<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Samson Goddy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com" target="_blank">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><div>This would set a terrible precedent for Sugar Labs to pay <span class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411money">$800</span> for a visa alone.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Flight and other things connected.</div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>All for the sake of 1 visa alone, let's hope it happens (sorry you're flying instead of taking the new train from Port Harcourt to Lagos isn't ready yet...)<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><div>Strange that my parents spent an important part of their lives teaching in Nigeria and I happen to know more about modern Lagos (where Samson would apply for his French govt visa) than a steady stream of hyperbolic claims have insinuated.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">I am a Nigerian, you are not.</div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><div>Luckily they charge the same price regardless our ethnicity here at this $~19/night room in good proximity to the French Embassy in
Lagos: (Lekki, by Lagos Island, I know it well)<br><br> <a href="http://airbnb.com/rooms/13639701">http://airbnb.com/rooms/13639701</a><br><br></div><div>Air/conditioning, Internet, Amenities etc...I don't spend this much myself but there are in fact options in every price range.<br><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Things are crazy expensive in Nigeria.</div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Nigeria has a truly great sense of humor and Nigerians are more resourceful than most imagine.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><div>As such I will continue to vote My Conscience -- <i>AGAINST THIS MOTION with respect for all and malice toward none</i> -- up until the point where:<br><br></div><div>1) The total is reduced to <span class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411money">$500</span> (receipts provided per SFConservancy policies).<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">If <span class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411money">$800</span> can't be given to me, i am okay with $500-600. Just that it will make me use lot of my savings i have been keeping for my internet plan. Half is better than none.</div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks much Samson for being understanding and honoring all who wish they had this opportunity!<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411elided-text"><div></div><div>2) It is clarified in writing (within the motion or nearby) what happens if the money disappears, if the French Govt insists on rejecting Samson's visa application. (In short: would Sugar Labs or Scratch pay this up-to-<span class="gmail-m_4771798716534985411money">$500</span> ?)<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The motion needs to quickly clarify the above.<br><br></div><div>Onwards & Upwards ~</div></div></div></div>