Hey, everyone!

As many of you are aware based on several social media posts, I was tapped by Chris Wade to help represent the Polkadot ecosystem at the University of Miami's 3rd annual "The Business of Blockchain Technology" Conference across three days. Here's where I spoke on a panel about tokenization (still can't upload pics):

[https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928563407977881687](url)

While I am grateful to the Events Bounty for covering my flight and my hotel costs, I have not been compensated for my time or other costs that were incurred by representing Polkadot (e.g. Uber rides to and from the airport). Moreover, considering this was not previously negotiated with the EB and they do not pay retroactively, I am hoping the community will agree that my time is valuable and that I worthy of compensation as an ad hoc / de facto part-time Polkadot Ambassador.

In my part time role with Ardent through my small business **blockACE**, I charge $100 per hour for my time. Although I spent well over 20 hours as a representative from our ecosystem, I am only asking to be paid for the time I directly interfaced with University of Miami staff or conference attendees. This included 5 hours during Thursday's campus tour, followed by a full 8 hour day for the first day of the conference, and a half day on Saturday.

I respectfully request $1500 (Polkadot gets the friends and family discount) for my time.

Gratefully,

Ryan / Phunky

Additional coverage of the event:

Mid-campus tour:
[https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928114833662103952](url)

Video review at EOD:
[https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928164341141983337](url)

Video at the outset of Day 1:
[https://x.com/ThePhunky1/status/1928436787682136281](url)

Propose and approve a spend of treasury funds.

## Dispatch Origin

Must be [`Config::SpendOrigin`] with the `Success` value being at least
`amount` of `asset_kind` in the native asset. The amount of `asset_kind` is converted
for assertion using the [`Config::BalanceConverter`].

## Details

Create an approved spend for transferring a specific `amount` of `asset_kind` to a
designated beneficiary. The spend must be claimed using the `payout` dispatchable within
the [`Config::PayoutPeriod`].

### Parameters
- `asset_kind`: An indicator of the specific asset class to be spent.
- `amount`: The amount to be transferred from the treasury to the `beneficiary`.
- `beneficiary`: The beneficiary of the spend.
- `valid_from`: The block number from which the spend can be claimed. It can refer to
  the past if the resulting spend has not yet expired according to the
  [`Config::PayoutPeriod`]. If `None`, the spend can be claimed immediately after
  approval.

## Events

Emits [`Event::AssetSpendApproved`] if successful.

#1613 Compensation for Polkadot Representation at University of Miami's 3rd Annual Business of Blockchain Conference

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