Re: [guadec-list] Visa invitation letters

[Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinazik gmail com>]

Thank you for the review! I updated the travel sponsorship letter to
reflect that it can be partial, and uploaded both templates and the
instructions at https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel/VisaInvitations

Marina


On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova
<kittykat3756 gmail com> wrote:
> On 12 June 2014 18:26, Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinazik gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Attached are two letter templates - one from Linux Logistique with an
> > invitation and another one from the GNOME Foundation with the travel
> > sponsorship information. Please let me know if you think any changes
> > should be made to them.
>
> The letter from Linux Logistique looks great. The one from the GNOME
> Foundation maybe should mention "partial travel sponsorship" or
> "sponsorship towards their travel" as it can often be partial
> sponsorship and we won't know until after the tickets are booked in
> many cases.
>
> > I will then work with Srini, Tiffany, Alexandre, and Andreas to get
> > these filled out and signed via private channels. Here is the
> > information we'll need to fill out the letters.
> >
> > Information needed from the invitees:
> >
> > Name and address of the embassy or consulate general where you will
> > apply for the visa (ones in India can be found at
> > http://www.ambafrance-in.org/The-Competent-consular ):
> > Full name:
> > Last name:
> > Pronoun (he or she):
> > Dates of stay in Strasbourg (check in date - check out date):
> > Place of stay in Strasbourg (arranged by the GNOME Foundation - Foyer
> > de l'Étudiant Catholique - or something else):
> > If talk accepted, its title:
> > Date of birth:
> > Passport number:
> >
> > Information needed from the travel committee:
> >
> > Full name:
> > Amount sponsored for air travel:
> > Number of nights sponsored for accommodations:
> > Dates for the nights sponsored (check in date - check out date):
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marina
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Alexandre Franke
> > <alexandre franke gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan gnome org> wrote:
> > > > As per the consulate, it has to be signed by a French National with
> > > > local address & telephone number.
> > >
> > > It will indeed be signed by a representative of our local entity, most
> > > likely me as I'm the secretary.
> > >
> > > > If the above is provided, I could
> > > > help here, if you are looking for some help. Im a GNOME Foundation
> > > > member for more than 10 years. I can prep the document and send to
> > > > that person, who can sign, scan and email it back.
> > >
> > > Great! Thanks a lot. Tiffany will also work on this with you.
> > >
> > > > With almost 6 weeks pending and the consulate in India needing 2-3
> > > > working weeks, I'd like to put a rush on this if possible.
> > >
> > > Marina is currently putting the finishing touch on the template.
> > > She'll let you know as soon as she's done, and she will be there to
> > > guide you.
> > >
> > > Again, thanks to you three for taking care of that!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexandre Franke
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