Well, I think the arrangement was from the beginning that linux foundation pays the trips and their people handle the paper work. I'm not sure how you can bash Nokia for that. Also there was a clear mail who you need to mail about the travel arrangements for approvement and it was certainly not Gil Quim. [...]
Received: from nokia.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mgw-sa01.nokia.com (Switch-3.4.3/Switch-3.4.3) with ESMTP id o8TFhQtS027137; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:43:26 +0300 Received: from [172.19.79.58] ([dadhcp-172019079058.americas.nokia.com [172.19.79.58]]) by mgw-sa01.nokia.com with RELAY id o8TFh6DC026992 ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:43:09 +0300 Subject: About your Maemo developer contest prize From: Quim Gil <quim.gil@nokia.com> To: Gil Hoernecke Joaquim <quim.gil@nokia.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:41:38 -0700 Message-ID: <1285713698.6996.171.camel@gilhoern-desktop.localdomain> X-Nokia-AV: Clean [...] Hi, you are receiving this email because you were one of the winers of the Maemo developer contest. [...] - Check the best prized travel option to travel to Dublin and send us a quote. Once you get our approval you will need to book the flight yourself. Keep the receipts and we will reimburse you. - About the accommodation, just tell us the 4 nights you want to use between Saturday 13 and Wednesday 17 and we will take care of the rest. - Note to those that have requested sponsorship through the MeeGo Conference site: we have agreed with the organization that this sponsorship will be covered directly by Nokia. You will receive an email notifying that your request has been declined. Don't worry, just follow the steps described above. [...] -- Quim Gil MeeGo advocate