Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

On 19 May 2016 at 11:21, Tony Anderson wrote: > I am not sure of my arithmetic. Six mentors at $500 is $3000, so 10% is > $300 and 5% is $150. Leaving $2550 or $255 per mentor. > Works for me. I updated the motion! :) ___ IAEP

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

I am not sure of my arithmetic. Six mentors at $500 is $3000, so 10% is $300 and 5% is $150. Leaving $2550 or $255 per mentor. Tony On 05/18/2016 02:37 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi On 18 May 2016 at 04:15, Tony Anderson > wrote: In

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

On 12 May 2016 at 10:52, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 12 May 2016 at 09:42, Walter Bender wrote: > >> As Adam has pointed out, this motion has failed to pass. It seems that >> there is some support of the idea of offering at least a portion of the >> GSoC

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

Hi On 12 May 2016 at 09:42, Walter Bender wrote: > As Adam has pointed out, this motion has failed to pass. It seems that > there is some support of the idea of offering at least a portion of the > GSoC stipend to mentors who need/request the funds, but the form of the

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

As Adam has pointed out, this motion has failed to pass. It seems that there is some support of the idea of offering at least a portion of the GSoC stipend to mentors who need/request the funds, but the form of the current motion, putting the authority into the hands of the mentors themselves does

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

On May 11, 2016 2:55 PM, "Sebastian Silva" wrote: > > El 11/05/16 a las 13:40, Adam Holt escribió: > > This was clarified when I joined SL Oversight Board at the end of > > 2009, and again exhaustively re-clarified at the beginning of this year. > Can you point me to

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

El 11/05/16 a las 13:40, Adam Holt escribió: > This was clarified when I joined SL Oversight Board at the end of > 2009, and again exhaustively re-clarified at the beginning of this year. Can you point me to where this was "exhaustively re-clarified" ? Thanks!

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

4 affirmative votes (majoruty of 7 seats) are required for all motions to pass. This was clarified when I joined SL Oversight Board at the end of 2009, and again exhaustively re-clarified at the beginning of this year. On May 11, 2016 2:24 PM, "Sebastian Silva" wrote:

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

El 11/05/16 a las 13:01, Dave Crossland escribió: > So, the motion failed, with 3 votes for, 1 vote against, and 4 > abstains, and the funds will accrue into the general fund. Here I found a precedent: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2009/Meeting_Log-2009-09-25 okay, that's

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

El 11/05/16 a las 13:01, Dave Crossland escribió: > > So, the motion failed, with 3 votes for, 1 vote against, and 4 > abstains, and the funds will accrue into the general fund. That is a curious conclusion. The Governance does not mention how SLOBs votes are counted, but I would have assumed a

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

On 11 May 2016 at 13:53, Adam Holt wrote: > Personally I'd be in favor of splitting $500 GSoC payments between > organization and mentors-in-need ($250 each) particularly those mentors in > low-income countries (of those most demonstrably catalyzed by a $250 > Honorarium) if

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

On May 7, 2016 3:33 PM, "Lionel Laské" wrote: > > Disagree. > > Thought I understand that 500$ is lot of money for some people, I think that GSoC is also a way for SugarLabs to raise money. Because we don't ask for an annual fee to member (like other association, for