[Libre-soc-dev] freeze on all RFPs until a review of Financial Accountability has been carried out

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <
lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM Andrey Miroshnikov via Libre-soc-dev
> <libre-soc-dev at lists.libre-soc.org> wrote:
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>> Checked the crypto router grant on NLnet RFP system.
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>> Jacob sent RFP's, TOML field needs updating.

ah no they don't. ok this is the annoying thing about this
Grant *pre-dating* NLnet's automated RFP system.  all of
the RPFs used to be handled ENTIRELY THROUGH EMAIL and this
particular Grant is a cross-over.

bug #770 jacob = { amount = 700, submitted = 2023-06-06, paid = 2023-06-21}

   this is CONSISTENT with the manual record
   2023-06-20 € 700 t-1 Jacob Lifshay

bug #771 -> bug #817 jacob = { amount = 2300, submitted = 2023-06-06, paid
= 2023-06-21}

   also CONSISTENT, with the manual record
   2023-06-20 € 2 300 t-2 Jacob Lifshay

bug #775 -> bug #882 jacob = { amount = 950, submitted = 2023-06-06, paid =
2023-06-21}

   this is consistent with the AUTOMATED record, annoyingly it
   is buried in the EUR 2950 amount, because there are no
   sub-tasks in NLnet's RFP system, where there are in bugzilla.

   (and we cannot now generate a new JSON file with updated
    subtasks, because RFPs have *already been submitted*
    under the top-level milestones and the complexity and
    risk for NLnet in MODIFYING their accounting database
    would be too great)

   Date submitted: 2023-06-06 at 04:54
   Payment: paid on 2023-06-21 ✓
   Recipient: Jacob Lifshay


that was a hell of a lot of work, which concludes ultimately
that there are no discrepancies, but that this is an extremely
complex Grant from a Financial Accounting and Auditability
perspective, which should i trust emphasise and underscore
why i have been telling people that modifications have to
go through a strict set procedure.

part of the complication involves that this Grant pre-dates
NLnet's new system.  all RFPs were handled *by email only*
and because this Grant fell into the transition period it
has *BOTH* manual *AND* automated Financial Records.

none of you know the level of complexity involved, here:
i have been handling it privately for 5 years with Bob and
Michiel.

l.


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