Re: [guadec-list] Foundation financial info

["Diego Escalante Urrelo" <diegoe gnome org>]

Hey Thomas

On 6/8/07, Thomas Wood <thos gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Diego,
>
> Your sponsorship to GUADEC is being paid for by GUADEC-UK, rather than
> the foundation. GUADEC-UK is oraganising Guadec 2007 on behalf of the
> GNOME Foundation. We have separate accounts to make the logistics
> easier and as such GUADEC-UK has not had a bank account for very long.
Hmmm, maybe we can show some kind of proof or receipt that shows that
GUADEC-UK is a "local branch" of the Foundation?. I mean, just to give
the existence of GUADEC-UK "support". A simple letter from the
Foundation acknowledging the existence and purpose of GUADEC-UK would
be fine I think.

I think that if GUADEC-UK financial state has nice numbers (read: more
than two pennies), there shouldn't be a problem.

> I'm fairly sure this is going to make things even more difficult for
> you, but perhaps you can suggest what we could arrange so that you are
> able to get a visa quickly and efficiently?
I'll double-check that this doesn't make things more complicated. But
I think it would only be needed to proof that GUADEC-UK is funded to
some extent by the Foundation.

> Regards,
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:26:22 -0500
> "Diego Escalante Urrelo" <diegoe gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hey Rodrigo, Sara, Jaime!
> >
> > I'm sad to say it but, I think you have never invited a peruvian to go
> > outside of his/her country :(. It's hell.
> >
> > But let's be rational. You can see (in spanish) requisites for visas
> > for UK and Spain:
> >
> > http://www.mae.es/Consulados/Lima/es/MenuPpal/Visados/Visado+de+Turismo/
> > http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1136904295400
> >
> > Note that Spain doesn't say it clearly but you can take my word that
> > it's a requisite.
> > In the case of UK you can read:
> >
> > "Si es otra persona quien cubre los gastos debe proporcionarle, además
> > de los estados de cuenta bancarios y boletas de pago de sueldo, una
> > carta de responsabilidad por sus gastos..."
> >
> > Which for our English speaking friends basically means something like:
> >
> > "If someone else is taking care of your expenses he/she should provide
> > bank account states, pay checks and a letter of responsibility for
> > your expenses"
> >
> > Rodrigo, sadly for naturals of my country it's not easy to be trusted
> > so easily.
> >
> > Sara, I'm moving the thread to guadec-list as you suggest. The PDF you
> > attached me is great! I was going to ask for one with almost exactly
> > those details. Still, as I just explained, I have to give the
> > financial info.
> >
> > Jaime, yes I'm going to GUADEC-es too!. arturogf on #gnome-hispano was
> > kind enough to offer me the same. I'll be contacting you soon.
> >
> > And to everyone, just to clarify what's the intention of the financial
> > thing. As Sara said, the thing is to convince the embassies that the
> > guests will not have financial problems while on UK/wherever. In that
> > context, I just need financial info that proofs that the GNOME
> > foundation is a wealthy organization, enough to _really_ pay for my
> > trip and that it's not just an invention of me and my UK friends.
> > Yes, yes, I also think it's silly but this is how things are for
> > me :(.
> >
> > So to resume, what I need is a trustful report that tells the embassy
> > (in numbers):
> >
> > 1. GNOME Foundation is wealthy enough to pay my expenses
> > 2. GNOME Foundation actually exists and $someone-not-me knows about it
> >
> > I was suggested that a printed report of the IRS (the "Internal
> > Revenue System" of the US) would be enough. I understand that the
> > Foundation is US based (?).
> > If not, a report from $country's-IRS-equivalent would be enough. I
> > repeat, I don't need to tell the embassy how much money is in
> > Foundation's bank account. I only need to proof that it moves money,
> > and the taxes and info reported to the $country state as a non-profit
> > would be enough.
> >
> > Maybe this time I was clearer?.
> > Just to _really_ stress this out: It's not easy for me to get out of
> > Perú, sadly naturals from my country are not well seen by other govs.
> >
> > Thanks everyone for your replies and will to help, I really
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > Hope to see you at GUADEC!,
> >
> > Diego