I find the practice of retroactively voting for funds to be highly unprofessional, in all instances.
Nevertheless I am hereby voting in favor in this 1 instance, on the hope that Translation Community Manager Chris Leonard will begin improving the situation with a public blog going forward -- so everyone knows what's happening and why. On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Chris Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > I would note that, as requested, Edgar provided a brief write-up of > the event afterwards (in Spanish), which I have > Google-assisted-translated and will be posting (in both Spanish and > English) on the blog that I'm setting up for reporting on Translation > Community Manager activities. > > Asking funded travelers for a post-travel write-up is a practice that > I think Sugar Labs SLOB should consider in all travel-funding > requests. It is a very common practice in science-related businesses, > when someone is sent to a conference on company time. This practice > provides a further return on investment. Not only are your ideas > shared with the audience at the destination by the traveler, but the > conference's ideas are reported back to the community providing the > funding. > > cjl > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Walter Bender <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I realize that we never actually had a formal motion for this as we got > > side-tracked by the i18n manager discussion (See [1]). > > > > Background: Edgar Quispe had requested funds to attend the Traducción e > > interpretación en las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima. The > > total cost of the trip was expected to be ~$200. In fact it came to > $168.88. > > The purpose of the visit was for Edgar to share his experience with > Aymara > > i18n for Sugar Labs with speakers of other indigenous languages in the > > region. Note that this was pre-approved by Chris Leonard and Walter > Bender > > as appropriate and relevant to our i18n efforts under the Trip Advisor > grant > > and brought up for discussion at the 1 April SLOB meeting. Edgar's > report is > > at [2]. > > > > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses incurred representing > Sugar > > Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas originarias del > Perú > > meeting in Lima. The cost is $168.88. > > > > -walter > > > > [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-March/017787.html > > [2] > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz5r4d6qh-WsZmF1cWQxemdGN0FmMzJnRjBZNEhKaEZWd1pB/view?usp=sharing > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, May 11, 2016 at 8:08 PM > > Subject: approval details for Quispe-Chambi trip expenses? (was: Fwd: > > Solicitud de auspicio de pasajes) > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > I'm submitting tonight to Conservancy internal approval process Edgar > > Quispe Chambi's reimbursement request of US$161.88. > > > > However, I am unable to find SLOBs approval, so the reimbursement may be > > rejected because of this. The information I have is: > > > > El mar. 18, 2016 5:52 AM, "Walter Bender" <[email protected]> > > escribió: > >>> Chris and I approved the travel. We will get formal approval from the > >>> SLOB but there is no time to wait. Please keep your receipts so that > >>> we can reimburse you. Sorry that there is no time to get you a travel > >>> advance. > > > > I assume based on that statements and the one below that at sometime > > between March 18th and April 15th, there was a formal SLOBs approval. > > Can someone send that along, please? A URL link to the SLOBs minutes > > where it was approved are fine. > > > > [snip] > > > > -- > > Bradley M. Kuhn > > President & Distinguished Technologist of Software Freedom Conservancy > > |------> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper since we can't afford to hire one. > > Pls donate so we can increase staff: > https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ > > > > > > > > -- > > Walter Bender > > Sugar Labs > > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > -- > <http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs> > <http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs> > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ > <http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs>http://unleashkids.org ! >
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