Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Bastien Guerry
Hi all, as much as I appreciate efforts to be completely transparent on those issues, would you mind having the discussion on a single mailing list? Receiving those emails twice is a bit stressful. Thanks! And a big hugs to all paid or unpaid Sugar/OLPC *volunteers* <3 -- Bastien

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Laura! Thanks for the spreadsheet - this is great! On 10 April 2016 at 23:57, Laura Vargas wrote: > According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the > information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of > expenses are

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > > Adam, > > Am not sure how the Conservancy can help us get better if we don't have > our financial policies well defined. > > According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the > information

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-10 Thread Laura Vargas
Adam, Am not sure how the Conservancy can help us get better if we don't have our financial policies well defined. According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of expenses are related to promotional

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Adam Holt wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> >> On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho wrote: >> >>> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate >>

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > >> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate > > > FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places. >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Dave Crossland
On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a > motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job > to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he > needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks > workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Caryl Bigenho
gmail.com; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues According to this logic, (a) Can any volunteer request retroactive funds / get reimbursed after giving related workshops? I understand now that Walter and Chris have

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Laura Vargas
According to this logic, (a) Can any volunteer request retroactive funds / get reimbursed after giving related workshops? I understand now that Walter and Chris have total control over the Trip Advisor grant, still there are ~US$20,000 on SL accounts that could benefit many volunteers in this

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Lionel Laské
+1 for both motions for me too. Lionel. 2016-04-08 23:13 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender : > +1 from me as well for both motions. > > -walter > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea > wrote: > >> +1 for both! >> >> Claudia >> >> On Fri,

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-08 Thread Walter Bender
+1 from me as well for both motions. -walter On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea wrote: > +1 for both! > > Claudia > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García < > josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote: > >> También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-08 Thread Tony Anderson
+1 on both motions Tony On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote: Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.