<div dir="ltr">The letter is written. I have not sent it yet but was planning to do so this week.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Louis Desjardins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com" target="_blank">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">2017-11-27 11:24 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com" target="_blank">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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?</div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>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.<br><br></div><div>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.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Louis <br></div></font></span><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-1486620783085315683h5">On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Louis Desjardins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com" target="_blank">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-1486620783085315683h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="m_-1486620783085315683m_-4399638977263864128m_-7401036213737825712gmail-m_1519300730704052108gmail-m_-3064417562604714038m_2812398818552794623quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_-1486620783085315683m_-4399638977263864128m_-7401036213737825712gmail-m_1519300730704052108gmail-m_-3064417562604714038m_2812398818552794623quoted-text">2017-11-24 11:51 GMT-05:00 Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div><div style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="auto">Hi</div><div style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif" dir="auto">Who at GNOME Foundation can provide details of their interest in this and their overhead charges (if any)?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>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.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></span><div dir="auto">Super! Thank you Louis!!</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Good morning guys!<br><br></div><div>I just got a confirmation email from Neil McGovern at GNOME who answers me (quote!) “I'm sure we'd be able to help.”<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br><br></div><div>Cheers!<span class="m_-1486620783085315683m_-4399638977263864128HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="m_-1486620783085315683m_-4399638977263864128HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Louis<br></div></font></span></div></div></div>
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