[Libre-soc-dev] unauthorised payments made by nlnet

[Cesar Strauss]

Dear Luke,

On 09/10/2024 05:49, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> were you consulted - were you made aware that nlnet made
> a payment to you where they had not in any way consulted me,
> or informed me, as project lead, and it is not on the MoU?

I admit that NLNet offered me a donation of EUR 1,300.00 as compensation 
for work on the summary pages. I was pleasantly surprised, as I didn't 
expect to be payed for this unfunded task. It was offered to me after 
the fact, I didn't ask for it. Neither did I submit an RFP for it. I 
assumed the money came from discretionary funds they had the rights to 
spend, I didn't even conceive it might have come from our grants. I 
mean, after your tasks were finally payed, there was nothing left, was 
it? As such, I'm afraid I didn't gave it a second thought. But, thinking 
better about it, I guess the project lead does need to know about 
donations made to their team members, lest veiled interests arise. I'm 
sorry about that.

Furthermore, reflecting more on it, you did make critical contributions 
to the summary pages. It wasn't right of me to receive the full amount 
for this task, you deserve at least half of it. What do you think if we 
split it? If so, can you send me your bank details in private?

Regards,

Cesar