Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Sophie Gautier
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > 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. Thanks Italo, I'll check to

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 it

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 Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundat

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 > >> My speech at the LinuxCon Europe (Prague, end of October) about The >> Document Foundation and LibreOffice has been accepted. >> >> I have

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Olivier Hallot
OK for the EUR 300. 2011/8/26 Italo Vignoli > 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 get a reimbursemen

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 v

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 For meetings, conferences, training days and stuff like that we would often have an amount for "refreshments". In "End of Year Accounts" or "Financial Statements" for SMBs (Small-Medium sized Business) there is often be an item labelled "Refreshments" buried in "Other Expenses". Is f

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 ques

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Simon Phipps 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 Committ

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 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 cle

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 s

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 th

Re: [steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
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 SPI (paying from FrODeV is a bit problematic when it comes to t

[steering-discuss] LinuxCon Europe

2011-08-26 Thread Italo Vignoli
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 get a reimbursement from TDF as I am not able to cover the expenses with m