Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Bastien Guerry]

Hi all,

as much as I appreciate efforts to be completely transparent on those
issues, would you mind having the discussion on a single mailing list?

Receiving those emails twice is a bit stressful.

Thanks!

And a big hugs to all paid or unpaid Sugar/OLPC *volunteers* <3

-- 
 Bastien
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Dave Crossland]

Hi Laura!

Thanks for the spreadsheet - this is great!

On 10 April 2016 at 23:57, Laura Vargas  wrote:

> According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the
> information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of
> expenses are related to promotional travels/activities of a very reduced
> group of members.
>

Who are those members, and where did they go?

What was the $2,390 of promotion in 2012 spent on?

What is inside the "Liabilities, Credit Cards" row of spending that each
year is around $7-8k?

Why does "Income:Sugar:Donations" near the top and "Donated To [Software
Freedom] Conservancy" differ?

Cheers
Dave
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Adam Holt]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Laura Vargas 
wrote:

>
> Adam,
>
> Am not sure how the Conservancy can help us get better if we don't have
> our financial policies well defined.
>
> According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the
> information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of
> expenses are related to promotional travels/activities of a very reduced
> group of members.
>
> Only 4,13% (US$ 1,375) has been dedicated to development.
>

Thanks Laura for your thoughts and I see your perspective.  But it depends
how one defines development (program activities).  Grant documents specify
"program activities" to mean a whole lot more that software obviously, even
if programmers wish it were otherwise!  Sometimes travel (can) get us the
best bang-for-the-buck in program development, when community organics
blossom especially.  And Walter Bender has explained that he has offloaded
significant expenses to partner organizations, to the benefit of Sugar
Labs.  So please take seriously that developing a Turtle Art community was
the #2 goal of the TripAdvisor grant, and the investment needs to measured
against that goal.  As the defining documents of the TripAdvisor grant
specify:

"Sugar Labs will provide periodic reports as to its progress in its
internationalization efforts as well as document the scope and scale of the
creation of materials and levels of participation in Turtle Art Day(s), and
a measure of the impact of this program on the expansion of our user base
through metrics such as downloads, project uploads, and the level of
participation of teachers and students in our on-line fora. Sugar Labs will
also provide TripAdvisor with detailed reports on all spending."

"The Charity spends no less than 80% of its total expenses on program
activities that directly furthers the mission and goals of the
Charity...Annual Financial Statement will include, at a minimum, a
breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, office expenses) that shows
what expenses were allocated to program, fundraising, and administrative
activities."

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance fulfills the above broad reporting
request/requirement and thank you for your spreadsheet which makes this
more colorful.  None of us are perfect, and if mistakes were made that
means we are human.  But we are trying, even despite not being paid (for
example I have never received a travel benefit or compensation from Sugar
Labs, nor has Haiti where I work, unlike Peru where you work).  In
conclusion, Sugar Labs is doing a much better job in the last couple months
of respecting the original intent of the TripAdvisor grant, particularly
once we (1) start spending on localization/internationalization which is
long overdue and (2) satisfy their reporting requests/requirements,
hopefully shared with Sugar's Community (where permitted) to re-inspire all.

You are quite correct we can and should become more deliberate with our
financials clarity / purpose, hence Caryl Bigenho & Dave Crossland's hard
work on the Financial Manager document below.  Those who have experience
which relatively-drama-free organizational budgeting (intentionality) are
asked to please assist them by refining their proposal right here -- so
that transparency is no longer just a buzzword in this neighborhood, but a
community practice/culture we learn together.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc

*Coherence towards increasingly united visions indeed!*

Adam Holt
Sugar Labs Oversight Board Liaison to SFConservancy.org

For Sugar Labs Community/Board to be able to make coherent decisions,
> financial planning should be done ASAP with whatever funds remain in SL
> accounts. It might be necessary and convenient to split accounts with
> Capital from Trip Advisor grant to really understand the contingency.
>
> Only by having awareness of how unbalanced the situation is, the
> board/community may be able to propose an adequate course of action.
>
> As a preliminary conclusion, we need to define purpose/vision/strategy and
> plan for a fundraising soon.
>
> Best regards,
> Laura
>
>
>
> 2016-04-10 13:18 GMT+08:00 Adam Holt :
>
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland  wrote:
>>>

 On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:

> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate


 FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places.

