<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Samson Goddy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><span>On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:</span><br></span><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><span></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span></span><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As such, a more financially judicious gamble might involve a carefully thought-out proposal for one single individual to attend. Likely an individual who has the strongest track record of getting EU visas approved? Or perhaps an individual who has established contacts / diplomatic connections within the French government, a high-level contact who cares about children and free software etc, to guarantee the visa will be approved?</div></blockquote></span><br><span></span><span></span><div>More explanation please, i didn't really get the point.<br></div></div></div></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You need to establish evidence that the visa will be approved. A single applicant (rather than two) confirmed by a high-level contact in the French government might be the best way.<br><br></div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">3) Laura Vargas is correct SFC cannot generally provide funds in advance, so the mechanics of this entire proposal remain unclear. Not reassuring when flight prices are already rising less than 2 months before the event. But possibly a (presumed) attendee can arrange a personal loan from a friend, to cover all funds in advance, to be reimbursed by SFC later if nothing goes wrong with the visa? </div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I will reach out to the scratch team in bordeaux then discuss about it. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Speak to them about the above legal question too -- it is possible they have high-level contacts within the French govt, to provide the highest level of assurance that a particular visa will be approved.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sure i am going to do that. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">4) If an improved proposal is indeed appropriate at this late stage, what community deliverables/artifacts will the attendee(s) publish and/or contribute in the end, preferably on the public record for all to share?<br></div></blockquote></span><div>I don't understand, could you explain more. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>How specifically will attendee(s) document their contributions, in a more permanent/global way -- whether via published photos, videos, ASLO, <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu" target="_blank">http://scratch.mit.edu</a> and/or a formal report?<br><br>(Most grant proposals of almost any kind require the applicant to specify what kinds of community documentation will result from the trip...not just social media, but that could be one part of it!)<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>we will document on our wiki page/ </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">ASIDE: What is the exact/estimated total that Scratch itself has offered to contribute?<br></div></blockquote></span><div>They will pay my(Samson) flight (PHC > Lagos > Paris > Bordeaux), hotel, foods and visa.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Can you provide a rough estimate for this in USD?</div></div></div></div>
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