[LGM] finances

Mon Nov 27 22:35:32 UTC 2017

Frank,

Here’s the general email address for the board:
board (at) spi-inc (dot) org

Plus, a list of all board members with a direct link to each of them.
https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/board/

Louis

2017-11-27 17:26 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>:

> ooops... sorry... my message was sent before I put the link!
>
> here it is!
>
> https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
>
> 2017-11-27 17:25 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphic
>>>>>>>>>> s-meeting
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphic
>>>>>>>>> s-meeting
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphic
>>>>>>>> s-meeting
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphic
>>>>>>> s-meeting
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list
>>> Libre-graphics-meeting at lists.freedesktop.org
>>> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting
>>>
>>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libre-graphics-meeting/attachments/20171127/bca2f558/attachment-0001.html>