[ripe-list] RIPE Working Group Chair Financial Support call for consensus by 15 June 2020

Hans Petter Holen wrote on 04/06/2020 11:08:
> The proposal is modelled after the RIPE Fellowship program and can be 
> found at:
> 
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support
> 
> If there is consensus from the community on this I will do a formal 
> request to the RIPE NCC for such support.

this is basically a sound idea.  Traditionally the RIPE community shied 
away from the idea of subsidising the event cost for both speakers and 
chairs on the basis that it was a community funded event, and that 
therefore the onus was on the community to contribute equally.  But 
there isn't a fundamental problem with facilitating people who have 
difficulty raising the (often substantial) amount of money required to 
attend a RIPE meeting in person.

All subject to reasonable policy, obviously. The RIPE Fellowship program 
shows how this sort of policy can work well and how it can add value for 
everyone.

Nick