>>>
>>> Some teachers I work with in Haiti make less than this amount in an
>>> entire year :(  When the TripAdvisor grant's defining 2013 document said
>>> "Sugar Labs is a 100% volunteer project" that may have been the case, but
>>> it is evidently no longer the case today.  Mako's point about volunteer
>>> motivations (
>>> https://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html)
>>> becomes all the more critical if we go 

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Laura Vargas]

Adam,

Am not sure how the Conservancy can help us get better if we don't have our
financial policies well defined.

According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the
information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of
expenses are related to promotional travels/activities of a very reduced
group of members.

Only 4,13% (US$ 1,375) has been dedicated to development.

For Sugar Labs Community/Board to be able to make coherent decisions,
financial planning should be done ASAP with whatever funds remain in SL
accounts. It might be necessary and convenient to split accounts with
Capital from Trip Advisor grant to really understand the contingency.

Only by having awareness of how unbalanced the situation is, the
board/community may be able to propose an adequate course of action.

As a preliminary conclusion, we need to define purpose/vision/strategy and
plan for a fundraising soon.

Best regards,
Laura



2016-04-10 13:18 GMT+08:00 Adam Holt :

> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
>>>
 I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate
>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places.
>>>
>>
>> Some teachers I work with in Haiti make less than this amount in an
>> entire year :(  When the TripAdvisor grant's defining 2013 document said
>> "Sugar Labs is a 100% volunteer project" that may have been the case, but
>> it is evidently no longer the case today.  Mako's point about volunteer
>> motivations (
>> https://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html)
>> becomes all the more critical if we go too far flaunting nebulous
>> Trump-told-me salaries in the faces of our hardest working volunteers,
>> across the poorest places on earth (many on these mailing lists) when that
>> breaks our global solidarity rather more than Leading Us Forward.
>>
>> Walter and Devin Ulibarri chose to invest $3579.68 of Sugar Labs' money
>> going to Thailand's Constructionism 2016 (Feb 1-5) for a very good reason
>> -- to do exactly that, Lead Us Forward.
>>
>
> (Correction: that's of course $3977.42 of Sugar Labs' money prior to the
> 10% deduction payable to SFConservancy for
> accounting/legal/administration.  My mistake.)
>

> As that purpose does not yet appear at http://planet.sugarlabs.org, Sugar
>> Labs' community should help Walter and Devin articulate this through
>> community channels that bring this impact to life, easing all our work of
>> honoring TripAdvisor's request/requirement for (1) "Board-Approved Annual
>> Budget", (2) biennial assessment if it has not already been submitted for
>> August 2015, and (3) final 3-year report to be submitted August 2016.
>>
>> A preview from Feb 9:
>>
>> '4. I [Walter Bender] just returned from Constructionism 2016 (See [3]),
>> a "bi-annual
>> gathering of researchers and practitioners of the constructionist learning
>> philosophy is intended to be a place to showcase lessons learned,
>> innovative learning tools, new case studies, and novel approaches that has
>> been happening throughout the world." A number of Sugar Labs community
>> members were there, including Cynthia Solomon, Claudia Urrea, and Devin
>> Ulibarri. Devin and I spoke about Music Blocks and along with Cynthia and
>> Claudia, we ran several workshops for children and teachers. Lots of great
>> feedback and many new and renewed connections. (Our host, Khun Paron, has
>> been an advocate for Sugar for almost a decade.) The entire conference was
>> videotaped and will be posted online soon. Be sure to watch Cynthia's
>> keynote address in which she reviewed the history of Constructionism,
>> which
>> has had a great influence on the design and development of Sugar.
>>
>> 5. Music Blocks is a fork the Turtle Blocks program that we began last
>> year
>> during GSoC. Our goal is for Music Blocks to be an open-ended, yet
>> musically relevant tool—one that invites learners to explore fundamental
>> musical concepts that are both intrinsic to music yet transcendent of a
>> specific discipline.
>>
>> The structure of our workshops included the concept of a "Power Piece". A
>> power piece is a melody or a song that is taught because it is powerful
>> and
>> becomes more powerful as it is taught. Children took phrases of some
>> familiar music as a basis of exploring and manipulating the music through
>> programming.
>>
>> As a result of feedback from the workshops, I have made a number of
>> improvements to Music Blocks [4]. It is much more robust and internally
>> consistent. Please do try it (there is a guide at [5]) and give me
>> additional feedback.'
>>
>> [4] https://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks
>> [5]
>> https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/blob/master/guide/README.md
>>
>> A postscript from March 25:
>>
>> '3. Devin Ulibarri and I had the opportunity to 

