date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:29:33 +0100
from: Karen O'Brien <karen.obrien@cicero.uio.no>
subject: RE: Cuba expenses
to: 'Mike Hulme' <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>

Daer Mike,

Sorry for the delay in replying to your inquiry -- I was quite knocked out 
with a cold earlier this week. According to our accountant, the ?4,289.02 
that she transferred to your account included the airfare, train and taxi 
 (?1771), and the 6 days consulting fee ($3900) and 3 days per diem ($360). 
The exchange rates that she applied to this period were 1$ = NOK 7.32, and 
1? = NOK12.384. The UNEP per diem rate for Cuba is $120.00 /day. If your 
actual expenses were more, you can send in the receipt and we will 
reimburse you for the true costs. Have a nice weekend!

Regards,
Karen


Karen O'Brien
Senior Research Fellow
CICERO
(Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo)
P.O. Box 1129 Blindern
0317 Oslo
Norway
Tel: 47 22 85 87 62
Fax: 47 22 85 87 51
email: karen.obrien@cicero.uio.no
Internet: http://www.cicero.uio.no


-----Original Message-----
From:	Mike Hulme [SMTP:m.hulme@uea.ac.uk]
Sent:	Wednesday, February 25, 1998 1:18 PM
To:	karenob
Subject:	Cuba expenses

Karen,

The payment for my Cuba visit has been made successfully to my account, a
total of
4287.02 pounds.  My travel costs were 1771 pounds, thus leaving 2516.02
pounds as my consulting rate (6 days@$650/day allows for $1.55 to the
pound).  The contract with you also stated however that a per diem was also
to be paid at the standard UNEP rate.  I spent three days in the country,
but the per diem for thesee 3 days seems not to have been included in the
payment.

Can you check this out for me and see whether something has been omitted?

Many thanks,

Mike


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