<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi, Adam I believe this case has been exhaustively documented. It apparently transpired before the current SLOBS was in place. It transpired before Chris became our Translation Community Manager. My understanding is that the expenditure was approved by persons authorized to do so at the time. The problem apparently arose because the payment needed to come from SFC and that procedure was not followed. I have voted for this motion but apparently even that vote didn't count because I said approved instead of some more acceptable response. I thank God, I never had to go through such a process to get re-imbursement during my professional career. Tony <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/18/2016 03:20 PM, Adam Holt wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAHaBuGeAOjnApOwVhQzzzGE2LmoeCe_TA_R60C=SLGqsWVDXsA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"> <div>I find the practice of retroactively voting for funds to be highly unprofessional, in all instances. </div> Nevertheless I am hereby voting in favor in this 1 instance, on the hope that Translation Community Manager Chris Leonard will begin improving the situation with a public blog going forward -- so everyone knows what's happening and why. <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Chris Leonard <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would note that, as requested, Edgar provided a brief write-up of the event afterwards (in Spanish), which I have Google-assisted-translated and will be posting (in both Spanish and English) on the blog that I'm setting up for reporting on Translation Community Manager activities. Asking funded travelers for a post-travel write-up is a practice that I think Sugar Labs SLOB should consider in all travel-funding requests. It is a very common practice in science-related businesses, when someone is sent to a conference on company time. This practice provides a further return on investment. Not only are your ideas shared with the audience at the destination by the traveler, but the conference's ideas are reported back to the community providing the funding. cjl <div> <div class="h5"> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Walter Bender <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote: > I realize that we never actually had a formal motion for this as we got > side-tracked by the i18n manager discussion (See [1]). > > Background: Edgar Quispe had requested funds to attend the Traducción e > interpretación en las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima. The > total cost of the trip was expected to be ~$200. In fact it came to $168.88. > The purpose of the visit was for Edgar to share his experience with Aymara > i18n for Sugar Labs with speakers of other indigenous languages in the > region. Note that this was pre-approved by Chris Leonard and Walter Bender > as appropriate and relevant to our i18n efforts under the Trip Advisor grant > and brought up for discussion at the 1 April SLOB meeting. Edgar's report is > at [2]. > > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses incurred representing Sugar > Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas originarias del Perú > meeting in Lima. The cost is $168.88. > > -walter > > [1] <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-March/017787.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-March/017787.html</a> > [2] > <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz5r4d6qh-WsZmF1cWQxemdGN0FmMzJnRjBZNEhKaEZWd1pB/view?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz5r4d6qh-WsZmF1cWQxemdGN0FmMzJnRjBZNEhKaEZWd1pB/view?usp=sharing</a> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy > <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">accounting@sfconservancy.org</a>> > Date: Wed, May 11, 2016 at 8:08 PM > Subject: approval details for Quispe-Chambi trip expenses? (was: Fwd: > Solicitud de auspicio de pasajes) > To: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:sugar@sfconservancy.org">sugar@sfconservancy.org</a> > > > I'm submitting tonight to Conservancy internal approval process Edgar > Quispe Chambi's reimbursement request of US$161.88. > > However, I am unable to find SLOBs approval, so the reimbursement may be > rejected because of this. The information I have is: > > El mar. 18, 2016 5:52 AM, "Walter Bender" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a></a>> > escribió: >>> Chris and I approved the travel. We will get formal approval from the >>> SLOB but there is no time to wait. Please keep your receipts so that >>> we can reimburse you. Sorry that there is no time to get you a travel >>> advance. > > I assume based on that statements and the one below that at sometime > between March 18th and April 15th, there was a formal SLOBs approval. > Can someone send that along, please? A URL link to the SLOBs minutes > where it was approved are fine. > > [snip] > > -- > Bradley M. 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