[LGM] finances

Mon Nov 27 22:25:53 UTC 2017

Actually, I realise I wasn’t clear. Sorry about that.

At first, Neil from GNOME said to me he’d be able to help with what I
asked: holding temporarily Google funds before we get the Project member
status from SPI. Neil then wrote me to apologise because he realised that
it was in fact no possible to do that.

That means that we cannot use GNOME as a safe lander for our Google
sponsorship (yet to be confirmed).

On the bright side, Neil told me he had been on the board of SPI a while
ago and thought that the process of becoming a Project member could be
quicker than the 3 months or so period that is written on their website. He
then asked me who was the person we talked to at SPI and I replied I was
not involved in that conversation but I would find out who it was and let
him know. My understanding for that question is that he may know that
person and that could maybe help get things quicker or at least make the
contact easier (no cold call!).

Plus, he gave me the date of the next SPI board meeting and we still have
time to enter the process and hope that the board can look at LGM to
determine whether we fit in their scope or not.

More infos here:

2017-11-27 16:51 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:

> So the GNOME folks have offered to help with SPI, not money-handling? In
> that case, I'd like to try to get a direct contact before we resort to
> sending a letter. Sending letters to organizations introduces a tremendous
> amount of communication overhead (including me needing to scan the
> responses for posting to this list), and if we can just get an e-mail
> address to which we can send a PDF of the letter, we will be able to move
> much more quickly.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Louis Desjardins <
> louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Understand! But now that we know we have Neil from GNOME knowing the
>> inside mechanics of SPI, this is making us closer than we think!
>>
>> To be even closer would be by knowing who’s the responsible person at SPI
>> who actually reads our letter and carries on the firsts steps towards the
>> acceptance of a new project and sending that info to Neil. Maybe he knows
>> that person!
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-11-27 13:10 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Engagement in the sense of open discussion, not a deal. Which is more
>>> than we have with SPI.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Louis Desjardins <
>>> louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have no engagement with GNOME!
>>>>
>>>> 2017-11-27 12:30 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> The letter is written. I have not sent it yet but was planning to do
>>>>> so this week.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was under the impression that the GNOME Foundation was a possibility
>>>>> for a long-term umbrella relationship, no? If so, I'd much prefer to try
>>>>> that first since we already have a connection and an engagement.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Louis Desjardins <
>>>>> louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2017-11-27 11:24 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is great news. It seems to me much better to pursue open doors
>>>>>>> and to deal with an organization with which we have contacts, so, if there
>>>>>>> are no objections, I'd like to postpone our SPI effort for now. Thoughts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don’t know what’s involved in the SPI effort but I understood you
>>>>>> wrote them a letter (or did I miss something?) and we are waiting for an
>>>>>> answer. I can only think their answer will be positive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My take on that is we enter the process of becoming a project member,
>>>>>> it can take up to 3 months, ahead of time before next LGM. Meanwhile we
>>>>>> work on the sponsoring, knowing that the money can land in GNOME’s account.
>>>>>> Once the process is complete with SPI, we transfer the money to them from
>>>>>> GNOME. Even if it takes 2 months extra, we’re still on time with LGM for
>>>>>> the reimbursements that SPI will take care of.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Louis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Louis Desjardins <
>>>>>>> louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2017-11-24 11:51 GMT-05:00 Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Who at GNOME Foundation can provide details of their interest in
>>>>>>>>>> this and their overhead charges (if any)?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just wrote to GNOME to explore that path. I am currently waiting
>>>>>>>>> for an answer. As soon as I get it, I will get back here.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Super! Thank you Louis!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good morning guys!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just got a confirmation email from Neil McGovern at GNOME who
>>>>>>>> answers me (quote!) “I'm sure we'd be able to help.”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave, I am confident you can now start the discussions with Google;
>>>>>>>> the money could safely land at the GNOME Foundation before getting to SPI.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Louis
>>>>>>>>
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