Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 07:58:49 11/08/97
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On November 08, 1997 at 08:48:25, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 05, 1997 at 10:09:18, Chris Whittington wrote: > >>Can you tell us what is reasonable ? like what sort of expenses level >>should get run up ? Shoudl there be $1000 entry fees (which you agree >>are a problem) imposed - when the balance on the other side is flights >>and hotels which *could* be reduced - and so on and so on ........ > >Personally, I think that Marsland should fly coach, unless he wants to >upgrade it himself. Agreed. > I don't know what he did, maybe he already did >this. > >I booked a flight at the earliest possible time, and went with the >cheapest ticket the travel agent could find. It still cost me like >$800, but I had to go further than Marsland. > >These flights are always painful, but in my opinion it is not worth an >extra thousand bucks to sit in a nicer seat. > >I don't think they should have to stay in youth hostels, but I don't >think they should be staying in the honeymoon suite, either. I think >they should stay in normal hotels like the rest of us, bearing in mind >that most of the rest of us probably have a higher tolerance for >cockroaches than they do (not that there were roaches in my hotel). Agreed. > >I wouldn't fault them for behaving like any normal business traveller, >as long as we are talking about a traveller from a company that wants to >make money, rather than one that has gone out of touch with the >relationship between expense and profit. Agreed. > >I think your concern is appropriate. They shouldn't be using a huge >percentage of the yearly receipts on swanky stuff. Thanks for counting to 10 this time. > >>Do we need swanky venues and tight security and canapes and champagne ? > >Of course not. If the sponsor wants to treat us though, I will eat the >food, assuming they don't try to feed us duck skin like they did in >Jakarta. It has also become traditional for the ICCA to spring for a >nice meal, and I think this is fine as well. Ok, now, if we had the figures, detail of the expenses and income and TD fee and and and, we wouldn't need this agrument, would we ? As Moritz has suggested in the past: Glasnost. Chris Whittington > >bruce
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