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
