Dear Douglas
Ok, well noted. Kind Regards Blessing From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Scott Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 6:20 PM To: Lourie Pieterse Cc: WikimediaZA Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list) Thanks for the clarification Lourie. My dad was an accountant and the accountant in me always seems to come out a bit when I see tables detailing expenses. I am happy that Ian has shared his thoughts with us as it does seem to have been a long running issue. I have added his email to the page that Dumi created at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report/SMS> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report/SMS for people who wish to comment on this issue further. I have left my thoughts there as well. @Blessing: as Lourie said, Wikimedia is an open organisation and anyone is welcome to attend and indeed if you have an interest in attending I would encourage you to do so. If you want to volunteer for anything then please do, it would be great to have you on board. Cheers, Douglas. On 30 July 2012 16:07, Lourie Pieterse <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Douglas I have added a note that explains only one round-trip ticket was bought. I used my frequent flyer points for one of the tickets, that is why it is a bit cheaper than normally. I thought about this for a while and agree that we should not air such opinions on the public list, even though I do agree with Ian's argument. For those interested, Dumisani created the following page to continue this discussion: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report/SMS. Kind regards Lourie _____ From: Douglas Scott <[email protected]> To: Lourie Pieterse <[email protected]> Cc: WikimediaZA <[email protected]>; Charlene Foster <[email protected]>; WikimediaZA Board <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list) Hi Lourie, The report looks good, just one question, how many airline tickets were bought in the end? Just one or two? Could the number(s) be reflected in the expenses table? Good going on the meeting everyone and sorry I was not able to make it. And thank you Lourie, Isla, Dumi and everyone else for all the hard work you are putting into this. P.S. On a general side note for everyone on our mailing list, and I would like to get everyone's input on this and I don't mean to targe anyone in this, but I am not so sure that the public mailing list for Wikimedia ZA is the best place to be airing misunderstandings between members. Perhaps a more direct exchange between the concernd parties to sort these sorts of things out might be more efficient and a public airing be more of a last ditch attempt? After all a dispute on a public mailing list can become distracting from our core goals for everyone else on the list. Cheers, Douglas. On 29 July 2012 15:21, Lourie Pieterse <[email protected]> wrote: Hello everyone I managed to complete the report for the Gauteng meeting: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report. The actual receipts of the expenses was only send to the board list, as it contains personal information about myself. In the report you can see the details regarding the specific expenses and also the remaining balance for this grant. We asked the WMF whether we can transfer this amount for use in Wiki Loves Monuments. As soon as my questions are answered by Charlene regarding the bank account I will transfer the remaining balance, because currently it seems to me that we might have problems accessing the money should it be transferred to this account. Feel free to ask me if there are any questions regarding this report. Kind regards Lourie _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott UK mobile number: +44 (0)755 452 5277 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29755%20452%205277> Chinese mobile number: +86 <tel:%2B86%C2%A0%201%20364%20330%207351> 1 364 330 7351 South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872 <tel:%2B27%20%280%2979%20515%20872> -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott UK mobile number: +44 (0)755 452 5277 Chinese mobile number: +86 1 364 330 7351 South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872
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