http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/ All about the conference from the presenters and organisers Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:29:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-42 Simon Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:06:27 +0000 http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-42 Yeah Tets and laughingbrau would have been better Yeah Tets and laughingbrau would have been better

]]> http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-41 martin rushton Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:55:29 +0000 http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-41 I could say lucky you, but given it was Star or CP ............. I could say lucky you, but given it was Star or CP ………….

]]> http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-40 Simon Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:49:47 +0000 http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-40 I used to work at Bass - we were expected to claim 'sampling' as expenses. Why we needed to sample 10 pints of Carling Premier or Staropramen a night was never questioned. those were the days! I used to work at Bass - we were expected to claim ’sampling’ as expenses. Why we needed to sample 10 pints of Carling Premier or Staropramen a night was never questioned. those were the days!

]]> http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-39 martin rushton Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:07:05 +0000 http://xlconf.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/conference-report-day-1/#comment-39 I got away with a colleague stretching the rules to stay at the Crowne Plaza but the budget holder for the social was always going to be my wallet. I am allowed up to £15 for evening meals but do need receipts for that which I didn't get at Pizza Express on Thursday due to it being split between about 20 of us. I could have got receipts from the Fountain Inn but I don't think a round would have gone down too well as my evening meal. In the end I claimed the £5 per day out of pocket expenses I was allowed to claim without back up receipts I got away with a colleague stretching the rules to stay at the Crowne Plaza but the budget holder for the social was always going to be my wallet. I am allowed up to £15 for evening meals but do need receipts for that which I didn’t get at Pizza Express on Thursday due to it being split between about 20 of us. I could have got receipts from the Fountain Inn but I don’t think a round would have gone down too well as my evening meal. In the end I claimed the £5 per day out of pocket expenses I was allowed to claim without back up receipts

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