Eric, My offer would be mileage, dinner, and place to stay. * Does she have a foundation (like Adopt a Stream?) * At the next board meeting I move that the speaker gets a token for the host if staying locally. I am thinking a nice dinner and would like the opinion of the board. -Paul On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Erik Olson wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote: > >> Are you the Club Guy In Charge Of Contacting Speakers? I couldn't remember >> if we had such a person or not, who can speak lucidly about expenses we pay >> and whatnot, because I've no clue. > > It's kind of loose. Nominally, one night's lodging (maybe two), > transportation, and dinner. It varies from speaker to speaker. Like Ad > Konings asks for a flat fee, but uses that for his airfare and such. > > For driving from Vancouver, I would guess we'd do some kind of mileage > thing right? > > Some speakers will agree to (or prefer to) be put up at someone's house > (like Wayne and Ad will probably stay with us), which saves the club quite > a bit. > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson Sent from > my crusty old Linux box > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-board mailing list > GSAS-board@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board > _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board