[Sur] [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

[James Cameron]

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 en 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 en laptop.org>
>     To: Lionel Laske <[5]lionel en olpc-france.org>
>     Cc: iaep <[6]iaep en lists.sugarlabs.org>,  Sugar-dev Devel
>             <[7]sugar-devel en lists.sugarlabs.org>,  "OLPC para usuarios,
>     docentes,
>             voluntarios y administradores" <[8]olpc-sur en lists.laptop.org>,
>     SLOBs
>             <[9]slobs en lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <[10]
>     tabitha en 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 en gmail.com
> [4] mailto:holt en laptop.org
> [5] mailto:lionel en olpc-france.org
> [6] mailto:iaep en lists.sugarlabs.org
> [7] mailto:sugar-devel en lists.sugarlabs.org
> [8] mailto:olpc-sur en lists.laptop.org
> [9] mailto:slobs en lists.sugarlabs.org
> [10] mailto:tabitha en tabitha.net.nz
> [11] http://www.a2zed.us/
> [12] mailto:SLOBs en lists.sugarlabs.org
> [13] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs

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