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<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">On 03/20/2018 07:45 PM,
Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:</p>
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<pre wrap="">I've responded below in detail to your points, but I really do think that
the change I proposed just yields consistency with the existing 2014-06-11
change (which is in combination with the later change on 2017-08-24). The
policy is quoted as '>>' below, and that's been in the text since 2014.
BTW, if folks do think my patch constitutes an actual policy change from the
2014-06-11 and 2017-08-24 updates, rather than mere clarification in the
summary section (which was my intent), please do propose an alternative
patch to yield a better clarification. That's why I brought it up here.
(From what I can tell, we just forgot to update the summary section the last
two times (2014, 2017) we updated the main body of the policy on the issue
of currencies, and my patch simply puts all back in sync. I apologize in
advance if I'm missing something on that.)</pre>
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<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">Whether or not it was
the intention, I think it’s possible and reasonable to read the
2014-06 change as drawing a distinction between reimbursing
credit card <em>rates</em>, and reimbursing credit card <em>fees</em>.</p>
<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">When I put a foreign
transaction on my personal card, it shows up in USD on my
statement, presumably using a marked up commercial rate. Then
there’s also a foreign transaction fee, posted separately.</p>
<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">On its face, the text
you’re proposing to patch implies (but doesn’t actually say) I
could send you my credit card statement and be reimbursed for
amount in USD actually posted to my card for the transaction.
The later section added in 2014-06 means I can’t be reimbursed
for the separate foreign transaction fee. (It also means that if
I withdraw cash from an ATM to cover incidental expenses, I
can’t be reimbursed for the fees associated with that either.)</p>
<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">I’ve never actually done
this. Like you mentioned, I just roll all this up into my
M&IE per diem, because it’s easier for both of us: I have
less documentation to produce, you have less documentation to
review and file, and I can submit for reimbursement sooner.</p>
<p style="margin: 1.2em 0px ! important;">Maybe we’re looking at
this differently because of differences in how credit cards
handle foreign transactions? I could readily believe that other
card companies don’t split out the rate and the foreign
transaction fee the way mine does, and if that happens then I
understand the most straightforward way for Conservancy to treat
everybody equally is to just avoid dealing with credit card
transactions at all. But given the way my card works, I think
it’s possible to read all the parts of the current policy in a
way such that they all have meaning, and they’re all consistent
with each other, and still allow at least reimbursement of
credit card foreign transaction rates.</p>
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