[Board] Travel Expenses

[Mark Lucas]

I'd support that these could be listed as guidelines to cover expenses.

I'd also agree that the govt per diem rates for lodging and per diem would be the logical place to start - OSGeo could simply point to the GSA online rate tables.

Typically travel, rental car, rental car gas would be reimbursed based on receipts.


Additionally, I'll continue to echo that we need to put more emphasis on the raising revenue part of the equation (understanding that nobody is asking for money at this point).   I'd like for the organization to be in the position where it could fund more activities.

My 2 cents…

Mark



On Aug 29, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:50 AM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> May be we could get an average amount that previous Ambassadors spend for
>> travelling and  speaking in every continent.
>> I'm not sure every FOSS4G conferences would be able to cover all that,
>> that's why i was telling about the Foundation money.
>> I'm sorry if i was wrong on this.
> 
> 
> FYI: In addition to US per diem rates,
> http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287, there is also the State
> Department http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp for the whole
> world.  Although I'm sure these both have flaws, using this or
> something similar avoids the difficulty of selecting an amount for
> each place or an absolute amount that works in many areas.  This also
> removes any debate about the 'appropriateness' of selecting this hotel
> or that hotel.  Other Counties probably offer similar websites.
> 
> Eli
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