<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>From: Louis Desjardins <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [CREATE] LGM 2012 Travel Expenses<br>To: "a.l.e" <<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>><br>Cc: Create ML <<a href="mailto:create@lists.freedesktop.org">create@lists.freedesktop.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><<a href="mailto:CAM9PYkbGcRTMciy3v4++DSPMm997YseU4pAjYDMTpMYKvfQ4-Q@mail.gmail.com">CAM9PYkbGcRTMciy3v4++DSPMm997YseU4pAjYDMTpMYKvfQ4-Q@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br><br>2012/5/10 a.l.e <<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>><br><br><blockquote type="cite">i also have a remark. our policy is to reimburse the travel expenses at</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the prorata of the money we could collect.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">while in the past we could always reimburse all the people asking for it,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for the first time this year it's likely that we won't be able to full<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">refund the costs (it all depends on who will be asking, so we don't know<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">yet for sure; last year we also thought that the finances were too<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">tight...).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">personally, i'd like to make a change in that policy and first full<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">reimburse the people that had travel costs which are a multiple of their<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">monthly income (i think that we only have one such case), then reimburse<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">those who had costs that correpsond to a big part of their monthly income<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(probably 2 or 3 such cases) and finally distribute the rest among the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">other people asking for a refund.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">we don't need to ask for income details, we should be able to guess it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">ourselves for some people and other can tell (and have already told) us<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that it's important for them to get refundend.<br></blockquote></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312">...<br></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>While I think there is a great heart and a very good intention behind that<br>proposal, I would be more encline to stick with what has always been the<br>rule. Otherwise it opens the door to arbitrary calls and knowing the<br>situation of one or a few people doen?t make the exercice more fair as some<br>people might be in a difficult situation as well and won?t tell about it.<br><br>Let?s first determine what the needs are. Ony then will we know the height<br>of the percentage of the reimbursements for each person asking of it.<br>Meanwhile, money is still coming in, slowly but...<br><br>It is always up to anyone to ask for a reimbursement. We?ll give until end<br>of this month period to fill the form and then we?ll know.<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I have another proposal: ask the applicants in the form for a priority:</div><div><br></div><div>Prio 1: I really need the money, please reimburse me fully if possible. (This would be the default)</div><div>Prio 2: I could use the money, but I understand that people from prio 1 have greater need and so I want them reimbursed fully before I get any money</div><div>Prio 3: I don't need the money, but before it stays sitting in the bank, please reimburse me</div><div><br></div><div>Then it would be a matter of courtesy for people to pick prio 2 or 3 for themselves and we don't have to decide or discuss.</div><div><br></div><div>/Andreas</div><br></div></body></html>