[NCUC-EC] Request For Durban Accommodation

[Milton L Mueller]

We do not have a per diem policy. 
Indeed, all of our reimbursements in the past have been exclusively for hotels and travel costs, never for meals, etc. Partly it was a transaction cost issue, we didn't want to deal with receipts, partly it was low budget, and partly, perhaps mainly, we've been operating on the volunteerist concept that people who work for NCUC are indeed incurring costs and while we can help with the big ticket items that would prevent people from coming, generally it was assumed that one eats and moves around whether one is at an ICANN meeting or not. 

A per diem is not a bad idea for people who need it, provided it is relatively low. $110/day seems pretty lavish to me. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org [mailto:ncuc-ec-
> bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Tapani Tarvainen
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:52 AM
> To: ncuc-ec at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-EC] Request For Durban Accommodation
> 
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 05:21:20PM +0300, Wilson Abigaba
> (wilson at isoc.ug) wrote:
> 
> 
> > I contacted ICANN and the travel agency in Durban and they informed me
> > that the lowest rates we can get are the ones on the website,
> > http://durban47.icann.org/venue. Since the conference venue is already
> > sold out, I have chosen the cheapest hotel, Garden Court South Beach,
> > at R1080 per night.
> 
> You can get it much cheaper from some online hotel agency.
> E.g., yeego.com gives me €53.50 (US$70, ZAR 700) per night for a total
> of €321 = US$423, for the very same hotel.
> 
> > Accommodation for 7 days (12th - 18th July) - $110 X 7 = $770 Per Diem
> > for 7 days - $50 X 7 = $350
> > Total: $1120
> >
> > I therefore request for $1120 to cover my stay in Durban during the
> ICANN week.
> 
> Do we have a policy of paying per diem?
> (Not that I'm objecting, I'd just like to know, and document it for
> future reference - things like this should be documented better than
> ncuc has been doing in the past.)
> 
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> Tapani Tarvainen
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