On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Emmanuele Bassi <eba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20140325 > > = Minutes for Tuesday, March 25th, 2014, 16:00 UTC = > > * Diego could not get a visa for the West Coast Hackfest > * Should we reimburse his visa fees > * '''VOTE''': Reimburse USD 160 of visa costs for Diego: -1 Andreas, > Kat; +1 Sri, Tobi, Marina, Emmanuele; Joanie abstains > * We should discuss to amend our policy for reimbursements for visa > costs in the future > I am appalled at this decision. When I was denied visa in 2013, I was flat out told that visa fees cannot be reimbursed and I spent 73 USD on visa fees and I spent 306 USD going to & fro travel to the Embassy but I was told not a single cent can be reimbursed. I was a newcomer to GNOME then aspiring to attend the Brno Docs Hackfest in January. I was an OPW intern even then participating in remotely. What is the situation with Diego that the vote in his/her favor? At this point of travel expenses being given only *to help* and not *to cover everything* why are we reimbursing visa fees? I understand the loss of money having been on that side but I don't understand the inconsistency of rules. Thanks. -Sindhu
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