Purpose
The Board of Directors explicitly directs the Association to reimburse the President for all travel and accommodations expenses incurred while conducting Association business.

Amounts Authorized
When the President provides receipts, the Association reimburses him/her for

• Economy class airfare.
• Actual accommodation expenses.
• Up to $50 a day for food.
• Taxi fares to and from airports, airport parking, and miscellaneous expenses.
• Actual and reasonable entertainment expenses incurred while conducting Association business.

Purpose
The Board of Directors explicitly directs the Association to reimburse the Executive Director for all travel and accommodations expenses incurred while conducting Association business.

Amounts Authorized
When receipts are provided, the Association reimburses the Executive Director for

• Economy class airfare.
• Actual accommodation expenses.
• Up to $50 a day for food.
• Taxi fares to and from airports, airport parking, and miscellaneous expenses.
• Actual and reasonable entertainment expenses incurred while conducting Association business.

Amounts Authorized
When receipts are provided, the Association reimburses the Executive Committee members for

• Economy class airfare.
• Actual accommodation expenses.
• Up to $50 a day for food.
• Taxi fares to and from airports, airport parking, and miscellaneous expenses.

Travel Purpose
The Board of Directors explicitly directs the Association to reimburse the Journal Editors for eligible travel and accommodations expenses incurred while conducting Association business through promoting their respective journals and networking with potential authors.

Amounts Authorized
The Editors of the Journal and the Quarterly each are eligible for half the amount allotted for editors' travel in the Budget approved by the Board of Directors. When editors provide receipts, the Association reimburses the editors for

• Economy class airfare.
• Actual accommodation expenses.
• Up to $50 a day for food.
• Taxi fares to and from airports, airport parking, and miscellaneous expenses.

The Editors of the Journal and the Quarterly each are eligible to apply for clerical and editorial support relevant to their institutional circumstances out of funds provided in the Budget approved by the Board of Directors. Prior to an Editor's appointment and periodically during his or her tenure, the Publications Board determines if the support is adequate for the institutional circumstances of the Editor and appropriate for the ABC Budget. If not, the Publications Board recommends changes in support for approval by the Board of Directors.

Expenses Purpose
The Board of Directors explicitly directs the Association to reimburse the Editors for budgeted clerical and editorial assistance, supplies, and released time from teaching.

Amounts Authorized – Web Editor & Proceedings Editor
The Web Editor is eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses to the annual convention and budgeted clerical expenses. The Proceedings Editor is also eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses to the annual convention and for budgeted clerical expenses. The Board of Directors will consider the Web Editor’s and Proceedings Editor’s requests for additional assistance.

Regional Newsletter
With receipts provided, the Association reimburses each Regional Vice President up to $100 a year to defray the cost of regional newsletters or other activities designed to increase membership.

Travel Expenses
For travel to the annual convention, ABC will reimburse Regional Vice Presidents' expenses for the annual meeting (i.e., expenses not reimbursed by employers) over $500 US to an maximum of $500. Up to $500 of the following specific expenses are eligible for reimbursement under this policy:

• The least expensive airline fare, automobile mileage, or train fare for round-trip travel between the VP's home and the convention city. Documentation required: as specified by Executive Director.
• Lodging at the convention hotel, single room rate, from the night before the board meeting through the night after the convention activities end. Documentation required: as specified by Executive Director.

Purpose
Committee chairs normally ask their schools or employers to defray the cost of photocopying, mailing, telephone and any other activities need to conduct the committee's business.

However, if fulfilling a committee's charge requires extensive copying and mailing (e.g., the Research and Teaching Committees), and if the committee's chair's school or employer refuses to defray the cost, the committee chair asks the Executive Director to do the copying and mailing necessary to conduct the committee's business, or to reimburse the chair for out-of-pocket expenses in having the work done.

Purpose
Each member of the ABC Board of Directors is eligible to apply to the Executive Director to receive a waiver of the registration fee to attend the annual convention.