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Adam Holt]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Adam Holt  wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland  wrote:
>
>>
>> On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
>>
>>> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate
>>
>>
>> FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places.
>>
>
> Some teachers I work with in Haiti make less than this amount in an entire
> year :(  When the TripAdvisor grant's defining 2013 document said "Sugar
> Labs is a 100% volunteer project" that may have been the case, but it is
> evidently no longer the case today.  Mako's point about volunteer
> motivations (
> https://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html)
> becomes all the more critical if we go too far flaunting nebulous
> Trump-told-me salaries in the faces of our hardest working volunteers,
> across the poorest places on earth (many on these mailing lists) when that
> breaks our global solidarity rather more than Leading Us Forward.
>
> Walter and Devin Ulibarri chose to invest $3579.68 of Sugar Labs' money
> going to Thailand's Constructionism 2016 (Feb 1-5) for a very good reason
> -- to do exactly that, Lead Us Forward.
>

(Correction: that's of course $3977.42 of Sugar Labs' money prior to the
10% deduction payable to SFConservancy for
accounting/legal/administration.  My mistake.)

As that purpose does not yet appear at http://planet.sugarlabs.org, Sugar
> Labs' community should help Walter and Devin articulate this through
> community channels that bring this impact to life, easing all our work of
> honoring TripAdvisor's request/requirement for (1) "Board-Approved Annual
> Budget", (2) biennial assessment if it has not already been submitted for
> August 2015, and (3) final 3-year report to be submitted August 2016.
>
> A preview from Feb 9:
>
> '4. I [Walter Bender] just returned from Constructionism 2016 (See [3]), a
> "bi-annual
> gathering of researchers and practitioners of the constructionist learning
> philosophy is intended to be a place to showcase lessons learned,
> innovative learning tools, new case studies, and novel approaches that has
> been happening throughout the world." A number of Sugar Labs community
> members were there, including Cynthia Solomon, Claudia Urrea, and Devin
> Ulibarri. Devin and I spoke about Music Blocks and along with Cynthia and
> Claudia, we ran several workshops for children and teachers. Lots of great
> feedback and many new and renewed connections. (Our host, Khun Paron, has
> been an advocate for Sugar for almost a decade.) The entire conference was
> videotaped and will be posted online soon. Be sure to watch Cynthia's
> keynote address in which she reviewed the history of Constructionism, which
> has had a great influence on the design and development of Sugar.
>
> 5. Music Blocks is a fork the Turtle Blocks program that we began last year
> during GSoC. Our goal is for Music Blocks to be an open-ended, yet
> musically relevant tool—one that invites learners to explore fundamental
> musical concepts that are both intrinsic to music yet transcendent of a
> specific discipline.
>
> The structure of our workshops included the concept of a "Power Piece". A
> power piece is a melody or a song that is taught because it is powerful and
> becomes more powerful as it is taught. Children took phrases of some
> familiar music as a basis of exploring and manipulating the music through
> programming.
>
> As a result of feedback from the workshops, I have made a number of
> improvements to Music Blocks [4]. It is much more robust and internally
> consistent. Please do try it (there is a guide at [5]) and give me
> additional feedback.'
>
> [4] https://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks
> [5]
> https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/blob/master/guide/README.md
>
> A postscript from March 25:
>
> '3. Devin Ulibarri and I had the opportunity to speak at LibrePlanet [2].
> Our topic was "Education needs Free/Libre Software needs education." [3]
>
> ABSTRACT: The bad news is that educational technology has
> largely failed to deliver on its promise. Its focus on efficiency rather
> than on learning has resulted in a further reinforcement of education as a
> system of instruction to curricula rather than one of student-driven
> construction of knowledge.
>
> The good news is that Free/Libre Software is the starting point towards a
> solution&emdash;not just because it tends to focus on putting powerful
> tools into the hands of its end-users, but also because Free/Libre Software
> espouses a culture of doing and sharing in a context of critique,
> reflection, and personal responsibility.
>
> In this session, we will review some tangible ways in which Free/Libre
> Software is having and can have a positive impact on education and some
> things we can and should be doing better. We will then discuss strategies
> for advocating for Free/Libre Software in education systems both in the US
> and globally. The next generation of 

