On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 07:59 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org> wrote: > [...] > > In the light of these continued difficulties, Louis (lead organiser > > for the past 5 years of LGM) proposed that the Quebecois LUG of > > which he's president could take over the management of the funds. > > And finalising the transfer of funds from the GNOME Foundation took > > several months of over & back with the board & the lawyers. > There's more to this story than this. Rosanna would be the one to fill > us in. However, I do know that in many cases they did not send > receipts and information. When we asked for it, they didn't have it > and had to go back to those who were being reimbursed. They blamed > that time on GNOME. They also expected immediate action every time and > Rosanna has a process she uses to process all expenses. I would say they *demanded* immediate action. IMO, something that really undermined our communication was the double discourse such as sending a nice email to the board and -at the same time- a harsh email to me (and I bet I was not the only one). > That said, I do not think we handled it well either. GNOME needs an > easier way to track finances if we are going to track for different > groups. We should not handle external accounts. -- Germán Póo-Caamaño http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/
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