[IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] yet another motion regarding Samson's travel

[Adam Holt]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Lionel Laské <lionel.laske at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> -1 for this motion.
>
> Participation to the GSoC Summit is already a privilege. It's fair that
> Samson as a mentor could have opportunity to attend to it.
> I don't see any advantage for SugarLabs on the Samson side trip, so there
> is no reason for SugarLabs to pay for it.
>

Lionel,

While I strongly sympathize (I work with Haitian teachers who don't find it
funny that Samson appears willing to let substantially more than $500
disappear, far more than a year's salary for my educator colleagues in
Haiti...)

Still let me still ask: what would you think if Samson approached this with
a spirit of compromise, spending $1277.68+190 instead of the earlier
desired 1920.82 (1730.82+190) or 2110.22 (1920.22+190) ?  In this fashion
his 2 side trips would not cost Sugar Labs much at all:

$1,277.68 @ Emirates.com for https://goo.gl/flights/5WpL Lagos - San
Francisco Oct 12/13; Boston - Lagos Oct 21/22
$190 Los Angeles - Boston Oct 15/16

Nobody appreciates a "planned emergency" like this, when Samson's side
trips could easily have been mentioned in public earlier this summer,
instead of forcing everyone to the brink like this with de facto
high-pressure sales tactics.

But let's try to make the best of this obvious disaster and put that behind
us.

If you agree, Samson might be wise to jump on this opportunity immediately
instead of arguing for days over a trip that could Very Easily Go Down The
Drain (as prices are now rising quickly, with Oct 12 only days away now).

In Context: the companies I've worked for across my career would * never *
allow the purchase of intercontinental flights only ~16 days prior to
travel like this, even if Samson's side trips had been mentioned
forthrightly a priori (instead of forcing Sugar Labs to the brink, and
costing us money with ever-rising flight costs...)
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