[quote=Doctor Belasco]
I think the system by which the gang gets together currently works pretty well. Johann would be a later addition, but ultimately all the students would know one another from school anyway. Perhaps the Charity Burbage Foundation sponsors the journey itself and not the students, so they have a communal pool of money rather than 3000 galleons each (which seems like a lot anyway!) and maybe there should be an understanding that they are a group and a gentlemen's agreement that they should stick together? I think the more drive they have as a group, the more stressful and dramatic and interesting it'll be when the shit inevitably hits the fan.
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3000 galleons [url=http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/galleons.html]converted[/url] to the pound or us dollar is the estimated equivalent to one individual's minimum amount for a world trip. That would potentially bring about greed and drama. If multiple schools are funding this, I don't see how it would be a problem that the financially inept student would be given an allowance to accommodate their travel... The wealthier students wouldn't need to be a part of this pool either.