Tobias Mueller wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I requested Speaker Sponsorship a while ago and haven't heard anything
> yet. Baris told me on IRC that everything will be alright, and I've
> asked him to send me kind of a confirmation email with details on how to
> proceed. He didn't yet and didn't respond to my mails.
>
> Based on the comments on IRC and the fact, that I didn't receive any
> negative answer, I assume that I receive speaker sponsorship. I knew
> that I had book the flight myself, but my question is, whether I have to
> book the hotel myself too (and get the refund later on)?
> Actually I silently assumed, that I don't have to care about the Hotel
> if I receive sponsorship, especially because I had to estimate flight
> costs and not hotel costs on applying for sponsorship.
>
> If I have to book the Hotel myself and get the refund later on, is it
> okay to take any reasonable hotel for the GUADEC time (i.e. not a 5-star
> hotel and just from monday till sunday)? Are there any other rules to obey?
>
> Cheers,
> Tobi (who liked last years tracking system)
>
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