[CREATE] [Fwd: Re: LGM2007 Travel Bursaries]

[Jon Phillips]

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> From: Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
> To: Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>
> Cc: Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>, create at lists.freedesktop.org, OFLB
> <openfontlibrary at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Subject: Re: [CREATE] LGM2007 Travel Bursaries
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 08:27:31 -0400
> 
> 2007/5/10, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org>:
>         On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 23:54 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         > Before the LGM, I heard that there was the possibility of
>         travel
>         > expenses being paid for speakers, but haven't since heard
>         anything, 
>         > and totally forgot about it while I was there. Is there a
>         procedure to
>         > recoup?
>         
>         Well, the project leads from each major project submitted a
>         spreadsheet.
>         You were on the sheet for Open Font Library / Open Clip Art
>         Library. 
>         
>         I'm not sure how this is being handled. Louis?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Right. Each team as sent me a list of people for whom travel expenses
> will be reimbursed.
> 
> We need from each traveller to send me a faxed copy or a PDF of their
> e-ticket showing the actual price they payed. 
> 
> We also need your full mailing address.
> 
> As soon as I get all the money from the sponsors (this should not take
> too long now... we are in the last stage in the process of getting the
> money in) I will be able to make a bunch of international bank draft
> (IBD) in USD or EUROS. These IBD will be sent by regular mail. 
> 
> For some countries where the Banque Nationale du Canada does not have
> a correspondent, I will send the money through a Wire Transfer (cost
> is higher but this is the only easy way to get the money over there).
> Namely, these countries are Brazil, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. From
> people living in those countries, I will need, on top of the info
> needed for everybody, their banking information. That is : 
> 
> name of bank and full address
> international numbers SWIFT + bank account number or BIC and IBAN
> numbers, whichever is used in your country.
> 
> As you know, getting the money in from the various financial services
> of our sponsors can sometimes take a lot of time and this is out of
> our control. We have to be patient. I do expect to have everything
> settled by the end of next week. 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Louis
> 
> 
>         Jon
>         
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