2017-08-11 9:23 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy <samsongo...@gmail.com>: > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> > wrote: > >> >> >> 2017-08-11 8:54 GMT-05:00 Avni Khatri <a...@kidsoncomputers.org>: >> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Samuel Cantero <scante...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> mind-boggling indeed. SL has been in GSoC and GCI for years. I'm not a >>>> board member but +1 for sure. >>>> >>>> >>> +1 >>> >> >> >> Hello Avni, >> >> I agree with you it should be clearly defined who in Sugar Labs is >> responsible for Google's collections. >> >> Resources in Sugar Labs are limited and historically we had lost a lot of >> opportunities because uncollected grant, please research on Trip Advisor's >> case when lack of clear responsibility for collection let to an >> unbelievable lack of collection of US$40.000 for internationalization's >> projects. >> >> Responsibility isn't clear at this point. >> >> About the Financial Manager role, it was created by the Board on July's >> decisions last year, still they never appointed anyone for the role. >> >> In the meanwhile, Adam has continue serving as the *representative for >> Sugar Labs* with the Software Freedom Conservancy since last period. >> Still, this role doesn't account for any financial responsibility according >> to current Governance >> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance>. >> >> I'm sorry we still don't have a wiki page that would easily resolve any >> financial question to the community. It is a tendency I'm hoping to revert >> by proposing the >> >> *Motion 2017-08-10: Sugar Labs Financial Manager to have a monthly >> compensation.* >> > First i see no reason for this decision, after the comments from walter's > and i quote. > > "Google has been consistently paying us for almost 10 years. The fact that > we have not yet seen the $7000 from GCI is an SFC interface issue." > > Sugar Labs not receiving $7k from GCI was a problem from SFC. This > discussion is unhealthy for this motion because it serves as a distraction. >
Samson, On the contrary I would have no problem to vote +1 on this motion if we had already a clearly defined and fairly compensated Financial Manager responsible for the numbers (this includes tracking collections and payments) on our quarterly reports. I hope the best for you. Regards, -- 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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