[Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

[Nathan]

I think the point got lost that this is the budget (i.e. the maximum
allotted), not the actual spending plan. It's highly probable that the
actual costs will be something other than the maximum allowed amount.
Perhaps we should restrain our outrage until then.

Meanwhile, let's start another thread to discuss how the WMF splits
meetings between mediums. I'm sure they have some sort of philosophy
or policy for when IRC meetings, conference calls, video conferencing
and face to face meetings are called for respectively.