[Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Walter Bender]

+1 from me as well for both motions.

-walter

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea <callaurrea at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for both!
>
> Claudia
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García <
> josemiguel at argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>
>> También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 2015-12-17
>> [No 2015-12-07]
>>
>> +1 ambas mociones
>>
>>
>> ___________________
>> Lic. José Miguel García
>> Montevideo - Uruguay
>>
>> 2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>:
>>
>>> +1 on both motions
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
>>> leave Devin hanging.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without
>>> reimbursement for travel for several workshops.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> thank you for your attention.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
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>>> Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
>>> Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by
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>>> To: Walter <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Walter,
>>>
>>> The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
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