On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Samson Goddy <samsongo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 24, 2017 2:22 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > > On May 23, 2017 8:48 PM, "Mariah Noelle Villarreal" < > villarrea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Given all that Samson and Ibiam have done for Sugar Labs and in > preparation for this proposal, I see it as absolutely imperative for Sugar > Labs to support their journey to France for the Scratch conference. > > Let's not forget that Scratch is heading into a new direction with Scratch > 3.0 and how much Sugar Labs has done in parallel to Scratch by staying true > to making and sharing learning software freely. Now is the time for two of > our best Sugar Labs representatives to engage with the Scratch community. > > We have a community obligation to support Samson and Ibiam, especially if > Scratch is up to make space for dialogue and connection for our community > members from hard to reach places. > > If you're on the board and haven't voted, I urge you to consider the > social side of our mission in reaching global learners and educators. > Accepting this proposal will create space for our community members to make > deeper and more meaningful connections. > > > Intelligent people can disagree. > > Personally I will *never* vote (with a capital N, given past patterns of > accounting black holes within Sugar Labs, and a continuing unwillingness to > pay for a Financial Manager) for *any* proposal, no matter the proposal, > that hasn't been had obvious financial risks of disappearing funds fully > vetted & mitigated. > > Hi, your last mail. You requested that i should contact the scratch team > if they can go on with the ticketing and the rest. Because you don't want > Sugar Labs to lose money if we don't get the visas. > > According to my discussion with the scratch team as you requested. They > agreed to the terms that they will have to cover the cost and get > reimbursed if we get the visas. > > But now, i don't quite understand where this discussion is headed. > > Is it that Sugar Labs cannot fund the trip to Bordeaux as Tymon pointed > out? > > If i may since you know more about Sugar Labs financial records than i do, > what exactly is the problem of the motion? > > I am not forcing or putting any pressure for the approval of this motion. > But i am seriously confuse. > > I will appreciate if anyone can address my questions. > I too am confused. I don't understand why these issues are related or blocking. [snip] -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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