[Debconf-team] DC14 bids: money handling

[Moray Allan <moray@sermisy.org>]

DC14 bid teams,

How do you plan for money handling to work in your proposed location?

For the USA, I assume the answer will be "use SPI", but feel free to 
comment further.

For Venezuela, the bid page says, "Venezuela has a currency exchange 
control. It is illegal for people to exchange dollars, euros, other, for 
bolívares (official currency), unless is done through official 
institutions. In the past, the country had large losses of money due to 
the flight of capital. The government implemented a currency exchange 
control to protect the internal cashflow. This might become an obstacle 
in our logistic."

I don't think that having to exchange money through official mechanisms 
is a problem, it just means we need to make our plans using the official 
exchange rates.

But what are the controls on money entering and leaving the country?  
Do we need special permissions to send money into the country, and how 
difficult is that/how long does it take?  What about getting money out 
of the country -- what are the barriers to doing bank transfers to 
transfer un-spent money (or profit from merchandise etc.) to another 
country?

Do you know of another international event which dealt with these 
issues which could tell us about their experiences?

--
Moray