> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 19:11, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Charlie Clark wrote: > >> FWIW. At the current pitful exchange rate... > > > > Yes, the weak dollar should be taken into account when thinking > > about the > > numbers going into the budget. > > Yes in the initial proposal, international exchange rates were taken > into consideration. The cost of Hetzner, our current web host, has > had > a buffer of about $100 added, to offset inflation and unexpected > fees. > The coding sprint after BG hasn't, but that seems to be a bit more > flexible and hopefully, additional funds can be allocated to it in > the > future. The past (and current) reimbursements for EU conferences were > pretty much non-existent too. Would it be possible to have HSA receive the funds and reimburse EU people itself, are the exchange rates flat or are there fixed fees / transfer ? François.