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
From: Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com To: Lourie Pieterse louriepieterse@yahoo.com Cc: WikimediaZA wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org; Charlene Foster afrastocracy@gmail.com; WikimediaZA Board wikimedia-za-board@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@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.
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