[Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

[Lionel Laské]

Disagree.

Thought I understand that 500$ is lot of money for some people, I think
that GSoC is also a way for SugarLabs to raise money. Because we don't ask
for an annual fee to member (like other association, for example OLPC
France), it's even the only way to hope for a regular contribution.

Best regards from France.

        Lionel.


2016-05-07 1:49 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:

> At today's Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], we discussed the motion
> submitted by Sebastian Silva to allow the mentors participating in Google
> Summer of Code to disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see
> fit. I second the motion and bring it to you in an email vote.
>
> Background: Every year, Google provides mentoring organizations with a
> stipend for the mentors. In our first year of participation in the program,
> Sugar Labs mentors agreed to have the stipend directed to the Sugar Labs
> general funds. We have followed the same procedure in subsequent years.
> This year, however, several mentors asked if they could have access to the
> stipends (which are allocated per student internship). We discussed this at
> the meeting and agreed that it would be appropriate to offer these funds as
> compensation and thanks to the mentors for their time and expertise (there
> were no objections raised). We need to vote on this however, since the
> funds are given to the mentoring organization, not the individual mentors.
>
> Members of the oversight board, please reply to this email solicitation
> for a vote on the following motion. (Note that since I am a mentor, I think
> I must recuse myself from the vote.)
>
> Motion: to allow the mentors participating in Google Summer of Code to
> disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see fit.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2016-05-06
>
>
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