The policy does not apply when the funding comes from an organisation external to SFC.
Thanks to OLPC-SF and Hilary! On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 03:00:54PM -0500, Laura Vargas wrote: > Hi Hilary, > > Sugar Labs is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and so > travel funding is subject to the [1]Software Freedom Conservancy Travel and > Reimbursable Expense Policy. > > You can access the policy also via Sugar Labs Wiki Finance page at: > > [2]https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance > > Regards and blessings, > > Laura V > > 2017-08-13 17:43 GMT-05:00 Hilary Naylor <[3]hnay...@gmail.com>: > > dear all, > Samson is now sponsored for the up-front expenses of his trip to GSoC > in > the amount of $700. His actual expenses are closer to $900 if anyone wants > to co-sponsor. I understand that SFC is going to reimburse me around $630 > because that is the amount they allocated for local travel expenses. > > kind regards, > Hilary > --- > Hilary Naylor > OLPC-SF > > ---fwd--- > Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:10:50 -0400 > From: Adam Holt <[4]h...@laptop.org> > To: Lionel Laske <[5]lio...@olpc-france.org> > Cc: iaep <[6]iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>, Sugar-dev Devel > <[7]sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, "OLPC para usuarios, > docentes, > voluntarios y administradores" <[8]olpc-...@lists.laptop.org>, > SLOBs > <[9]sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, Tabitha Roder <[10] > tabi...@tabitha.net.nz> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed > > 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.* > --- > Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. > [11]www.a2zed.us > Oakland CA > > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > [12]sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [13]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > -- > Laura V. > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org > > “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” > ~ Laura Victoria > > Happy Learning! > #LearningByDoing > #Projects4good > #IDesignATSugarLabs > #WeCanDoBetter > > References: > > [1] > https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies?p=conservancy:policies.git;a=blob_plain;f=Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt;hb=HEAD > [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance > [3] mailto:hnay...@gmail.com > [4] mailto:h...@laptop.org > [5] mailto:lio...@olpc-france.org > [6] mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > [7] mailto:sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [8] mailto:olpc-...@lists.laptop.org > [9] mailto:sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [10] mailto:tabi...@tabitha.net.nz > [11] http://www.a2zed.us/ > [12] mailto:sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [13] 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 -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep