My opinion is that Sugar Labs shouldn't approve trips not having to do with official business of Sugar Labs; the Software Freedom Conservancy; One Laptop per Child; an OLPC client organization; Google Inc. (only for Sugar Labs' participation in the Google Code-In and Google Summer of Code); the Fedora Project; Red Hat, Inc.; the Linux Foundation; Linus Torvalds; or any other third-party individual or company that provides software to Sugar Labs.
Speaking of that, would these trips have anything to do with such official business? -- Enviado desde mi iPod > El sept 24, 2017, a las 23:27, Martin Dengler <[email protected]> > escribió: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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