[MR] Royal Travel Fund

[padrgroups at charter.net]

My understanding is that when the funds were increased, the restriction was added to avoid abuse of funds.  I agree with you, and think a change is in order, but hope that we can raise some additional funds for the current reign until the change can be made.

Padraigin

---- Alan MacNeill <gormofberra at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I do not mean to seem dense here...but what is the rationale for
> compeltely restricting the initial deposit for in-Kingdom travel only?
> 
> To a large degree, this seems like a problem that could be easily
> solved with a removal of about 5 words in the policy.  Alternatively,
> some sort of "a maximum of X will be reimbursed for out of kingdom
> travel" or some such if there was a concern about a King and Queen
> spending their cash on only out of Kingdom events.
> 
> I'm confused.  Please enlighten me.
> 
> Gorm of Berra
> 
> On 5/2/07, padrgroups at charter.net <padrgroups at charter.net> wrote:
> > While the amount of money in the travel fund has been raised significantly,
> > it is now restricted to use for in-Kingdom travel. Only donations to the
> > fund may be used for out-of-kingdom travel. What this means is that the
> > events farthest away, and most expensive to travel to, cannot be reimbursed
> > from the travel fund unless additional monies are raised.
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