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 forces me to abstain from all such matters. I strongly encourage others to provide Samson the $627.05 personal loan he in fact does need, if Sugar Labs cannot. *It will make a gigantic difference, and you will have a friend for life in Samson Goddy, who is likely to move forward accomplishing truly incredible things in his life.* On Aug 13, 2017 2:54 AM, "Lionel Laské" <lionel.la...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 <tabi...@tabitha.net.nz>: > I think Sugar Labs should approve the $US 627.05 travel advance for > Samson Goddy. > Tabitha > > > On Aug 11, 2017 8:44 AM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 <g...@sfconservancy.org>, 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/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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