[IAEP] Google Mentors Summit Complete Travel Budget Request

[Laura Vargas]

>
> I hope the SLOBs will see that the right thing to do is provide sufficient
> funds for Samson to have a safe and productive trip.
>


Samson wished to travel via British airways arriving in London and that had
a Budget approved.

*SLOB's cannot be pointed as responsible for Samson's decision to change
his itinerary.*

If Adam made a suggestions is irrelevant as the end it was Samson who
decides his itinerary (including the risky delays, etc)

SLOBs has done all possible within the limited information we have.


We know 3 Sugar Labs mentor travelers should be registered for the Summit
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6hUaXucUOs>, still we have not get any
other request just Samon's.

SFC accountability already required SLOBs to submit the complete Budget but
we have no answer for them.


I hope this gets resolved soon so that our 3 mentors can enjoy three days
of community building and lots of fun.
<https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/09/the-mentors-of-google-summer-of-code.html>

Regards

Laura


Caryl
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* IAEP <iaep-bounces at lists.sugarlabs.org> on behalf of Laura Vargas
> <laura at somosazucar.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 2, 2017 10:35:08 AM
> *To:* Walter Bender
> *Cc:* iaep; SLOBs
> *Subject:* Re: [IAEP] Google Mentors Summit Complete Travel Budget Request
>
>
>
> 2017-10-01 15:32 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Correction to previous email:
>>>
>>> *That means this year program Google's program Budget has already over
>>> expended** US$ 210 [US$ 2,970 - US$2,000-US$630-US$550] not including
>>> yet Traveler No2 needs.*
>>>
>>> Regards!
>>>
>>> 2017-10-01 14:18 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Google Mentors Summit Program Managers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is my understanding you both are co-administrators of the Google
>>>> Mentors Summit for Mentors funds.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lack of a complete Travel Budget may be causing SLOBs not to be able to
>>>> make further decisions about the mentor's needs versus the mentor's Budget..
>>>>
>>>> So far what we (SLOBs) know is:
>>>>
>>>> 01 Google donation [US$ 3,300 - 10% SFC = US$ 2,970] was meant for two
>>>> travelers.
>>>>
>>>
>> This is incorrect. We are sending 3 people to the Summit. One is
>> traveling from Nigeria, one is traveling from France, and one from San
>> Francisco. I don't know what the travel from France entails. The debate
>> over the travel from Nigeria continues. The travel from San Francisco will
>> cost Sugar Labs US$0.
>>
>> 02 There is a reimbursement request for US$630 for paying back money
>>>> advanced to Traveler No1 Samson by one Sugar Labs member.
>>>> 03 Additionally, with decision 2017-17 *SLOBs*
>>>> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2017-09-20>*
>>>> approved Samson's traveling plans* for 3 days of Google Summit in the
>>>> City of San Francisco with US$2,000 for an airplane ticket and US$550 as a
>>>> cash advance.
>>>>
>>>> *That means this year program Google's program Budget has already over
>>>> expended** US$ 210 [US$ 2,970-US$630-US$550] not including yet
>>>> Traveler No2 needs.*
>>>>
>>>>
>> Not accounted for in your calculations is the additional $4500 that
>> Google gave to Sugar Labs on behalf of the GSoC mentors. IMHO, it is not at
>> all unreasonable to put some of those discretionary funds towards mentor
>> travel.
>>
>
> I did not account for the mentor's stipends because historically mentors
> have not been authorized by SLOBS to decide how Sugar Labs should proceed
> with their stipends and therefore Stipends have been sent to Sugar Labs
> general fund.
>
> I guess the Board could consider a Motion that enables each Google Mentor
> to decide how Sugar Labs should execute (spend/invest) their respective
> stipend. Of course in order to be fair it would need to be a retroactive to
> all Sugar Labs - Google mentors stipends over the years we have
> participated.
>
> Motion: To enable each Google Mentor to decide how Sugar Labs should
> execute (spend/invest) their respective stipend. This will apply
> retroactively to all Sugar Labs - Google mentors stipends over the years we
> have participated.
>
>
> Looking for solutions,
>
> Laura V
>
>
>
>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>>
>>>> I hope the 2 mentors can participate and secure a nice experience
>>>> during the Summit.
>>>>
>>>> Please do share a complete travel Budget for all the travelers with all
>>>> costs associated at your earliest convenience.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards and happy Sunday,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Laura V.
>>>> *I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>>
>>>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>>>> ~ L. Victoria
>>>>
>>>> Happy Learning!
>>>> #LearningByDoing
>>>> #Projects4good
>>>> #IDesignATSugarLabs
>>>> #WeCanDoBetter
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura V.
>>> *I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>
>>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
>>> ~ L. Victoria
>>>
>>> Happy Learning!
>>> #LearningByDoing
>>> #Projects4good
>>> #IDesignATSugarLabs
>>> #WeCanDoBetter
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Laura V.
> *I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>
> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
> ~ L. Victoria
>
> Happy Learning!
> #LearningByDoing
> #Projects4good
> #IDesignATSugarLabs
> #WeCanDoBetter
>



-- 
Laura V.
* I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*

“Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
~ L. Victoria

Happy Learning!
#LearningByDoing
#Projects4good
#IDesignATSugarLabs
#WeCanDoBetter
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