Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

On തി, ജൂൺ 27 2022 at 05:34:48 വൈകു +02:00:00 +02:00:00, Jonathan Carter wrote: Furthermore, visa requirements tend to affect people from less privileged countries the most. If we're serious about diversity, I think that we should include covering the visa fee if we offer travel+accommodat

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

On 27/06/22 at 17:43 +, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Daniel (2022.06.27_15:57:52_+) > > I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense. > > +1 +1 > > Thus I suggest a maximum fee for any Visa related activities, e.g. a default > > of USD 200, adjusted to inflation and (if necessary

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

Hi, Em 27/06/2022 12:34, Jonathan Carter escreveu: Hi Debianites I don't think this needs to be a GR per sé, but I'd like to hear the views of others on this, and I hope that we can garner enough consensus so that we can just go ahead and implement this in our future bursary policies. I be

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

Hi! Em 27/06/2022 12:34, Jonathan Carter escreveu: Hi Debianites For DebConf, the bursary policy has varied year-on-year when it comes to visas. For some events, visas were completely covered, while for others, visas weren't to give more people a chance to attend (where the budget was more

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

On 2022-06-27 13 h 43, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Daniel (2022.06.27_15:57:52_+) >> I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense. > > +1 > >> Thus I suggest a maximum fee for any Visa related activities, e.g. a default >> of USD 200, adjusted to inflation and (if necessary) relative

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

Hi Daniel (2022.06.27_15:57:52_+) > I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense. +1 > Thus I suggest a maximum fee for any Visa related activities, e.g. a default > of USD 200, adjusted to inflation and (if necessary) relative Visa-cost > insanity of DebConf hosting countries*. Bec

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

Am 27.06.22 um 17:34 schrieb Jonathan Carter: I don't think this needs to be a GR per sé, but I'd like to hear the views of others on this, and I hope that we can garner enough consensus so that we can just go ahead and implement this in our future bursary policies. I think covering travel Vi

Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

On 27.06.22 17:34, Jonathan Carter wrote: This had mixed results, for one, people who had their visa's covered in the past may have been surprised to learn that this time round they suddenly had to pay $100-200 that they thought would have been covered. Furthermore, visa requirements tend to a

Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

Hi Debianites There are likely a few different lists that this mail could be applicable: bursaries@debconf.o, debconf@ debconf-team@, etc. I chose this list to minimize cross-posting and since this could affect policies for all our events (not just DebConf) and it's easy to point people here.

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