[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [sfconservancy.org #1322] For Approval: Jaskirat Singh funding and advance for travel to GSoC mentor summit

[Rishabh Thaney]

+1

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 7:30 PM Claudia Urrea <callaurrea at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Ignacio Rodríguez <ignacio at sugarlabs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Seconded
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 1:32 AM Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A bit of context:
>>>>
>>>> We are assigned 3 slots for GSoC mentors to attend the mentor summit. I
>>>> am hoping that Devin and Jaskirat will be able to attend, along with one
>>>> TBD. We will get $3300 from Google to cover all of the expenses, which
>>>> should easily cover Devin (domestic travel)  and Jaskirat (international)
>>>> and one more domestic traveler. (Google will also be covering the local
>>>> hotel and meal expenses.)
>>>>
>>>> Motion: To approve a travel advance for Jaskirat to attend the Google
>>>> Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018.
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 5:15 PM Brett Smith via RT <
>>>> approvals at tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi SLOBs,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jaskirat Singh is traveling to the GSoC mentor summit.  Because he's
>>>>> coming from India, he's asked us to prepay a number of expenses, which
>>>>> we're happy to do as long as you approve.
>>>>>
>>>>> First, he has requested an advance of 43,700.00 INR (about $625) to
>>>>> cover expenses related to getting his visa and ground transportation in
>>>>> India.  He provided this budget:
>>>>>
>>>>> VISA Fees - 11200 INR
>>>>> Travelling agent and Consultant charges - 7000 INR
>>>>> As i have to travel for the VISA Documentation and Interview to other
>>>>> states so for that i have 2 dates consecutively ( VISA appointment letter
>>>>> attached), So for that Hotel Charge for 1 night and 2 days - 7000 INR
>>>>> Meals for this purpose ( 2 days ) - 2000 INR (approx.)
>>>>> Taxi fare from my location to the US Embassy - 4000 INR + toll and
>>>>> taxes ( approx ).
>>>>> As per the rules VISA Documentation and Interview takes place at
>>>>> different place and VISA Collection gets issued from the different location
>>>>> which is the part of another state, so for that Taxi Fare - 2500 INR
>>>>> Taxi fare from Home to Airport - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx )
>>>>> Taxi fare from airport to back Home - 5000 INR + toll and taxes (
>>>>> approx )
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let us know whether or not you approve sending him money for
>>>>> these expenses ahead of time.  We'll still ask him to provide receipts
>>>>> after the fact as required for all travel under our policies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that, between this advance and the flight he's asking us to book,
>>>>> Jaskirat's travel is likely to exceed $1,000, meaning some of it will be
>>>>> paid out of Sugar's general fund and not covered by the money coming from
>>>>> Google for GSoC.  Please let us know what total travel budget you're
>>>>> willing to set for Jaskirat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brett Smith
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Bender
>>>> Sugar Labs
>>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
>>>>
>>>
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