Hi, For the Perl QA Hackathon 2011, the YAPC Europe Foundation lended the organizers its bank account, to make it easier to receive donations and pay our expenses. The fact that I was both the YAPC Europe Foundation's treasurer and the main organizer of the QA Hackathon helped a lot. ;-)
Here's the final budget for the Perl QA Hackathon 2011: Income ====== Booking.com 5000.00 EUR Vienna.pm + 3440.00 EUR EPO + 500.00 EUR YEF + 500.00 EUR Mongueurs de Perl + 300.00 EUR = 9740.00 EUR Expenses ======== Accomodation 4336.13 EUR Travel + 3915.00 EUR Catering + 331.12 EUR Bank fees + 96.44 EUR = 8678.69 EUR Balance ======= Income 9740.00 EUR Expenses - 8678.69 EUR = 1061.31 EUR Of course, YEF doesn't want to keep the balance from the hackathon, so it will be donated in full to the organizers of the QA Hackathon 2012. They happen to have a non-profit organization that has its own bank account (Les Mongueurs de Perl), so the transfer is only a few clicks away. :-) -- Philippe Bruhat (BooK) Honesty is its own reward. Dishonesty is its own punishment. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #30 (Epic))