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Adam Holt]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland  wrote:

>
> On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
>
>> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate
>
>
> FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places.
>

Some teachers I work with in Haiti make less than this amount in an entire
year :(  When the TripAdvisor grant's defining 2013 document said "Sugar
Labs is a 100% volunteer project" that may have been the case, but it is
evidently no longer the case today.  Mako's point about volunteer
motivations (
https://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html) becomes
all the more critical if we go too far flaunting nebulous Trump-told-me
salaries in the faces of our hardest working volunteers, across the poorest
places on earth (many on these mailing lists) when that breaks our global
solidarity rather more than Leading Us Forward.

Walter and Devin Ulibarri chose to invest $3579.68 of Sugar Labs' money
going to Thailand's Constructionism 2016 (Feb 1-5) for a very good reason
-- to do exactly that, Lead Us Forward.  As that purpose does not yet
appear at http://planet.sugarlabs.org, Sugar Labs' community should help
Walter and Devin articulate this through community channels that bring this
impact to life, easing all our work of honoring TripAdvisor's
request/requirement for (1) "Board-Approved Annual Budget", (2) biennial
assessment if it has not already been submitted for August 2015, and (3)
final 3-year report to be submitted August 2016.

A preview from Feb 9:

'4. I [Walter Bender] just returned from Constructionism 2016 (See [3]), a
"bi-annual
gathering of researchers and practitioners of the constructionist learning
philosophy is intended to be a place to showcase lessons learned,
innovative learning tools, new case studies, and novel approaches that has
been happening throughout the world." A number of Sugar Labs community
members were there, including Cynthia Solomon, Claudia Urrea, and Devin
Ulibarri. Devin and I spoke about Music Blocks and along with Cynthia and
Claudia, we ran several workshops for children and teachers. Lots of great
feedback and many new and renewed connections. (Our host, Khun Paron, has
been an advocate for Sugar for almost a decade.) The entire conference was
videotaped and will be posted online soon. Be sure to watch Cynthia's
keynote address in which she reviewed the history of Constructionism, which
has had a great influence on the design and development of Sugar.

5. Music Blocks is a fork the Turtle Blocks program that we began last year
during GSoC. Our goal is for Music Blocks to be an open-ended, yet
musically relevant tool—one that invites learners to explore fundamental
musical concepts that are both intrinsic to music yet transcendent of a
specific discipline.

The structure of our workshops included the concept of a "Power Piece". A
power piece is a melody or a song that is taught because it is powerful and
becomes more powerful as it is taught. Children took phrases of some
familiar music as a basis of exploring and manipulating the music through
programming.

