Hi, And when we get TShirts if the board allows and we have the budget, maybe we can give one to the speaker. It is how Erik has gotten probably 1/2 of his collection of Portland T shirts. Otherwise I think Portland does the same thing. Dinner the night of the meeting, transportation (and one night lodging or a host house to stay at). Kathy -- Kathy "Perhaps wisdom is simply waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.".....from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Paul M. Wallace wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board