Seconded On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 1:32 AM Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A bit of context: > > We are assigned 3 slots for GSoC mentors to attend the mentor summit. I am > hoping that Devin and Jaskirat will be able to attend, along with one TBD. > We will get $3300 from Google to cover all of the expenses, which should > easily cover Devin (domestic travel) and Jaskirat (international) and one > more domestic traveler. (Google will also be covering the local hotel and > meal expenses.) > > Motion: To approve a travel advance for Jaskirat to attend the Google > Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018. > > Regards. > > -walter > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 5:15 PM Brett Smith via RT < > approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote: > >> Hi SLOBs, >> >> Jaskirat Singh is traveling to the GSoC mentor summit. Because he's >> coming from India, he's asked us to prepay a number of expenses, which >> we're happy to do as long as you approve. >> >> First, he has requested an advance of 43,700.00 INR (about $625) to cover >> expenses related to getting his visa and ground transportation in India. >> He provided this budget: >> >> VISA Fees - 11200 INR >> Travelling agent and Consultant charges - 7000 INR >> As i have to travel for the VISA Documentation and Interview to other >> states so for that i have 2 dates consecutively ( VISA appointment letter >> attached), So for that Hotel Charge for 1 night and 2 days - 7000 INR >> Meals for this purpose ( 2 days ) - 2000 INR (approx.) >> Taxi fare from my location to the US Embassy - 4000 INR + toll and taxes >> ( approx ). >> As per the rules VISA Documentation and Interview takes place at >> different place and VISA Collection gets issued from the different location >> which is the part of another state, so for that Taxi Fare - 2500 INR >> Taxi fare from Home to Airport - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx ) >> Taxi fare from airport to back Home - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx ) >> >> Please let us know whether or not you approve sending him money for these >> expenses ahead of time. We'll still ask him to provide receipts after the >> fact as required for all travel under our policies. >> >> Note that, between this advance and the flight he's asking us to book, >> Jaskirat's travel is likely to exceed $1,000, meaning some of it will be >> paid out of Sugar's general fund and not covered by the money coming from >> Google for GSoC. Please let us know what total travel budget you're >> willing to set for Jaskirat. >> >> Thank you, >> >> -- >> Brett Smith >> > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >
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