Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend

[Avni Khatri]

in line thoughts below.

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 12:32 PM, Lionel Laské 
wrote:

>
> +1
>
> BTW I'm agree with Caryl, the idea is to use this "honorarium" to defray
> his costs. Not considering it as a payment/salary/reward.
> I'm not at all a big fan of the use of word "honorarium", it's not the
> philosophy of SugarLabs to giving money to someone to represent SugarLabs.
> It's even dangerous: in few months a guy could ask us to pay him because
> he represented SugarLabs during a conference.
>


Agree (from community member). Could we ask for receipts - so it's clear
the idea is to defray costs?



>
> Lionel.
>
>
>
> 2018-05-10 3:55 GMT+02:00 Carlos mauro :
>
>> +1
>>
>> El mié., 9 may. 2018 1:41 p. m., Walter Bender 
>> escribió:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:11 PM Ignacio Rodríguez 
>>> wrote:
>>>
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Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results

[Avni Khatri]

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who ran.

Avni Khatri
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote:

> Hi all, Hola a todos
>
> 62 out of 151 Sugar Labs members voted during the Sugar Labs 2017-2019
> Oversight Board Election.
>
> Congratulations to the winners who have been elected for the 2017-2019
> period
> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates>:
>
> *1. Walter Bender*
> *2. Lionel Laské*
>
> *3. Sameer Verma *
> *4. **Adam Holt*
>
> Results are available at the following URL:
> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_43bce0510
> f5844e6=f44b973fcb4a90b2
>
> For more information about the Condorcet Internet Voting Service, see
> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu
>
>
> Many thanks to Claudia Urrea, Sean Daly, Sebastian Silva  and Devin
> Ulibarri, for their candidacies submissions and for their interest to be
> part of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board.
>
> Many thanks to Samson Goddy, who assumed the technical coordination of the
> Poll.
>
> Many thanks to everyone in the Membership and Elections Committee, for all
> their efforts and time dedicated to maintaining the Sugar Labs member's
> list.
>
> Many thanks to the Wiki and Systems teams for their ongoing support.
>
> SLOBs Next meeting
>
> Next meeting will take place on IRC sugar-meeting on Friday, 2017-11-03 at
> 19 UTC.
>
> Please email slobs at lists dot sugarlabs dot org to propose a topic queue
> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting> to be
> brought up.
>
> Regards and blessings,
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] [Systems] 2017-2019 Sugar Labs Oversight Board Election - Stage I Call for candidates #1

[Avni Khatri]

Could we add to the Election wiki, which 4 SLOB members' terms are
expiring? I don't see that here:

   - https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance/Elections_2017 or
   here:
   - https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board

Thanks!

Avni

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Laura Vargas  wrote:

> Hello all! Hola a todos!
>
>
> Sugar Lab's Elections and Membership Committee announces the upcoming 
> *2017-2019
> Sugar Labs Oversight Board Election
> . *
>
> *F**our (4) Oversight Board members shall be elected for the Sugar Labs
> Oversight Board project for the 2017-2019 period.**This is the first call
> for candidates: *
>
> The mission of the oversight board is to ensure that the Sugar Labs
> community has clarity of purpose and the means to collaborate in achieving
> its goals.
>
>
>
> *Members  can run for
> election to the Oversight Board
>  and vote in the elections
> for the Oversight Board. Once e*lected, board members are expected to
> participate actively on Sugar Labs decision making processes and join
> Sugar-meeting IRC channel for SLOB's monthly meetings.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Candidates Submission:Candidates should create one wiki entry per
> candidate on the Sugar Labs Wiki page Candidates' Wiki submissions
> 
> with 1500 characters maximum length, sharing their vision and motivation
> before September 15, 2017. Important dates: Stage I August 15, Announcement
> of election dates  and first call for candidates. (Today)Stage II August
> 30, Reminder of election date and second call for candidates. Stage III
> September 15, Candidates' Wiki submissions
> 
> deadline. Stage IV October 1-15 Election. *
>
> Hope to see many candidates this year!
>
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] URGENT action needed

[Avni Khatri]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Samuel Cantero  wrote:

> mind-boggling indeed. SL has been in GSoC and GCI for years. I'm not a
> board member but +1 for sure.
>
>
+1


> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Walter Bender 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Laura Vargas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Walter,
>>>
>>> -1 since there are still US$7.000 from last Google's programs we
>>> participated still uncollected and currently we have no way of assuring we
>>> will collect Google's funds this time.
>>>
>>
>> Google has been consistently paying us for almost 10 years. The fact that
>> we have not yet seen the $7000 from GCI is an SFC interface issue.
>>
>> The fact that we are about to jeopardize Samson's opportunity to
>> represent SL at the GSoC summit is mind-boggling.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-08-10 15:44 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>>>
 I presume we need a motion and a vote on this. Time is of the essence,
 so please respond ASAP.

