Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of March 25th, 2014

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Sindhu S <sindhus live in> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>
> wrote:
> > This was done because Diego e-mailed the board with a special request and
> > the majority of directors felt that it was reasonable to reimburse for visa
> > expenses, when we will not be reimbursing for a larger amount we earlier
> > approved that would be needed for the person to make the trip.
>
>
> I approached the board too. My visa expenses didn't exceed the sponsorship
> approved either. The email was sent to board gnome org and here's a
> screenshot:
> http://i.imgur.com/FivZRwB.png. Why didn't the rest of the board respond
> then?
>
> > As you can see, this reimbursement was done by a separate vote as an
> > exception to the current rule.
> >
> > I'm sorry an exception or a policy review were not considered when you
> > were denied a visa. As you can see, the board also decided we should discuss
> > amending the policy about reimbursement for rejected visas in the future.
>
>
> What is so special about Diego that his situation has provoked a policy
> change?

Aren't you presuming that it was only because of Diego's case that
board wants to rethink its policy and that your (and other people's)
case wasn't part of the push to make them rethink?

> Why was the reimbursement policies upheld in my case and relaxed in
> his?

> The current situation on GNOME's financials was very much made public and in
> between being low on cash, how is that board can make such an exception?

If you follow those threads carefully, you'd realize that it was not
the case of 'low on cash'.

> If the board is going to make a policy change, then please bring it into
> working *first* and then entertain cases that occur after it not before.
> Otherwise it's just plain unfair.

Since visa process is not in the hands of the board, I think any help
that board offers is a big favour so IMO what is unfair here is for
you to complain for not getting a favour while another person did. I'm
a bit sad to hear this from an ex-OPW participant as OPW is itself an
unfair[1] advantage and you were one of the people to get that. If it
makes you feel better, Diego will not get that favour.

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Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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[1] Don't get me wrong, being a big supporter of OPW, I understand the
rationale for being unfair and in fact thats my point.