On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Adam Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI Laura, > > I did not receive any training/mentoring and as far as I know nobody else > in Sugar Labs has either. I have published all the ledger commands here, > that I know of to hopefully get you started: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ > archive/iaep/2017-August/019935.html > > PS a quarterly financial report makes Far More Sense that monthly voodoo / > feel-good economics, when most transactions are reported at highly > uncertain times many months after the fact. 20 hours... >
Clarif: 20 hours/month of anybody's time [is a bad use of anybody's time in my opinion, to accomplish the stated goal of a quarterly financial report] to repeatedly run the same numbers is an extremely bad use of anybody's > time in my opinion, particularly as there are many months with no > transactions at all. > > > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Laura Vargas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> 2017-09-08 7:39 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <[email protected]>: >> >>> On Sep 8, 2017 7:43 AM, "Laura Vargas" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 2017-08-14 23:51 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Thanks Karen for please responding to these 3 emails I sent you when >>>> possible: >>>> ... >>>> >>>> - 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] >>>> >>>> >>> Adam, >>> >>> Am puzzled. >>> >>> If board decision on this motion 2017-08-13 >>> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2017-08-13> >>> was not to approve the travel, >>> >>> >>> You are confusing apples and oranges. >>> >>> Apples: The board did not approve a large $627.05 loan/advance to >>> Samson for travel within Nigeria to attempt to get a US visa. This large >>> personal loan/advance was denied in no small part because it could >>> disappear, if for example the US denies a visa to Samson, similar to what >>> happened in June with his failed attempt to get a French visa for a Scratch >>> conference. >>> >>> Oranges: Nobody (or nobody in their right mind anyway) is suggesting >>> Samson should not travel internationally to attend the GSoC mentor summit >>> in the San Francisco Bay Area Oct 13-15, 2017 as soon as the US visa is >>> hopefully sorted out soon. Hopefully Samson can give us an update in the >>> coming week. >>> >>> why are you making related requests to the Conservancy? >>> >>> >>> So that his US visa is less likely to be denied, as happened around >>> mid-June with the French Embassy. Thankfully the SFConservancy has >>> assisted Samson here (AFAIK, Samson can hopefully clarify). >>> >>> How about Sugar Labs use its talents to move forward instead of >>> continually relitigating the past? >>> >>> Can we take a pause to consider that for 2018? >>> >> >> Adam, >> >> *Thanks to your clarification I know understand you are only requiring >> documentation and not a transaction and I guess that is OK.* >> >> Although I have been granted access to Sugar Labs ledger file, I still >> have no training nor knowledge to use the commands to obtain reports and >> publish them properly in the wiki so that community can have access to >> Sugar Labs Financial reports. >> >> If you are willing to mentor me in the use of the ledger commands, I may >> be able to dedicate weekly time to the Financial Manager position and >> assume the responsibility of learning and documenting all the how to's for >> publishing Sugar Labs financial reports at the wiki :D >> >> *Motion: To appoint Sugar Labs Oversight Board member Laura Vargas as >> Sugar Labs Financial Manager with a monthly stipend of US$ 200 in >> accordance with *AGREED MOTION 2017-13*. * >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Regards, >> -- >> Laura V. >> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* >> >> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” >> ~ L. Victoria >> >> Happy Learning! >> #LearningByDoing >> #Projects4good >> #IDesignATSugarLabs >> #WeCanDoBetter >> > > > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >
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