 Motion: Samson Goddy has been selected as a Sugar Labs representative
 to the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. He has requested a travel
 advance to cover the costs of his visa application. The advance, including
 wire fees comes to $US 627.05. This motion is to approve the travel
 advance. (As additional background, Google will be covering up to $2200 in
 travel expenses for two representatives to attend the summit. Since our
 other representative is local to the SF area, the bulk of that money would
 be available to cover Samson's travel, so the net impact on SL funds will
 be negligible.

 regards.

 -walter


 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy <
 account...@sfconservancy.org>
 Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:16 PM
 Subject: URGENT request for Sugar Labs to approve of US$627.05 advance
 for Goddy for GSoC Mentor Summit (was: Is Goddy actually requesting $160 ?)
 To: su...@sfconservancy.org
 Cc: Martin Michlmayr , Samson Goddy <
 samsongo...@gmail.com>


 Sugar Labs PLC,  please urgently page down to the all caps section
 below.

 Samson,

 Samson Goddy wrote at 08:52 (EDT) on Wednesday:
 > it has been 5 days, i already made request to su...@sfconservancy.org
 for
 > funding. Since it takes up to 15 working days(3 weeks) for the
 embassy to
 > accept appointment for interview.
 >
 > I haven't heard anything from both parties.

 Unfortunately, We are waiting for someone from Sugar Labs to reply to
 approve the expense.  I don't know why they haven't replied.

 SUGAR LABS PLC: By my calculation, Samson is asking for this:

   FOR TRAVEL TO GET A VISA, AND FOR THE VISA FEES ITSELF, SAMSON GODDY
 ASKS
   FOR A CASH ADVANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES (TO COME TO GSOC MENTOR SUMMIT
   2017).  The totals are as follows:

   If we use western union, N202,350 = $570 (rate set by WU)

   If we use wire, he's asking for 561+(561*.05)+13+25 = US$627.05 to be
 wired.
wire fees

 If Sugar Labs PLC replies with approval before Sunday night US/Eastern,
 we
 can likely process a payment by wire on Monday.


 We don't typically use Western Union, and it would be substantial
 effort for
 us to do that, so we'd like Sugar to approve the additional wire fees as
 it will make payment more rapid for Samson and easier for Conservancy.

 Samson, your request was a bit ramble-y, so if I gleaned the wrong
 totals
 above, please correct them.

 Samson, in preparation for Sugar Labs PLC hopefully approving this
 request,
 could you let me know if the wire instructions I used for you before are
 still correct, and if not, send me new ones?

 --
 Bradley M. Kuhn
 Distinguished Technologist of Software Freedom Conservancy
  |--> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper for the moment
 Pls support Conservancy!: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/



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>> 

Re: [IAEP] URGENT action needed

[Avni Khatri]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Laura Vargas  wrote:

> Walter,
>
> -1 since there are still US$7.000 from last Google's programs we
> participated still uncollected and currently we have no way of assuring we
> will collect Google's funds this time.
>

Who's responsibility is it to collect?
Have we successfully received promised $$ from Google in the past?



>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> 2017-08-10 15:44 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>
>> I presume we need a motion and a vote on this. Time is of the essence, so
>> please respond ASAP.
>>
>> Motion: Samson Goddy has been selected as a Sugar Labs representative to
>> the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. He has requested a travel advance
>> to cover the costs of his visa application. The advance, including wire
>> fees comes to $US 627.05. This motion is to approve the travel advance. (As
>> additional background, Google will be covering up to $2200 in travel
>> expenses for two representatives to attend the summit. Since our other
>> representative is local to the SF area, the bulk of that money would be
>> available to cover Samson's travel, so the net impact on SL funds will be
>> negligible.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy <
>> account...@sfconservancy.org>
>> Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:16 PM
>> Subject: URGENT request for Sugar Labs to approve of US$627.05 advance
>> for Goddy for GSoC Mentor Summit (was: Is Goddy actually requesting $160 ?)
>> To: su...@sfconservancy.org
>> Cc: Martin Michlmayr , Samson Goddy <
>> samsongo...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Sugar Labs PLC,  please urgently page down to the all caps section below.
>>
>> Samson,
>>
>> Samson Goddy wrote at 08:52 (EDT) on Wednesday:
>> > it has been 5 days, i already made request to su...@sfconservancy.org
>> for
>> > funding. Since it takes up to 15 working days(3 weeks) for the embassy
>> to
>> > accept appointment for interview.
>> >
>> > I haven't heard anything from both parties.
>>
>> Unfortunately, We are waiting for someone from Sugar Labs to reply to
>> approve the expense.  I don't know why they haven't replied.
>>
>> SUGAR LABS PLC: By my calculation, Samson is asking for this:
>>
>>   FOR TRAVEL TO GET A VISA, AND FOR THE VISA FEES ITSELF, SAMSON GODDY
>> ASKS
>>   FOR A CASH ADVANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES (TO COME TO GSOC MENTOR SUMMIT
>>   2017).  The totals are as follows:
>>
>>   If we use western union, N202,350 = $570 (rate set by WU)
>>
>>   If we use wire, he's asking for 561+(561*.05)+13+25 = US$627.05 to be
>> wired.
>>wire fees
>>
>> If Sugar Labs PLC replies with approval before Sunday night US/Eastern, we
>> can likely process a payment by wire on Monday.
>>
>>
>> We don't typically use Western Union, and it would be substantial effort
>> for
>> us to do that, so we'd like Sugar to approve the additional wire fees as
>> it will make payment more rapid for Samson and easier for Conservancy.
>>
>> Samson, your request was a bit ramble-y, so if I gleaned the wrong totals
>> above, please correct them.
>>
>> Samson, in preparation for Sugar Labs PLC hopefully approving this
>> request,
>> could you let me know if the wire instructions I used for you before are
>> still correct, and if not, send me new ones?
>>
>> --
>> Bradley M. Kuhn
>> Distinguished Technologist of Software Freedom Conservancy
>>  |--> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper for the moment
>> Pls support Conservancy!: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> 
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] email motion re Scratch Conference

