Walter, -1 since there are still US$7.000 from last Google's programs we participated still uncollected and currently we have no way of assuring we will collect Google's funds this time.
Regards 2017-08-10 15:44 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>: > 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!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Laura V. * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” ~ Laura Victoria Happy Learning! #LearningByDoing #Projects4good #IDesignATSugarLabs #WeCanDoBetter
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