Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-09-08 Thread Adam Holt
On Sep 8, 2017 7:43 AM, "Laura Vargas" wrote: 2017-08-14 23:51 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt : > 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 >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-09-08 Thread Laura Vargas
2017-08-14 23:51 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt : > 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 >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-14 Thread Adam Holt
Thanks Karen for please responding to these 3 emails I sent you when possible: - July 12 subject line "Donation from Facebook" [paperwork required so donations can flow to Sugar Labs] - Aug 4 subject line "Donation from Facebook" [paperwork required so donations can flow to Sugar Labs] - Aug 9

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-14 Thread Caryl Bigenho
g; OLPC para usuarios, docentes, , voluntarios y administradores; Hilary Naylor; SLOBs Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed The policy does not apply when the funding comes from an organisation external to SFC. Thanks to OLPC-SF and Hilary! On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 03:00:54PM -0500,

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-14 Thread James Cameron
      voluntarios y administradores" <[8]olpc-...@lists.laptop.org>, > SLOBs >         <[9]sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <[10] > tabi...@tabitha.net.nz> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed > > Because Samso

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-14 Thread Laura Vargas
gar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, > voluntarios y administradores" <olpc-...@lists.laptop.org>, SLOBs > <sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <tabi...@tabitha.net.nz > > > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT ac

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Hilary Naylor
t;, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores" <olpc-...@lists.laptop.org>, SLOBs <sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <tabi...@tabitha.net.nz> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed Because Samson Goddy is our close fr

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread James Cameron
I'm also very disappointed. I don't see a conflict of interest because of friendship; a board can always pay members of the board for costs if they choose, even by an advance if necessary. If friendship created a conflict of interest, board members could never be friends. On Sun, Aug 13, 2017

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Samson Goddy
I am want to say that i am *very very* disappointed of what this community is turning into. I am certainly confuse of how some decisions are been made for reasons that are not just worth it. I remember asking for $2K+ as to support i and Ibiam's travel to the scratch conference that would

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Laura Vargas
2017-08-13 8:44 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender : > Really??? > > I have to agree with Samson here. What is the existential risk here? How > does the risk of a travel advance to a well established community member > (and oversight board member) for a trip sponsored by a reliable

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Walter Bender
Really??? I have to agree with Samson here. What is the existential risk here? How does the risk of a travel advance to a well established community member (and oversight board member) for a trip sponsored by a reliable funding source with whom we have been working for years represent some

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Samson Goddy
Thank you Adam for the wonderful reply. On Aug 13, 2017 2:10 PM, "Adam Holt" wrote: Because Samson Goddy is our close friend and clearly should go to San Francisco for GSoC, it is tempting to send him a personal loan. But for Sugar Labs to provide loans to our personal friends

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Adam Holt
Because Samson Goddy is our close friend and clearly should go to San Francisco for GSoC, it is tempting to send him a personal loan. But for Sugar Labs to provide loans to our personal friends is a dangerous precedent frought with moral and ethical hazards. As such, personally my conscience

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-13 Thread Lionel Laské
Because Adam is our Financial contact, I would like to hear from him before voting. In the meantime my vote could be considering as "Abstain". Lionel. 2017-08-12 15:27 GMT-07:00 Tabitha Roder : > I think Sugar Labs should approve the $US 627.05 travel