<div dir="ltr">Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion with the new board and take a vote.<div><br></div><div>Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing Turtle Blocks around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not leave Devin hanging.</div><div><br></div><div>Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.</div><div><br></div><div>Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel guidelines of the SFC.</div><div><br></div><div>Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without reimbursement for travel for several workshops.</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to stretch the budget quite far.</div><div><br></div><div>thank you for your attention.</div><div><br></div><div>regards.</div><div><br></div><div>-walter</div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sugar Labs</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:webmaster@sugarlabs.org">webmaster@sugarlabs.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM<br>Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by Holt<br>To: Walter <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>Dear Walter,<br>
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