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

Hi Leo,

I am not trying to say that it doesn't matter and in fact it does
matter to me personally as I don't have an employer who can pay for me
to go to RIPE meetings.
My point was more that I personally feel like that it shouldn't factor
in more heavily than more outright hostility against LGBTQ+ people and
such.

-Cynthia


On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 6:09 PM Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
>
> 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