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    Hi, Adam<br>
    <br>
    I believe this case has been exhaustively documented. It apparently
    transpired before the current SLOBS was in place. It transpired
    before Chris became <br>
    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.<br>
    <br>
    I have voted for this motion but apparently even that vote didn't
    count because I said approved instead of some more acceptable
    response.<br>
    <br>
    I thank God, I never had to go through such a process to get
    re-imbursement during my professional career.<br>
    <br>
    Tony<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/18/2016 03:20 PM, Adam Holt
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>I find the practice of retroactively voting for funds to be
          highly unprofessional, in all instances.<br>
          <br>
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        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.<br>
        <br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM,
            Chris Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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              .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would
              note that, as requested, Edgar provided a brief write-up
              of<br>
              the event afterwards (in Spanish), which I have<br>
              Google-assisted-translated and will be posting (in both
              Spanish and<br>
              English) on the blog that I'm setting up for reporting on
              Translation<br>
              Community Manager activities.<br>
              <br>
              Asking funded travelers for a post-travel write-up is a
              practice that<br>
              I think Sugar Labs SLOB should consider in all
              travel-funding<br>
              requests.  It is a very common practice in science-related
              businesses,<br>
              when someone is sent to a conference on company time. 
              This practice<br>
              provides a further return on investment.  Not only are
              your ideas<br>
              shared with the audience at the destination by the
              traveler, but the<br>
              conference's ideas are reported back to the community
              providing the<br>
              funding.<br>
              <br>
              cjl<br>
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                <div class="h5"><br>
                  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:<br>
                  > I realize that we never actually had a formal
                  motion for this as we got<br>
                  > side-tracked by the i18n manager discussion (See
                  [1]).<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Background: Edgar Quispe had requested funds to
                  attend the Traducción e<br>
                  > interpretación en las lenguas originarias del
                  Perú meeting in Lima. The<br>
                  > total cost of the trip was expected to be ~$200.
                  In fact it came to $168.88.<br>
                  > The purpose of the visit was for Edgar to share
                  his experience with Aymara<br>
                  > i18n for Sugar Labs with speakers of other
                  indigenous languages in the<br>
                  > region. Note that this was pre-approved by Chris
                  Leonard and Walter Bender<br>
                  > as appropriate and relevant to our i18n efforts
                  under the Trip Advisor grant<br>
                  > and brought up for discussion at the 1 April SLOB
                  meeting. Edgar's report is<br>
                  > at [2].<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses
                  incurred representing Sugar<br>
                  > Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las
                  lenguas originarias del Perú<br>
                  > meeting in Lima. The cost is $168.88.<br>
                  ><br>
                  > -walter<br>
                  ><br>
                  > [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><br>
                  > [2]<br>
                  > <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><br>
                  ><br>
                  > ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
                  > From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy<br>
                  > <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">accounting@sfconservancy.org</a>><br>
                  > Date: Wed, May 11, 2016 at 8:08 PM<br>
                  > Subject: approval details for Quispe-Chambi trip
                  expenses? (was: Fwd:<br>
                  > Solicitud de auspicio de pasajes)<br>
                  > To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:sugar@sfconservancy.org">sugar@sfconservancy.org</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > I'm submitting tonight to Conservancy internal
                  approval process Edgar<br>
                  > Quispe Chambi's reimbursement request of
                  US$161.88.<br>
                  ><br>
                  > However, I am unable to find SLOBs approval, so
                  the reimbursement may be<br>
                  > rejected because of this.  The information I have
                  is:<br>
                  ><br>
                  > 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>><br>
                  > escribió:<br>
                  >>> Chris and I approved the travel. We will
                  get formal approval from the<br>
                  >>> SLOB but there is no time to wait. Please
                  keep your receipts so that<br>
                  >>> we can reimburse you. Sorry that there is
                  no time to get you a travel<br>
                  >>> advance.<br>
                  ><br>
                  > I assume based on that statements and the one
                  below that at sometime<br>
                  > between March 18th and April 15th, there was a
                  formal SLOBs approval.<br>
                  > Can someone send that along, please?  A URL link
                  to the SLOBs minutes<br>
                  > where it was approved are fine.<br>
                  ><br>
                  > [snip]<br>
                  ><br>
                  > --<br>
                  > Bradley M. Kuhn<br>
                  > President & Distinguished Technologist of
                  Software Freedom Conservancy<br>
                  >  |------> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper
                  since we can't afford to hire one.<br>
                  > Pls donate so we can increase staff: <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/"
                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/</a></a><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > --<br>
                  > Walter Bender<br>
                  > Sugar Labs<br>
                  > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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