Arlette is a highly experienced speaker and the person who organizes Hive participation in LATAM conferences. The high numbers are sponsorships. The organizer's role is to make those payments. Arlette is typically very busy with the organization and followup, for which she donates her time and which takes up a very significant portion of it.

Our speakers and event teams can't afford to pay for their own transportation and accommodations. This is true for anywhere in the world. Absolutely no one can afford to travel around on their own dime unless they're independently wealthy. These are not their own projects. These are Hive engagements.

Our problem here is the general prolonged misunderstanding about how VP works vs how the DHF works. I'll try to put together a general explanation/comparison in the next proposal and report.