Re: GNOME Travel Committee & Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-11 Thread Stormy Peters
You just need to let the committee know that you need to be reimbursed quickly and come to an agreement before hand. While it takes time for everyone to get their receipts in and us to reimburse them, we can make arrangements beforehand to accommodate people that have a specific need. (Knowing what

Re: GNOME Travel Committee & Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-11 Thread Hubert Figuiere
Stormy Peters wrote: > Proposed policy: Total transportation and lodging minus €200 or 15% > (which ever is greater.) The amount to be agreed on before hand > between the travel committee and the traveler. Documented on the > application form. > > Please let us know your thoughts or if you'd like

Re: GNOME Travel Committee & Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Jason D. Clinton wrote: > What should people who want to apply for Gran Caneria GUADEC do at > this point? Also, it seems like anyone who might ask for help at some > point in the future would be someone who shouldn't sit on the > committee (to avoid accusation of COI). We haven't finalised r

Re: GNOME Travel Committee & Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-11 Thread Jason D. Clinton
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Stormy Peters wrote: >> Current policy: Transportation and lodging only. >> >> Proposed policy: Total transportation and lodging minus €200 or 15% >> (which ever is greater.) The amount to be agreed on before hand >> between the travel committee and the traveler. D

Re: possible GNU licence violation in "Netleverage Thinpoint and/or Universal Desktop" - voilation relates to both rdesktop and CUPS(apple)

2009-02-11 Thread Luis Villa
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:06 AM, buzz wrote: > Hello All, > I have come across a piece of software that appears to violate the GPL (and > possibly the LGPL). > I am attempting to advise you all, as instructed in the following link: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html > > If you re no

possible GNU licence violation in "Netleverage Thinpoint and/or Universal Desktop" - voilation relates to both rdesktop and CUPS(apple)

2009-02-11 Thread buzz
Hello All, I have come across a piece of software that appears to violate the GPL (and possibly the LGPL). I am attempting to advise you all, as instructed in the following link: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html If you re not the responsible parties for this in regard to rdesktop(mat

Re: GNOME Travel Committee & Travel Policy: A proposal for consideration and feedback

2009-02-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Stormy, Nice work! Stormy Peters wrote: > == Travel Policy Proposal == > > Travel reimbursement policy proposal. Currently, the GNOME Foundation's > general policy is to reimburse travel and lodging. It has been proposed > to have the sponsored travelers pay some of the costs. By doing so, > p