Just as a question: can all parties agree to the following principle? "It's the responsibility of the school paying the bills to let the host know what information is needed to ensure payment, and it's the responsibility of the host to work with the paying school to make sure that the required information is provided. [On a 'first iteration,' a sample invoice detailing required information should be provided, in advance, if possible.]" Now, in Dave's specific case, he has met all the requirements of this principle--provided he lets each host school of a tournament Michigan attends know about the requirements (such as by e-mailing the sample invoice to them). Under such circumstances, then it's the host's problem. =========================================== dthorsley wrote: "Unfortunately, even if the funding people at Michigan are more anal than most, tournaments have to meet the most stringent standard in this case, not the average or least stringent one." ------------------------------------------- Let us consider this statement. The implication of this statement is that the host of the tournament should be forced to create invoices for everyone based on the needs of the "most stringent" standard. This is kind of absurd: if your school has a particularly obnoxious accounting system, and you know it, then why not make a form that has the required information, and give copies to the tournament host to fill out on the day of the tournament (in addition to the "standard" invoice), and to keep for their future use? That way, you satisfy the requirements of your school, and the tournament host doesn't have to go out of its way designing an all-purpose invoice for every possible contingency. ["What do you mean 'I have to include my blood type and neck size on the invoice?!?'"] I don't see the value of trying to create a uniform "standard" invoice--since every school has different requirements, this smacks of making everyone default to a particular choice because of the needs of a single school. [Again, I guess it's a disagreement on how far the host school has to go to satisfy the needs of all its different "clients."] --AEI
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