[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed
James Cameron
quozl at laptop.org
Mon Aug 14 16:57:40 EDT 2017
The policy does not apply when the funding comes from an organisation
external to SFC.
Thanks to OLPC-SF and Hilary!
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 03:00:54PM -0500, Laura Vargas wrote:
> Hi Hilary,
>
> Sugar Labs is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and so
> travel funding is subject to the [1]Software Freedom Conservancy Travel and
> Reimbursable Expense Policy.
>
> You can access the policy also via Sugar Labs Wiki Finance page at:
>
> [2]https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance
>
> Regards and blessings,
>
> Laura V
>
> 2017-08-13 17:43 GMT-05:00 Hilary Naylor <[3]hnaylor at gmail.com>:
>
> dear all,
> Samson is now sponsored for the up-front expenses of his trip to GSoC in
> the amount of $700. His actual expenses are closer to $900 if anyone wants
> to co-sponsor. I understand that SFC is going to reimburse me around $630
> because that is the amount they allocated for local travel expenses.
>
> kind regards,
> Hilary
> ---
> Hilary Naylor
> OLPC-SF
>
> ---fwd---
> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:10:50 -0400
> From: Adam Holt <[4]holt at laptop.org>
> To: Lionel Laske <[5]lionel at olpc-france.org>
> Cc: iaep <[6]iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Sugar-dev Devel
> <[7]sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>, "OLPC para usuarios,
> docentes,
> voluntarios y administradores" <[8]olpc-sur at lists.laptop.org>,
> SLOBs
> <[9]slobs at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <[10]
> tabitha at tabitha.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed
>
> Because Samson Goddy is our close friend and clearly should go to San
> Francisco for GSoC, it is tempting to send him a personal loan.
>
> But for Sugar Labs to provide loans to our personal friends is a dangerous
> precedent frought with moral and ethical hazards.
>
> As such, personally my conscience forces me to abstain from all such
> matters.
>
> I strongly encourage others to provide Samson the $627.05 personal loan he
> in fact does need, if Sugar Labs cannot.
>
> *It will make a gigantic difference, and you will have a friend for life in
> Samson Goddy, who is likely to move forward accomplishing truly incredible
> things in his life.*
> ---
> Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
> [11]www.a2zed.us
> Oakland CA
>
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> --
> Laura V.
> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>
> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
> ~ Laura Victoria
>
> Happy Learning!
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>
> References:
>
> [1] https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies?p=conservancy:policies.git;a=blob_plain;f=Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt;hb=HEAD
> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance
> [3] mailto:hnaylor at gmail.com
> [4] mailto:holt at laptop.org
> [5] mailto:lionel at olpc-france.org
> [6] mailto:iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [7] mailto:sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [8] mailto:olpc-sur at lists.laptop.org
> [9] mailto:slobs at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [10] mailto:tabitha at tabitha.net.nz
> [11] http://www.a2zed.us/
> [12] mailto:SLOBs at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [13] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs
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