All costs must be appropriately documented and reported.

Costs that can be accepted:

• Only verifiable costs can be accepted, like venue, food & drinks, banners or promotional material, merchandise, photographer (a photographer will not be accepted if the cost is too high - your meetup doesn't need to have professional pictures)

Costs that are not accepted:

• Travel costs, accommodation, commission for organizers or speakers, miscellaneous, and various buffers that were not pre-approved

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Any accepted costs not mentioned above must first be discussed with the curators in order to be approved.

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Reasons your proposal can be rejected:

• Conditions or any other requirements on our public page were not met
• The event didn't happen, or you didn't provide us with the necessary documents or information we asked for
• Missing identity on your Polkadot account
• Your event was submitted more than 30 days after it happened (15 in case of popups)
• Malicious behavior, bad reputation, lack of communication
• Not enough proof of contributions to the Polkadot ecosystem or hard-to-verify
• The proposal is incomplete, vague, missing details, doesn't have a clear structure, or appears overly simplistic or underdeveloped, using templates other than ours
• Submitted documents are not transparent, or they are missing details
• Suspicious behavior or documentation that might create doubts
• We do not tolerate lying or cheating
• Your event was rejected for a good reason on another bounty

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Attention! Any attempt to mislead or abuse the process may result in a permanent ban from future funding.

If your proposal is rejected, do not resubmit it.

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