> El sept 25, 2017, a las 00:01, Ryan Cunningham > <[email protected]> escribió:
Correction: > 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., or its parent company, > Alphabet 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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