Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Simon Phipps
On 26 Aug 2011, at 10:32, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi Italo, thanks for your engagement! Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-08-26 11:04: Including food, I will spend a maximum of 300 Euro. I am asking the Steering Committee to approve this reimbursement. Given that we can pay this from

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 8/26/11 11:32 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: The only point we should talk about is food - as a general rule, normally reimbursements should only contain hotel and transportation, but no food. TDF has no rules yet on this, but maybe we should limit it to that? In this case, food is

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Michael Meeks
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:45 +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: That's an odd rule. A reimbursement for a guest or for an emissary should include Travel, Accommodation and Living. The only place in recent memory that has told me it does not pay for Living is TDF. Paying for everything is

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 8/26/11 11:56 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: Paying for everything is clearly the ideal. The current financial reality is that we need to stretch and apply our resources quite carefully I think. Most of us eat at home too ;-) True, I can ask Kendy for support ;-) -- Italo Vignoli tel

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 26 Aug 2011, at 10:32, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi Italo, thanks for your engagement! Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-08-26 11:04: Including food, I will spend a maximum of 300 Euro. I am asking the Steering

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 2011-08-26 11:58: Indeed, even the Tax-Man acknowledge that 'reasonable' meal re-reimbursement - during a remote mission - are tax-deductible (i.e. are not a 'compensation in kind'). Surely it is more a matter of 'reasonableness' and 'frugality' rather than a

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Tom Davies
: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe On 26 Aug 2011, at 10:32, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi Italo, thanks for your engagement! Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-08-26 11:04: Including food, I will spend a maximum of 300 Euro. I am asking the Steering Committee to approve this reimbursement

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2011-08-26 12:10: labelled Refreshments buried in Other Expenses. Is food not allowed in organisations registered in Germany? It would be a shame because you have great stuff over there. I don't know the exact details, but the example with the breakfast IMHO is

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Olivier Hallot
OK for the EUR 300. 2011/8/26 Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com My speech at the LinuxCon Europe (Prague, end of October) about The Document Foundation and LibreOffice has been accepted. I have already registered, and I have also found a very convenient flight/hotel combo, but I need to

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
+1 Charles. Le 26 août 2011 16:17, Olivier Hallot olivier.hal...@documentfoundation.org a écrit : OK for the EUR 300. 2011/8/26 Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com My speech at the LinuxCon Europe (Prague, end of October) about The Document Foundation and LibreOffice has been accepted.

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
Thanks a lot, Sophie! Sorry for having to route that through SPI, but German tax law is a bit complicated for associations ;) Sophie Gautier wrote on 2011-08-26 16:55: +1 and I'll take care of the SPI side. -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 8/26/11 4:55 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: +1 and I'll take care of the SPI side. Hi Sophie, if necessary I can produce a regular invoice for the amount, instead of having it reimbursed as an individual. -- Italo Vignoli tel +39.348.5653829 VoIP +39.02.320621813 it...@italovignoli.com skype