How many votes would it take to change the tagline of IAEP to “It’s An Education Project (not a travel agency!)”?
Martin (Not directed at Caryl personally - this whole thread comes off as pretty far from SL’s mission to this observer. It should be internal IMHO.) > On 24 Sep 2017, at 23:39, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ed and I would love to host Samson in LA for a couple of days between Google > and Boston. Kayak is showing the one way ticket at $111 at the time he can > fly (evening). We will get that ticket for him if the rest of his trip is > approved. > Caryl > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 24, 2017, at 8:15 PM, Adam Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Lionel Laské <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> -1 for this motion. >>> >>> Participation to the GSoC Summit is already a privilege. It's fair that >>> Samson as a mentor could have opportunity to attend to it. >>> I don't see any advantage for SugarLabs on the Samson side trip, so there >>> is no reason for SugarLabs to pay for it. >> >> Lionel, >> >> While I strongly sympathize (I work with Haitian teachers who don't find it >> funny that Samson appears willing to let substantially more than $500 >> disappear, far more than a year's salary for my educator colleagues in >> Haiti...) >> >> Still let me still ask: what would you think if Samson approached this with >> a spirit of compromise, spending $1277.68+190 instead of the earlier desired >> 1920.82 (1730.82+190) or 2110.22 (1920.22+190) ? In this fashion his 2 side >> trips would not cost Sugar Labs much at all: >> >> $1,277.68 @ Emirates.com for https://goo.gl/flights/5WpL Lagos - San >> Francisco Oct 12/13; Boston - Lagos Oct 21/22 >> $190 Los Angeles - Boston Oct 15/16 >> >> Nobody appreciates a "planned emergency" like this, when Samson's side trips >> could easily have been mentioned in public earlier this summer, instead of >> forcing everyone to the brink like this with de facto high-pressure sales >> tactics. >> >> But let's try to make the best of this obvious disaster and put that behind >> us. >> >> If you agree, Samson might be wise to jump on this opportunity immediately >> instead of arguing for days over a trip that could Very Easily Go Down The >> Drain (as prices are now rising quickly, with Oct 12 only days away now). >> >> In Context: the companies I've worked for across my career would * never * >> allow the purchase of intercontinental flights only ~16 days prior to travel >> like this, even if Samson's side trips had been mentioned forthrightly a >> priori (instead of forcing Sugar Labs to the brink, and costing us money >> with ever-rising flight costs...) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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