Thanks for the clarification Lourie. My dad was an accountant and the
accountant in me always seems to come out a bit when I see tables detailing
expenses.
I am happy that Ian has shared his thoughts with us as it does seem to have
been a long running issue. I have added his email to the page that Dumi
created at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report/SMS for
people who wish to comment on this issue further. I have left my thoughts
there as well.
@Blessing: as Lourie said, Wikimedia is an open organisation and anyone is
welcome to attend and indeed if you have an interest in attending I would
encourage you to do so. If you want to volunteer for anything then please
do, it would be great to have you on board.
Cheers,
Douglas.
On 30 July 2012 16:07, Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Douglas
I have added a note that explains only one round-trip ticket was bought. I
used my frequent flyer points for one of the tickets, that is why it is a
bit cheaper than normally. I thought about this for a while and agree that
we should not air such opinions on the public list, even though I do agree
with Ian's argument. For those interested, Dumisani created the following
page to continue this discussion:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report/SMS.
Kind regards
Lourie
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*From:* Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com>
*To:* Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
*Cc:* WikimediaZA <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>; Charlene Foster <
afrastocracy(a)gmail.com>gt;; WikimediaZA Board <
wikimedia-za-board(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:49 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Gauteng meeting report (general list)
Hi Lourie,
The report looks good, just one question, how many airline tickets were
bought in the end? Just one or two? Could the number(s) be reflected in
the expenses table?
Good going on the meeting everyone and sorry I was not able to make it.
And thank you Lourie, Isla, Dumi and everyone else for all the hard work
you are putting into this.
P.S.
On a general side note for everyone on our mailing list, and I would like
to get everyone's input on this and I don't mean to targe anyone in this,
but I am not so sure that the public mailing list for Wikimedia ZA is the
best place to be airing misunderstandings between members. Perhaps a more
direct exchange between the concernd parties to sort these sorts of things
out might be more efficient and a public airing be more of a last ditch
attempt? After all a dispute on a public mailing list can become
distracting from our core goals for everyone else on the list.
Cheers,
Douglas.
On 29 July 2012 15:21, Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello everyone
I managed to complete the report for the Gauteng meeting:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Gauteng_meeting/Report.
The actual receipts of the expenses was only send to the board list, as it
contains personal information about myself. In the report you can see the
details regarding the specific expenses and also the remaining balance for
this grant. We asked the WMF whether we can transfer this amount for use in
Wiki Loves Monuments. As soon as my questions are answered by Charlene
regarding the bank account I will transfer the remaining balance, because
currently it seems to me that we might have problems accessing the money
should it be transferred to this account. Feel free to ask me if there are
any questions regarding this report.
Kind regards
Lourie
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