[diversity] Hosting RIPE85 in Serbia that is trying to cancel EuroPride 2022

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 8:34 AM Cynthia Revström <me at cynthia.re> wrote:

> Also given how I think a lot of people are paid by their employers to attend and how any location is likely going to be semi-expensive for people who don't live there, I feel like the economic parts should have much less weight than the other factors.

Please do not discount the impact of pricing on diversity.

Travel costs are managed in most kinds of organizations. And people
working in smaller organisations are likely to have less flexibility
over discretionary spending.

Higher costs reduce the pool of people who can attend and/or the
frequency with which they can attend.

The cost of attending is a particular problem for people earlier in
their careers.

Kind regards,

Leo