As a result of feedback from the workshops, I have made a number of
improvements to Music Blocks [4]. It is much more robust and internally
consistent. Please do try it (there is a guide at [5]) and give me
additional feedback.'

[4] https://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks
[5] https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/blob/master/guide/README.md

A postscript from March 25:

'3. Devin Ulibarri and I had the opportunity to speak at LibrePlanet [2].
Our topic was "Education needs Free/Libre Software needs education." [3]

ABSTRACT: The bad news is that educational technology has
largely failed to deliver on its promise. Its focus on efficiency rather
than on learning has resulted in a further reinforcement of education as a
system of instruction to curricula rather than one of student-driven
construction of knowledge.

The good news is that Free/Libre Software is the starting point towards a
solution&emdash;not just because it tends to focus on putting powerful
tools into the hands of its end-users, but also because Free/Libre Software
espouses a culture of doing and sharing in a context of critique,
reflection, and personal responsibility.

In this session, we will review some tangible ways in which Free/Libre
Software is having and can have a positive impact on education and some
things we can and should be doing better. We will then discuss strategies
for advocating for Free/Libre Software in education systems both in the US
and globally. The next generation of computer users are in school today. We
need to ensure that the next generation is empowered to take advantage of
the opportunities afforded by Free/Libre Software.

Unlike the session on Free/Libre Software at EdFoo, which was sparsely
attended, there was standing-room only for our session. The recording
should be on line within a few weeks.

It occured to me afterwards that 

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Dave Crossland]

On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:

> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate


FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Walter Bender  wrote:
> Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a
> motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job
> to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.
> The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
> only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no
> objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
> attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
> with the new board and take a vote.
>
> Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
> needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks workshops
> at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated from the
> Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing Turtle
> Blocks around the world.
>

Abstain.


> Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
> leave Devin hanging.
>
> Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
> mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.
>
> Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that the
> oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money on
> workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my plans
> and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the understanding
> of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.
>
> Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
> oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
> promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
> funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
> guidelines of the SFC.
>

Aye.

Sameer
-- 
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Systems
San Francisco State University
http://verma.sfsu.edu/

> Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without reimbursement
> for travel for several workshops.
>
> FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with the
> workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to
> stretch the budget quite far.
>
> thank you for your attention.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Sugar Labs 
> Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
> Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by Holt
> To: Walter 
>
>
> Dear Walter,
>
> The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
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>
> See
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>
> See
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>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Adam Holt]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Walter Bender 
wrote:

> Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
> needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
> workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
> from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing
> Turtle Blocks around the world.
>

Abstain.  Devin Ulibarri has been put in an almost impossible situation as
a result of this accident.  My own belief (as explained yesterday) is that
Sugar Labs should not be paying anybody $500 for 5 days, to any person at
this time (for any reason, forgoing a high-salary or a low-salary or
zero-salary) as volunteer solidarity should be a far higher priority.

As per Benjamin Mako Hill's paper conclusions (he is not the only one who
has observed this consistent pattern) "while paying developers [music
developers, ice cream developers, intl-devel, project curriculum
developers, any kind of developers] is easy, it can carry unintended
negative consequences" :
https://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html

In any case, the motion has now passed, and SFConservancy should send Devin
the funds without delay, and as Caryl reminds us, we're learning a lesson
here that a procedurally-minded Financial Manager avoid such accidental
situations in future, so each+all focus on what we are good at.

Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
> oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
> promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
> funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
> guidelines of the SFC.
>

+1 as we continue to move forward towards timely public financials
(whatever level of granularity the community meaningfully agrees upon).
Dave Crossland and Cary Bigenho are working hard drafting this and I would
very much encourage others with financial savvy to get involved --
SFConservancy has asked that we use the term "Financial Manager" to avoid
confusion with their own "Treasurer" fyi:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc

Can Sugar Labs benefit from TripAdvisor's asking us for a "Board-Approved
Annual Budget" ?  TripAdvisor asks for a breakdown of expenses -- how do we
run with annual-style foresight/hindsight understanding of our own
patterns?  With a couple tiny financial pie-charts or similar?  We're
getting there I hope, but I myself still do not yet fully understand the
4-year financial history I've posted to http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance
regrettably.

