Travel

Travel. Board members will, when practical, attend meetings of veterans groups or other organizations where attendees are likely to have interest in issues affecting veterans, availing themselves of such opportunities as a means of reaching and informing as many veterans as possible of benefits and programs available to the state's veteran population. A. Board members will only receive per diem for those days on which the Board member is primarily engaged in official business. B. Board members will not be paid per diem for attending conventions and/or conferences (except NASDVA), in or out of state, unless the Board is also meeting at that location and reimbursement for travel expenses for Board members' attendance of out of state conferences and/or conventions will be limited. The NASDVA conference would not count against this limit to one (1) trip each fiscal year. C. Taxable meals will not be reimbursed. D. Travel reimbursement for use of privately owned vehicles will be at the current rate with mileage being computed from departure city to destination city using a "recognized" road map. E. All travel that is reasonably anticipated will be pre-approved by the Board. However, routine travel performed by the SAA to inspect, approve, and supervise schools and other training establishments as part of its operation is at the discretion of the Executive Director and shall require no further specific approval action by the Board. F. Travel that could not be reasonably anticipated may be authorized by the Executive Director but still must be approved by the Board, the Board action to be recorded in next scheduled meeting minutes. G. The Executive Director shall assign appropriate staff personnel to attend conferences, conventions, and Service Officer's schools when such attendance is in the interest of service work and the cost is considered practical and within budgetary limits. H. Staff Personnel will visit counties, at the direction of the Executive Director, for the purpose of contacting, informing and assisting county and local service officers with special problems. Such visits will be as methodical as the work load and personnel will permit. Special visits may be authorized by the Executive Director as required.