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

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:06:51PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
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>> But then, why focus on WG chairs?
>> What about the program committee and what about the contributors and presenters?
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>More can be done in the future, but one step at a time.

Is anyone intending to ask the membership - who after all are
expected to pay for this? Most of the members of the NCC never
have attended and probably never will attend a RIPE meeting, some
doubtlessly because the cost of travel, accomodation, and meeting
fee is not worth it for them. Yet they seem to be expected,
shortly, to finance a clique of people coming to meet their
friends for a beer [1].
In the face of shrinking membership: Will fewer members be
expected to pay for more attendees? And, if yes, why?

IMO, there should never be a physical RIPE meeting again. -80 has
proven to be as useful (or not) as a physical meeting and one way
of ensuring equal access is to *not* have two classes of meeting
attendants: Those who get sponsored (by the NCC or their
employer) and those who'd have to cover the cost from their own
pocket or attend virtually.

rgds,
Sascha Luck

[1] the commonest reason given for wanting physical meetings
back after CoVID19: "I miss my mates and meeting them for
coffee/beer"

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>I am happy with the current step!
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>Cheers,
>Sander
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