[Avni Khatri]

Same. Not a member of SLOB but agree it's a well written proposal. +1

> On May 17, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> 
> This is a well thought out proposal for a worthy project. I am not a member 
> of the SLOB so I can't vote. But I do hope it is approved.
> 
> Caryl 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 17, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Walter Bender  wrote:
> 
>> Samson and Ibiam are seeking funds to cover part of the cost to attend the 
>> Scratch Conference in Bordeaux France in July to promote Sugar. The detailed 
>> proposal is here [1].
>> 
>> Motion: Sugar Labs agrees to cover up to US$2800 for expenses related to 
>> traveling to the Scratch2017BDX, 17th to 22nd of July, 2017 for Samson Goddy 
>> and Ibiam Chihurumnaya.
>> 
>> [1] 
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/152VDfUcdcGOHOFBLT3lG15sUFpzBeuBCGiNAGCSOLj4/edit?usp=sharing
>> 
>> regards.
>> 
>> -walter
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Re: [IAEP] GSoC

[Avni Khatri]

Yeah!

> On Feb 27, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Walter Bender  wrote:
> 
> Sugar Labs has been accepted!! Not sure how many slots we get yet.
> 
> regards.
> 
> -walter
> 
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Outreachy

[Avni Khatri]

Hi Walter,

What about doing a fundraising drive for the Outreachy internship? If
there's an easy way for folks to donate, we can promote it on the SL
site/blog and on respective volunteer social media accounts.

Avni



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On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Unless I hear otherwise, I plan to submit an application to Outreachy [1]
>> on behalf of Sugar Labs. Outreachy is an SFC program that helps people from
>> groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. I'm
>> also preparing a SL Outreachy landing page in the wiki [2].
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> [1] https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/
>> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Outreachy
>>
>>
> I was not 100% up to speed when I sent this note last week. It seems we
> need to come up with funds for at least 1 intern ($5500). I think it is a
> worthwhile expenditure from our general funds, especially in light of the
> many $1000s we have gotten from Google for mentoring students. That said, I
> will also do my best to raise at least some of the funds from external
> sources. But I do need a thumbs up (or down) from the Oversight Board in
> short order.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Outreachy

[Avni Khatri]

Excited to see Sugar Labs applying for this! 

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Walter Bender  wrote:
> 
> Unless I hear otherwise, I plan to submit an application to Outreachy [1] on 
> behalf of Sugar Labs. Outreachy is an SFC program that helps people from 
> groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. I'm 
> also preparing a SL Outreachy landing page in the wiki [2].
> 
> regards.
> 
> -walter
> 
> [1] https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/
> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Outreachy
> 
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Re: [IAEP] Google Code In 2016

[Avni Khatri]

Congratulations, very exciting!

> On Nov 7, 2016, at 1:25 PM, Walter Bender  wrote:
> 
> Great news. Sugar Labs was once again accepted as one of the organizations 
> participating in Google Code In.
> 
> We have a few weeks to prepare. If you are interested in being a mentor, 
> please contact me and also please sign up at https://codein.withgoogle.com
> 
> If you have project/task ideas, please send them my way or add them to the 
> wiki page at 
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2016#This_is_a_stub_for_25.2B_example_tasks_new_for_GCI_2016.
> 
> As always, I am very much looking forward to GCI.
> 
> regards.
> 
> -walter
> 
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Re: [IAEP] Libre Learning Lab: Call For Papers (Oct 7-10 @ MIT)

[Avni Khatri]

FYI - CFP closes 1 July 16.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> http://librelearnlab.org/about has opened its call for papers:
>
> http://librelearnlab.org/call-proposals
>
> Stefania Druga will keynote - http://librelearnlab.org/keynote-speakers
>
> --
> Cheers
> Dave
>
>
>


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