Has the biennial (2-year) assessment report requested/required by
TripAdvisor by August 2015 been submitted?

Walter, do you need assistance on the final TripAdvisor report expected
August 2016 from Chris Leonard and/or others?

The #1 stated goal of the TripAdvisor grant being "Broaden the reach of our
indigenous language support" according to its detailed 2013 document, so
Chris Leonard and others of us can and will assist here as required.
Likewise Tony claims he does not believe in reporting and yet very
curiously he provides some of the best ground-truthed community/education
reporting of anyone worldwide (put this guy on a stand-up comedy stage
please, and have SJ Klein use his transcriptionist prowess on XO-1 to
live-blog Tony's best lines ;)  In short, if we hang together beyond the
lofty rhetoric of Magical Transparency (obvious risks of 2003's "Cascade of
Attention-Deficit Teenagers" @ https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html and 1971's
"Tyranny of Structurelessness" @ http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm)
Sugar Labs will emerge much far stronger as we strengthen our
reporting-as-blogging/collaboration culture.  Very much like Walter Bender
favors Sugar Activities that compel you by default to report on what you
just learned, whether folks truly reflect purposefully every time or not,
and so avoiding clicking away lives.  And instead work towards growing our
lives with a culture of intentionality -> bookkeeping -> consequences -- if
we kids want to be unleashed to play in the big leagues -- *And Why Not?*

As such, can the above 1 budget and 2 reports be shared with the community
this year?

Back to the original motion for a small second: the completed TripAdvisor
Grant Application Form and final Terms and Conditions do not use the
phrases "PI", "Principal Investigator" or "Turtle Blocks" but this is a
completely insignificant matter in my opinion as a non-lawyer -- and a good
thing Walter has chosen to avoid technocratic legalese (IMHO).  I'm merely
stating for the clerical record (as SL's liaison to SFConservancy on
financial/admin/legal matters) that other expressions such as "The
governing board (“Board”) of Charity", "Turtle Art" etc are used within the
2 defining PDF documents themselves.  Which SFConservancy's General Counsel
has thankfully now clarified for SL's Board, Ombuds, Car

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks,
Laura raises an appropriate question. However, since these expenses were 
incurred in the past, working under past policies, it seems only fair to 
reimburse them.  However, going forward in the future, if the two motions I 
propose for a Financial Manager (changed from Treasurer to meet SFC policies) 
are adopted, situations like this should not arise.  All expenditures under a 
certain amount (still labeled $X in the motions) would not need prior SLOB 
approval.
I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate. Many folks 
donate their time and funds to attend and assist in conferences and workshops. 
Some even help fund each other. Why shouldn't they also be reimbursed? This 
payment sets up a dangerous policy that can quickly drain SL funds.  Going 
forward, I hope we do not see such "honorariums" (or whatever you want to call 
them). However, this one is a "done deal" and as such should be honored, as a 
majority of the SLOB have rightly decided to do.
If you would like to help draft the motions for Financial Manager and how 
funding will be approved in the future, go to this link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit?usp=sharing
Caryl
P.S.  I notice someone has changed the date for voting on this to yesterday? 
Was there a meeting yesterday?
From: la...@somosazucar.org
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:32:59 +0800
To: lio...@olpc-france.org
CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; callaur...@gmail.com; 
sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

According to this logic,
(a) Can any volunteer request retroactive funds / get reimbursed after giving 
related workshops? I understand now that Walter and Chris have total control 
over the Trip Advisor grant, still there are ~US$20,000 on SL accounts that 
could benefit many volunteers in this way. US$500 is not bad for 5 days!
and (b) Anyone that raises money in the name of SL has the title to decide 
how/when to spend this funds?
Thanks for addressing the issue,
Laura V



