[tei-council] Food per diem amounts

[Syd Bauman]

Personally, I'd be hard pressed to spend 70 USD here in Providence on
food in one day. And I'm (once again) happy to be the slug who pays
for group meals.

I agree with Gabby, I thinmk stepping out for lunch in smaller groups
is a good idea. 

> A reminder that the maximum per diem for all meals for a TEI
> council meeting is $71/day.
> 
> These come from the GSA rates at
> http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877 (when the location is
> within the US, we use the State Department's rates
> http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp when outside).
> 
> Previously we've broken these into Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner to 
> match the
> 
> http://www.tei-c.org/Admin/TEI_travel_form.pdf
> 
> but that is the target that you should be trying to keep under if 
> you don't want to be out-of-pocket.
> 
> In the cases where we are all having a meal out together it has 
> often been the case that someone whose credit card is in local US 
> currency will pay and then submit a full and detailed receipt to 
> be reimbursed for this. (This stops extra expenses from exchange 
> rates, etc.)  In cases where someone pays then you should _not_ 
> claim for that meal, lest JohnU get confused.