<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-09-08 7:39 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span>:<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"><span class="gmail-"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 8, 2017 7:43 AM, "Laura Vargas" <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496quoted-text">2017-08-14 23:51 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span>:<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="ltr"><div class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496quoted-text">Thanks Karen for please responding to these 3 emails I sent you when possible:<br></div>...<div class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496quoted-text"><br>- Aug 9 subject line "Samson Goddy asks for visa supporting docs for GSoC visit to USA" [so that his visa is less likely to be denied, as happened around mid-June with the French Embassy]<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Adam,</div><div><br></div><div>Am puzzled.</div><div><br></div><div>If board decision on this <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2017-08-13" target="_blank">motion 2017-08-13</a> was not to approve the travel,</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></span><div dir="auto">You are confusing apples and oranges.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Apples: The board did not approve a large <span class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496money">$627.05</span> loan/advance to Samson for travel within Nigeria to attempt to get a US visa. This large personal loan/advance was denied in no small part because it could disappear, if for example the US denies a visa to Samson, similar to what happened in June with his failed attempt to get a French visa for a Scratch conference.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Oranges: Nobody (or nobody in their right mind anyway) is suggesting Samson should not travel internationally to attend the GSoC mentor summit in the San Francisco Bay Area Oct 13-15, 2017 as soon as the US visa is hopefully sorted out soon. Hopefully Samson can give us an update in the coming week.</div><span class="gmail-"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail-m_6416116061262201496quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> why are you making related requests to the Conservancy?</div><div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></span><div dir="auto">So <span style="font-family:sans-serif">that his US visa is less likely to be denied, </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif">as happened around mid-June with the French Embassy. Thankfully the SFConservancy has assisted Samson here (AFAIK, Samson can hopefully clarify).</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">How about Sugar Labs use its talents to move forward instead of continually relitigating the past?</font></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Can we take a pause to consider that for 2018?</span></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>Adam,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><b><br></b></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b>Thanks to your clarification I know understand you are only requiring documentation and not a transaction and I guess that is OK.</b></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Although I have been granted access to Sugar Labs ledger file, I still have no training nor knowledge to use the commands to obtain reports and publish them properly in the wiki so that community can have access to Sugar Labs Financial reports.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If you are willing to mentor me in the use of the ledger commands, I may be able to dedicate weekly time to the Financial Manager position and assume the responsibility of learning and documenting all the how to's for publishing Sugar Labs financial reports at the wiki :D</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b>Motion: To appoint Sugar Labs Oversight Board member Laura Vargas as Sugar Labs Financial Manager with a monthly stipend of US$ 200 in accordance with </b><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold">AGREED MOTION 2017-13</span><b>. </b></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I hope we can work together and publish solid financial reports soon. Feel free to modify up or down the amount of the stipend. I estimated this task will require to start at least twenty (20) monthly hours of high concentration since I have to learn all the procedures.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I also hope to count with anyone interested in making this process automated from the ledger file to the wiki publication in the mid-short term. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div>Regards,</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Laura V.<br><font color="#ff00ff"><b>
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