>> > This would of course be nice from our perspective. Walter, does it look >>> > feasible from Sugar Lab's? >>> >>> #1 is unacceptable. Re #3, I don't know if that money is fungible, in >>> that I thought it was designated to go to the mentors, in which case, >>> there is little difference between #2 and #3 except the "pain" is >>> spread a bit further--to all five of us. But personally, I support >>> that option. Maybe we can ask each mentor to volunteer 20% of their >>> honorarium? >> >> Oh, you consider it an honorarium for the mentor? Google considers it a >> subsidy for the organization, to use however the organization chooses, and >> most orgs do not just hand it over to the mentor in cash. Certainly, I would >> have no objection to getting $500 in cash, but that was not my expectation. >> I suppose we have to answer this question before we choose between #2 and >> #3. (Bryan already expressed some openness to #2, by the way.) >> >> > > It was my recollection, but I don't know for sure. In any case, it > should be used for advancing the cause and bringing people together is > in the right spirit. I defer to our treasurer. > > -walter > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> > </div></div></blockquote></div>