Hello again, dawhat! Happy to see you again. I appreciated our conversation during SIP-10 
Thank you for the extended explanation and I’m happy to see you involved. Since @DAO (the Intern) lives in country, I can understand if a hotel is not required, but yes please, I think it would be fit and proper to increase the estimate to include the cost of his attendance…tickets, meal reimbursement, rental car (if needed) or fuel reimbursement, lodging (if needed).
With someone who can be there full-time to advocate for our DAO (the actual DAO–not the Intern known as @DAO), my concern would be satisfied.