Seconded, I believe that members should use opportunities like Gsoc to Meetup fellow members.
Regards On Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 8:17 PM Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > Background: Google has provided SL with $3000 towards mentor travel to the > October summit. ($3300 - the SFC 10%) although we have yet to receive $1100 > of the funds. We have also received $5400 in mentor "stipends" ($6000 - the > SFC 10%). As you may recall, we are sending three people, Devin, Jaskirat, > and Shrivank. Only Jaskirat is traveling internationally, so the best > estimate is that the travel will come in on budget. As we did last year, we > could apply some of the mentor stipend $$ to cover any overruns. (Note we > have already approved a previous motion to approve a travel advance for > Jaskirat to attend the Google Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018. > [1]) > > The SFC estimates a cost increase in Jaskirat's ticket of $400-$500 due to > his intention to travel some while in the States (to visit some Sugar Labs > people and his cousin in DC.) Jaskirat is paying for his domestic travel, > but the round trip in and out of SF is apparently less expensive, hence the > need for SLOB approval. IMHO, we should be extending opportunities for > community members whenever possible. > > Motion: To approve the additional cost associated with Jaskirat's ticket > to and from the GSoC summit as calculated by the SFC. If for some reason > the total budget for GSoC summit travel exceeds $3000, we can apply > Jaskirat's and my share of the GSoC mentor stipend to cover the overrun. > > This is somewhat timely as tickets need to be purchased. > > regards. > > -walter > > [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-August/055603.html > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Brett Smith via RT <approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> > Date: Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: [sfconservancy.org #1845] Additional US flight expenditures > for Jaskirat Singh > To: <h...@laptop.org> > Cc: <su...@sfconservancy.org> > > > On 09/18/2018 12:46 PM, Adam Holt via RT wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Brett Smith via RT < > approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote: > >> Adam and team, >> >> Jaskirat Singh is planning additional travel in the US after the GSoC >> mentor summit. Some of it is personal, > > > Hi Brett, > > Travel funds for the GSoC mentor summit do not include personal side trips. > > Adam, > > Yes, to be clear, our travel policy states: “Travelers may seek approval > to book travel itineraries that include extra days for personal reasons, *so > long as the cost of the flight meets the other requirements of this Policy*.” > Additional expense *just* for personal reasons isn’t permitted, and if > that was the case here, I would’ve declined without even asking you. The > planned meetings with other collaborators meant it was at least potentially > project-related, so that’s why I checked. > > I’ll work with him to see what he wants to do but I won’t book additional > travel with him unless/until you tell me otherwise. > > Thanks for your prompt response, > -- > Brett Smith > > > -- > 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
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