<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/12/13 <a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org">jon@rejon.org</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org">jon@rejon.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">We have to prevent this delay for the next LGM. First solve last ones, then we have to solve this for the coming LGM. <br></div></blockquote><div><br>For LGM we do have an online form on the website where people can upload their receipts and put their bank and personal informations, including their preferred method for reimbursement.<br> <br>This will be used again in 2011 with the firm goal of completing all the reimbursements within a month after LGM is over and hopefully even sooner.<br><br>As I see it now in the cases we have here is not only do we miss the receipts or somehow the complete information but also we must say without any intention of hurting anyone that the responsiveness from the accounting dept. could be improved. :) Timely feedback cannot hurt.<br><br>If only to confirm that the info has reached the right people and is complete. I mean, we (the organisers) provide all the info we have but there can always some details where we miss something and if we don’t get timely feedback, then the issue grows like a snowball... people get frustrated and we end-up loosing confidence at the organisation as a whole, including GNOME and LGM. Bad.<br> <br>Emails are great but in this particular and sensible case where money is involved and people waiting for it we need the three-way handshake: I send you an email, you send me a confirmation that you got it and I send you a confirmation that I know you got it.<br><br>Louis<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"> <br>Jon<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:27 AM, barry threw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry.threw@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.threw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for the update. Sorry it is so problematic.<br><font color="#888888"> <br> bt</font><div><div></div><div><br> <br> On 12/12/10 12:10 AM, Femke Snelting wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 12/12/2010 08:35 AM, Andy Fitzsimon wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> seconded,<br> <br> geeks have gotta book their tickets for next lgm and a double deficits sucks. Is the gnome-foundation still dragging their feet? I'm sure there are people who would appreciate an update even if its bad news.<br> <br> maybe for next year we should flatly not offer reimbursements or award them case-by-case as sponsorship comes in to the bank.<br> <br> Andy<br> <br> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:09 PM, barry threw <<a href="mailto:barry.threw@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.threw@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:barry.threw@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.threw@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br> <br> Hello,<br> <br> It's that time again.<br> <br> Any word on the reimbursements for LGM.<br> </blockquote> <br> Dear All,<br> <br> Sorry for late response.<br> <br> No need to convince any of us: it is completely normal that you should be reimbursed promptly. The problem is apparently on my side (it looks like I have made a mistake) so bad news is on me, not on Gnome. Many apologies for having this not over more soon.<br> <br> Femke<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> CREATE mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a><br> </blockquote> <br> <br></div></div><div> -- <br> Barry Threw<br> Email: <a href="mailto:me@barrythrew.com" target="_blank">me@barrythrew.com</a><br> Twitter: barrythrew<br> Skype: barrythrew<br> Web: <a href="http://www.barrythrew.com" target="_blank">http://www.barrythrew.com</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br></div><div><div></div><div> CREATE mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Jon Phillips<br><a href="http://rejon.org/" target="_blank">http://rejon.org/</a><br><a href="http://fabricatorz.com/" target="_blank">http://fabricatorz.com/</a><br> chat/skype: kidproto | irc: rejon<br>+1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)<br>+86.187.1003.9974 (china)<br> <p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">+65.8330.5807 (singapore)</p><br></div><br> </div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> CREATE mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Louis Desjardins<br>Libre Graphics Meeting 2011 - Montreal 10-13 May<br><a href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org">libregraphicsmeeting.org</a><br>+1 514 994 9351 (Cell)<br> +1 514 934 1353 ext. 121 (Montréal)<br>HAE / EDT GMT -5<br>