<div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><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">I'd like to queue up this motion before our monthly meeting on Friday:<div><br></div><div>Motion: Allocate $800 towards the expenses associated with Samson Goddy presenting Sugar at the Scratch Conference in Bordeaux, France in July 2017 (See [1] for details).</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This would set a terrible precedent for Sugar Labs to pay $800 for a visa alone.<br><br>Far worse, when in fact it can be done for less.<br><br>Strange that my parents spent an important part of their lives teaching in Nigeria and I happen to know more about modern Lagos (where Samson would apply for his French govt visa) than a steady stream of hyperbolic claims have insinuated.<br><br>As such I will continue to vote My Conscience -- <i>AGAINST THIS MOTION with respect for all and malice toward none</i> -- up until the point where:<br><br></div><div>1) The total is reduced to $500 (receipts provided per SFConservancy policies).<br></div><div><br>2) It is clarified in writing (within the motion or nearby) what happens if the money disappears, if the French Govt insists on rejecting Samson's visa application. (In short: would Sugar Labs or Scratch pay this up-to-$500 ?)<br><br></div><div>Important: There's absolutely no need to wait for a monthly meeting here, so that Samson (or other urgent matters such as this) are not left waiting.<br></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>[1] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/152VDfUcdcGOHOFBLT3lG15sUFpzBeuBCGiNAGCSOLj4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>152VDfUcdcGOHOFBLT3lG15sUFpzBe<wbr>uBCGiNAGCSOLj4/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>regards.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-walter</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_5886935477545027377gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br><font><font>Sugar Labs</font></font></div><div><font><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font>http://www.sugarlabs.org</font></a></font><br><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font></font></a><br></div></div></div>
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