2016-04-09 22:02 GMT+08:00 Lionel Laské :
+1 for both motions for me too.
  Lionel.
2016-04-08 23:13 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :
+1 from me as well for both motions.
-walter
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea  wrote:
+1 for both!
Claudia
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García  
wrote:
También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 2015-12-17 
[No 2015-12-07]
+1 ambas mociones
___
Lic. José Miguel García
Montevideo - Uruguay

2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson :

  

  
  
+1 on both motions



Tony



On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender
  wrote:



  Apparently we did not actually get all the votes
necessary to approve a motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for
his time taken away from his Day Job to help with the Turtle
Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The motion
was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was
no objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off
from work to attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like
to reopen this motion with the new board and take a vote.



Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate
  him since he needed to take a week off from work to run two
  Turtle/Music Blocks workshops at the Constructionism
  Conference. The funds would be allocated from the Trip Advisor
  grant which are in support of promoting and advancing Turtle
  Blocks around the world.



Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the
  situation and not leave Devin hanging.



Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up
  when you find mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a
  change to a wiki page.



Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I
  believe that the oversight board has previously granted me
  approval to spend grant money on workshops under the
  conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my plans and (2)
  I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the
  understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the
  SFC.



Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will
  inform the SL oversight board of his plans for workshops that
  fall under the guise promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise
  has discretion in organizing and funding these events, within
  the budget constraints of grant and the travel guidelines of
  the SFC.



Please take action on th

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Laura Vargas]

According to this logic,

(a) Can any volunteer request retroactive funds / get reimbursed after
giving related workshops? I understand now that Walter and Chris have total
control over the Trip Advisor grant, still there are ~US$20,000 on SL
accounts that could benefit many volunteers in this way. US$500 is not bad
for 5 days!

and (b) Anyone that raises money in the name of SL has the title to decide
how/when to spend this funds?

Thanks for addressing the issue,

Laura V




2016-04-09 22:02 GMT+08:00 Lionel Laské :

> +1 for both motions for me too.
>
>   Lionel.
>
> 2016-04-08 23:13 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :
>
>> +1 from me as well for both motions.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for both!
>>>
>>> Claudia
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García <
>>> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>>>
 También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 
 2015-12-17
 [No 2015-12-07]

 +1 ambas mociones


 ___
 Lic. José Miguel García
 Montevideo - Uruguay

 2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson :

> +1 on both motions
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>
> Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve
> a motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day
> Job to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism
> Conference. The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting 
> [1].
> There were only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There 
> was
> no objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
> attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
> with the new board and take a vote.
>
> Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
> needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
> workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
> from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and 
> advancing
> Turtle Blocks around the world.
>
> Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and
> not leave Devin hanging.
>
> Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
> mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.
>
> Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that
> the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant 
> money
> on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my
> plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the
> understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.
>
> Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
> oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
> promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
> funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the 
> travel
> guidelines of the SFC.
>
> Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without
> reimbursement for travel for several workshops.
>
> FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with
> the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able 
> to
> stretch the budget quite far.
>
> thank you for your attention.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Sugar Labs 
> Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
> Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by
> Holt
> To: Walter 
>
>
> Dear Walter,
>
> The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Lionel Laské]

+1 for both motions for me too.

  Lionel.

2016-04-08 23:13 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> +1 from me as well for both motions.
>
> -walter
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea 
> wrote:
>
>> +1 for both!
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García <
>> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>>
>>> También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 
>>> 2015-12-17
>>> [No 2015-12-07]
>>>
>>> +1 ambas mociones
>>>
>>>
>>> ___
>>> Lic. José Miguel García
>>> Montevideo - Uruguay
>>>
>>> 2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson :
>>>
 +1 on both motions

 Tony


 On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:

 Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a
 motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job
 to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.
 The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
 only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no
 objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
 attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
 with the new board and take a vote.

 Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
 needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
 workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
 from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing
 Turtle Blocks around the world.

 Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
 leave Devin hanging.

 Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
 mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.

 Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that
 the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money
 on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my
 plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the
 understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.

 Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
 oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
 promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
 funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
 guidelines of the SFC.

 Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without
 reimbursement for travel for several workshops.

 FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with
 the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to
 stretch the budget quite far.

 thank you for your attention.

 regards.

 -walter

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 From: Sugar Labs 
 Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
 Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by
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 To: Walter 


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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Walter Bender]

+1 from me as well for both motions.

-walter

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea  wrote:

> +1 for both!
>
> Claudia
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García <
> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>
>> También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 
>> 2015-12-17
>> [No 2015-12-07]
>>
>> +1 ambas mociones
>>
>>
>> ___
>> Lic. José Miguel García
>> Montevideo - Uruguay
>>
>> 2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson :
>>
>>> +1 on both motions
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>
>>> Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a
>>> motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job
>>> to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.
>>> The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
>>> only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no
>>> objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
>>> attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
>>> with the new board and take a vote.
>>>
>>> Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
>>> needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
>>> workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
>>> from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing
>>> Turtle Blocks around the world.
>>>
>>> Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
>>> leave Devin hanging.
>>>
>>> Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
>>> mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.
>>>
>>> Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that
>>> the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money
>>> on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my
>>> plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the
>>> understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.
>>>
>>> Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
>>> oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
>>> promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
>>> funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
>>> guidelines of the SFC.
>>>
>>> Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without
>>> reimbursement for travel for several workshops.
>>>
>>> FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with
>>> the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to
>>> stretch the budget quite far.
>>>
>>> thank you for your attention.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> -- Forwarded message --
>>> From: Sugar Labs 
>>> Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
>>> Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by
>>> Holt
>>> To: Walter 
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Walter,
>>>
>>> The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
>>> 8 April 2016 by Holt, see
>>> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions for the current
>>> revision.
>>>
>>> See
>>>
>>> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Decisions&diff=next&oldid=97963
>>> to view this change.
>>>
>>> See
>>>
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>>> for all changes since your last visit.
>>>
>>> Editor's summary:  -
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Tony Anderson]

+1 on both motions

Tony

On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve 
a motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his 
Day Job to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the 
Constructionism Conference. The motion was made and voted on at the 
2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were only three votes cast. (I thought 
four had been cast.) There was no objection raised at the time and 
Devin did take a week off from work to attend the meetings and run the 
workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion with the new board and take 
a vote.


Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he 
needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks 
workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be 
allocated from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of 
promoting and advancing Turtle Blocks around the world.


Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and 
not leave Devin hanging.


Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find 
mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.


Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that 
the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant 
money on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the 
committee of my plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently 
this is not the understanding of some of you and not the understanding 
of the SFC.


Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL 
oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise 
promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing 
and funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and 
the travel guidelines of the SFC.


Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without 
reimbursement for travel for several workshops.


FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with 
the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been 
able to stretch the budget quite far.


thank you for your attention.

regards.

-walter

-- Forwarded message --
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Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by 
Holt

To: Walter mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com>>


Dear Walter,

The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
8 April 2016 by Holt, see
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions for the current
revision.

See
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to view this change.

See
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for all changes since your last visit.

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[IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Walter Bender]

Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a
motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job
to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.
The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no
objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
with the new board and take a vote.

Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing
Turtle Blocks around the world.

Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
leave Devin hanging.

Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.

Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that the
oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money on
workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my plans
and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the understanding
of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.

Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
guidelines of the SFC.

Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without reimbursement
for travel for several workshops.

FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with the
workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to
stretch the budget quite far.

thank you for your attention.

regards.

-walter

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From: Sugar Labs 
Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:45 AM
Subject: Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed by Holt
To: Walter 


Dear Walter,

The Sugar Labs page Oversight Board/Decisions has been changed on
8 April 2016 by Holt, see
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions for the current
revision.

See
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Decisions&diff=next&oldid=97963
to view this change.

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for all changes since your last visit.

Editor's summary:  -

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wiki: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Holt

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