Policy check on the Lisbon offsite expenses:

• 41 of 44 claims comply with the travel policy.
• 2 hotel nights exceed the $240 cap (EUR 268 and EUR 291).
• 1 dinner of $612 lacks an attendee list.

I drafted approval requests for the three exceptions.

The two hotel exceptions:

• Maria Santos: EUR 268 for 2 nights, 1 night over cap
• Ben Kowalski: EUR 291 for 3 nights, 3 nights over cap

Both stayed at the conference hotel, which had a group rate that sold out.

The $612 dinner was the leadership team dinner on Sep 24. Eleven people attended per the calendar invite, but the claim has no attendee list, so it cannot be approved as filed. I asked the claimant to add names.

Summary of the three exception requests for the controller:

1. Santos hotel, 1 night over: recommend approve (group rate)
2. Kowalski hotel, 3 nights over: recommend approve (group rate)
3. Leadership dinner: hold until attendee list arrives