Hi LGMers !<br> <br> First, I want to thank again all the people who made it at both LGM 2008 - Wroclaw and more recently at LGM 2009 - Montreal.<br> <br> It’s more than inspiring to see you all gather into this tremendous meeting that is LGM since the very first time in Lyon - 2006.<br> <br> Second, for those of you who are waiting for a reimbursement of your travel expenses, we’ve got news for you !<br> <div class="im"><br> We are now ready to start the reimbursement process.<br> <br> Yes, yes and yes, it has been too long, much too long before we reimburse your travel expenses. I am very sorry for this. The story<br> </div><div class="im">is rather unusual. In short, there are quite a few people who haven’t received any money back for their trip to Poland in 2008 while there<br> was more than enough money in the bank in Poland. An almost incredible sequence of events resulted in the delays we’re facing now — and still are at the moment of writing this message.<br> <br> But, after months of pushing hard and waiting and exchanging emails and trying to find out what was going on and why and when the money would be available to finally reimburse the participants of LGM 2008, we are now almost sure we’re going to see this money one day and this is why we start the process.<br> <br> So.<br> <br> </div>For the few people who haven’t yet received their reimbursement for LGM 2008 Wroclaw, please file yourself in the link below. We will match your info with the one we already have on file. This is needed because I want to make sure we’re not missing anybody. So please file yourself in. Please make sure to check the appropriate LGM year.<br> <div class="im"> <br> </div><a href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009/reimbursement.php" target="_blank">http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009/reimbursement.php</a><br> <div class="im"><br> <br> LGMers of 2009 in Montreal are asked to do the same. If you were a participant at both meetings and are seeking a reimbursement for both trips, please file a second request for 2009, checking the appropriate LGM box.<br> </div><div class="im"> <br> The gathering of the info will end within THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, ON FRIDAY FEB. 19, 2010.<br> <br> </div>According to the info we have, the budget for 2008 will be enough to cover that year's travel expenses and there will be money remaining from that LGM that we can use for the expenses of 2009.<br> <div class="im"><br> For 2009, we don’t know YET how much money we have but we will soon find out.<br> <br> </div>The rule is the same as previously.<br> <br> *Who qualifies :* Developers or presenters who have attended LGM and who are officially entitled by each team’s leader(s) or who were invited to talk at LGM by the organisers and who have not been sponsored by other means to travel to LGM.<br> <div class="im"> <br> *What we reimburse : *We aim at reimbursing in full the travel trip, that is the transportation only, plane, bus, train, fuel, upon receipt of the proof of purchase of your ticket. We need to first find out the total amount we are asked to reimburse. If there is enough money, we reimburse 100%, if not, then we’ll reimburse proportionally to the money we have. If we have more money, the remainder is bumped into the next LGM budget. So far, we’ve been lucky enough to be able to reimburse 100% of the submitted expenses. So let’s hope it’s going to be the same for 2009.<br> </div><div class="im"> <br> Thanks for filing yourself in quickly so we can proceed as soon as we get the money from Poland. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to write to me.<br clear="all"></div><br>Louis<br>-- <br>Louis Desjardins<br>Organisateur principal / Main organiser<br> Libre Graphics Meeting 2009 - Montréal 6-9 mai 2009<br><a href="http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009">www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2009</a><br>+1 514 994 9351 (cell phone)<br>+1 514 934 1353 ext. 121 (office phone)<br> HAE / EDT GMT -5<br>