Seems to me that if the budget makes any allowances for mass mailings
to particpants, sending a holiday card is not explicitly excluded --
though it would help if the card had some relevant message, for
example "looking forward to following up with you in the new year."

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Dan Vogt <xxxxxx@kp.org> wrote:
>
> Silly questions - One of our research teams is going to be sending a holiday
> card to all participants of a study.  They want to charge the cost of
> printing these cards to the Federal award.  It is not a line item on the
> budget.  Is this allowable?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Dan Vogt
>
> Kaiser Permanente Colorado
> Institute of Health Research
> Finance & Accounting
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