<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:21 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">+1 from me.<div><br></div><div>This is a timely matter, so please vote ASAP.</div><div><br></div><div>regards.</div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-walter</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Sameer Verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu" target="_blank">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Second.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sameer</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail-m_7779993167304282763h5">On Sep 22, 2017 10:48 PM, "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_7779993167304282763h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>As has been discussed, Samson would like to have a layover in Boston on the way back from the Google Summer of Code summit. He has documented here [1] that there is not increase in the cost of the ticket to make the Boston stop. Nonetheless, the SFC has asked that the oversight board approve this change in the original motion, which only mentioned the GSoC summit.</div><div><br></div><div>Motion: approve the inclusion of a Boston layover in Samson's trip from Nigeria to California on his return from the GSoC summit.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that this is independent of the request for additional funding associated with traveling to Boston (although as Samson has already noted, we have arranged free lodging for him, thanks to the Minsky family).</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dBJ14BeT4titV9FU7Cf0jcJc5nto54ly8aZEbN8ZbVw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/docume<wbr>nt/d/1dBJ14BeT4titV9FU7Cf0jcJc<wbr>5nto54ly8aZEbN8ZbVw/edit?usp=s<wbr>haring</a></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This documentation is incorrect. Sugar Labs is being asked to pay $487.36 or $676.76 extra as a result of Samson Goddy's desired side-trips (which were not mention in <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions">Motion 2017-17</a>) to LA and Boston after GSoC Mentoring Summit in the SF area Oct 13-15.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As compared to a Nigeria-San Francisco flight without such visits ( $1433.46 is the actual total price at <a href="http://klm.com">http://klm.com</a> also shown at <a href="https://goo.gl/flights/XwKR">https://goo.gl/flights/XwKR</a> )</div><div><br></div><div>Sugar Labs may indeed decide Samson's side trips are worth the extra price, be it either of the following of the 2 flights chosen by Samson:<br></div><div><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px">$487.36 = 1730.82 (pricier open-jaw ticket) + 190 (LA to Boston) - 1433.46<br></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px">$676.76 = 1920.22 (pricier open-jaw ticket) + 190 (LA to Boston) -1433.46<br></div><div><br></div><div>Let's be open to an honest, civil debate here about how much exactly Samson's side trips are (or are not) worth to Sugar Labs. Please if we can execute financial decision-making in public (I'm moving this private email discussion from <a href="mailto:slobs@lists.sugarlabs.org">slobs@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> to <a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>) unless there is an overwhelming
reason for confidentiality during merger/acquisition planning, legal
threats etc.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank You All.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_7779993167304282763h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>regards.</div><div><br></div><div>-walter</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_7779993167304282763m_8436523227334061773m_-1518977768716361213gmail_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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