[Eg-oversight-board] Google Summer of Code Mentorship Summit 2011

[Rogan Hamby]

I agree with Amy 100% here.


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On 9/29/11 9:06 AM, "Amy Terlaga" <terlaga at biblio.org> wrote:

>Dan--
>
>Well, you have my blessing.  Color me alarmed if you don't get everyone's.
>
>Go forth and conquer.  Make us proud.
>
>Amy
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Scott [mailto:dan at coffeecode.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:56 PM
>To: evergreen at sfconservancy.org; eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
>Subject: Google Summer of Code Mentorship Summit 2011
>
>Hi all:
>
>Google has invited two mentors from each organization that participated in
>the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) to attend the GSoC mentorship summit in
>October. They have offered to foot the bill for airfare and for two nights
>in the San Francisco hotel where the summit is taking place.
>
>I have discussed the event with Galen Charlton, the other Evergreen mentor
>this summer, and he won't be able to make it. I, on the other hand, have a
>clear schedule and plan to take Google up on the offer.
>It's a great chance to exchange ideas with mentors from the other 200+
>projects from across the globe that participated this year and for
>Evergreen
>to gain more exposure.
>
>As Google needs to be invoiced by and provide reimbursement to
>organizations
>instead of individuals, the SFC (as our fiscal sponsor) will issue an
>invoice to Google on behalf of Evergreen & the other projects
>participating
>in GSoC that are SFC member organizations. So: I will send my airfare
>receipt to the SFC; the SFC will issue an invoice to Google on behalf of
>all
>SFC projects in the GSoC; Google will cut a cheque (literally or
>figuratively) to the SFC; the SFC will divide that amount up between the
>various projects matching the amount of the individual receipts; and the
>SFC
>will cut cheques to the individuals who attended the GSoC Mentorship
>Summit
>to reiumburse them for their airfare.
>
>All this to say: the earmarked Evergreen account that the SFC maintains
>for
>us will show an incoming transaction from Google followed by an outgoing
>transaction to me in equal amounts -- assuming, of course, that I have the
>blessing of the Evergreen Oversight Board to represent the Evergreen
>project
>at the Mentorship Summit.
>
>Oh, and one more thing: apart from the Mentorship Summit expense
>reimbursement, Google will also be sending a $500 stipend for each of this
>years mentors (Galen and I) to the SFC, to be deposited in the earmarked
>Evergreen account. Galen and I agreed back when we were accepted into the
>GSoC that we wanted to contribute our stipends to the Evergreen project,
>so
>that amount will stay in the Evergreen account.
>One small step closer to covering conference attrition / world domination
>:)
>
>Dan Scott
>
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