Hi Amanda, >> However: "For each EUR 1,500 sponsored, a recipient of a diversity ticket >> will get one full-week RIPE Meeting ticket (value EUR 350) plus EUR 650 >> towards travel and accommodation". So, where does the other 33% of the money >> go? > > Because we're starting off 'fresh' (with no funds available in the diversity > tickets pool to start with), we wanted to use the extra money towards a pool > to fund diversity tickets for future meetings as well as help towards other > diversity initiatives like on-site childcare. I realise I left this out in > the article, apologies for that. > > To clarify, diversitytickets.org does not charge us to list our event.
Great! Glad to hear that. >> I feel it's wrong for the NCC to keep that money as sponsorship income >> instead of using it to make more diversity tickets available... > > We agree :) In that case: many many thanks for another great initiative! :) Sander
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