diff --git a/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt b/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt index 46d60b787ca755e3aef7e21baafb0e25b69a33f3..6f93b315a6cfd671d858dd68391b0ea8e6719926 100644 --- a/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt +++ b/Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt @@ -79,6 +79,91 @@ Travelers should adhere to the following guidelines to stay In-Policy. accounting@sfconservancy.org. Refer to the Expense Report section below for details. +== Reimbursement Procedure + +Note that reimbursements are only processed once per week, and you sent your +reimbursement in late on last week, so it wasn't processed until this week's +group. Also, while we usually can turn around reimbursements in about two +weeks' time, please be advised that Conservancy officially does +reimbursements on a NET-30 basis, starting from the date that complete +materials are received. If this is an issue, Conservancy is available to +prepurchase expensive items like airline tickets on your behalf, so that you +don't need to be reimbursed. + +If you seek to be reimbursed for Conservancy Project expenses, please send +the following, in a self contained email (with attachments as necessary), +cc'ing your Project Leadership Committee address (PROJECT@sfconservancy.org) +for Project approval: + + * a brief paragraph explaining what was accomplished for the project + during your travel and/or with the funds being reimbursed. This can + be informal; it's just for our records to confirm the travel advanced + the not-for-profit mission of both Conservancy and the project. + + * A brief report listing the items to be reimbursed. + + * Full receipt(s) for everything, unless the travel policy does not + require receipts (e.g., for per diem expenses). + + If your receipts are in a different currency than you're preferred one + for reimbursement, include documentation of the rate conversion (e.g., a + redacted credit card statement in your preferred currency). Otherwise, + Conservancy will use the prevailing rate for the date of the expense for + conversion. + + Please verify that the receipts that you submit are within the attached + travel policy requirements. Note, however, that your Project Leadership + Committee may have set a stricter budget than what the general + Conservancy policy allows. + + * How you'd liked to be reimbursed. The four payment options, in order of + Conservancy's preference, are: + + * Paypal. For this, we need an email address that is valid for the + Paypal account be paid. Note that sometimes PayPal fees are + assessed. Usually we're taking funds from our PayPal balance, which + means no fees appear on our side, but they may appear on yours. It + might be worth it to check the fee schedule before choosing this + method. + + * Issue you a check in USD from a USA bank, sent to you via post. + For this option, I just need your postal address. + + * Wire the amount in your local currency to your bank account in your + country. For this option, I need as much of the following information + as it's possible for you to collect. While some of this information + isn't always needed, the more I have, the less likely there will be + problems with your wire. I note below in parenthesis which fields are + mandatory, which varies based on where you are in the world. + + SWIFT and/or BIC Code (mandatory for non-USA wires) + ACH or ABA routing number (mandatory for USA wires) + Account Number (absolutely mandatory) + Full Name of the Account Holder (absolutely mandatory) + Full Address of Account Holder + Bank Name + Bank Address + Tax ID of account holder (mandatory for Colombia) + Phone Number of account holder (mandatory for Colombia) + IBAN (if available, *required* for EU countries) + BSB Code (mandatory for Australia, not required elsewhere) + Preferred Currency (absolutely mandatory) + + Note that if there is an intermediary bank involved in the USA, you + should provide all this information for both the intermediary bank + and the final bank. Note in particular that if the intermediary + bank is in the USA, an ACH or ABA routing number is absolutely + mandatory. + + * Issue you a check in your local currency, sent to you via post. For + this option, I just need your postal address and what currency you + want. + +Project Leadership Committees: when you see emails of this nature, please +be sure to have your designated Representative review the materials and +send an approval message to Conservancy. + + == Project Leadership Committee Review Conservancy foresees the need for periodic reasonable exceptions to