Personally there was no way I could have afforded to stay at the hotel that hosted RIPE84. (luckily there was a much less expensive one a few hundred meters away that I could stay at in that case)
-Cynthia
Hi Cynthia,
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 2:40 PM Cynthia Revström <me@cynthia.re> wrote:
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> My point was more that I personally feel like that it shouldn't factor
> in more heavily than more outright hostility against LGBTQ+ people and
> such.
I agree that concerns for physical safety are the most important.
But we need to balance multiple factors and the amount of money it
costs to attend is definitely an important factor in enabling
diversity.
Kind regards,
Leo