I agree, it would be good for us to cover this.
GA> I would be happy for us to pay his return fare. What do the rest
GA> -----Original Message----- From:
GA> Stefano Borgo Sent: 26 April 2012 15:04 To: IAOA education Cc:
GA> Claudio Masolo Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution:
GA> Dear all, all applicants but Ali Rahnama have been contacted.
GA> will it take long to decide about Ali? to open a special
GA> registration session for these people (which will pay the early
GA> registration fee since we asked them not to register before the
GA> decision about the grants) we need to have all information out.
GA> On 24 Apr 2012, at 12:19, Stefano Borgo wrote:
>> Thank you, Antony. We are holding the message to Ali Rahnama.
>> As far as I can say at this moment, Ali seems willing to stay in
>> Trento from the time of the school. Cheers -Stefano
>>> (1) Here is our statement about the process:
>>> "Applications were judged on the basis of qualification (as
>>> evidenced by the applicant's background and statement of
>>> purpose) and economic need. Five submissions were rated "strong
>>> accept" and 10 "accept"; grants were awarded to all applicants
>>> of the former group and the strongest of those in the latter as
>>> far as our budget would extend, allocating funding as far as
>>> possible in accordance with what was requested."
>>> (3) We suggest Camara as a reserve candidate
>>> (4) Not sure. We haven't discussed this - we'll get back to you.
>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>> Stefano Borgo Sent: 23 April 2012 11:33 To: IAOA Education
>>> Committee Cc: Claudio Masolo Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant
>>> distribution: results?
>>> Dear Antony and all, thank you for all the work.
>>> We have a few things to ask you: 1) will you make a short note
>>> to make the process transparent? we could add this in the
>>> answer to the applicants and/or as a note open to IAOA members
>>> (e.g. how many applications where acceptable, what was taken
>>> into account in the evaluation, how the lump of money was
>>> 2) it seems more reasonable to us to count 6 nights at least for
>>> those coming from a different continent (there is no airport in
>>> Trento and it is unlikely one can arrive on Monday morning or
>>> leave right away on Friday evening). Also, Nelcy asked for
>>> lodging and not for registration (she already paid for the
>>> school). Then we could redistribute this part of the grants as
>>> Nelcy: accommodation only 160 Euro Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless:
>>> reg.+accommodeation 310 x 4 = 1240 Euro total: 1400 Euro
>>>> Reg. + Accommodation: Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 5 x
>>> 3) we should have some other candidate in the case someone does
>>> not accept the grant we propose.
>>> 4) one of the students (Ali Rahnama) is planning to spend some
>>> time at LOA after the school (this would be a 6-month stage
>>> within his PhD program). Things are being discussed now and
>>> nothing has been fixed yet. In particular we do not know if he
>>> will remain in Trento after the summer school or go back to his
>>> country to come to Trento in the fall. In the first case
>>> (i.e. if he will remain in Trento for some time) we leave up to
>>> you to decide whether to cut the reimbursement e.g. to cover
>>> just half of the ticket.
>>> Cheers Stefano and Claudio
>>> On 21 Apr 2012, at 14:18, Galton, Antony wrote:
>>>> I think we've come up with a final decision now, as follows:
>>>> Registration only: Ruggieri 150.00 Reg. + Accommodation: Nelcy,
>>>> Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 5 x 287.85 = 1439.25 Reg + Accomm
>>>> + Travel: Aysolmaz 650.00 Rahnama 1100.00 Deniz Iren 600.00
>>>> Total: 3939.25 euros
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