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

[Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>]

On തി, ജൂൺ 27 2022 at 05:34:48 വൈകു +02:00:00 
+02:00:00, Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> 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+accommodation by default, and that this should be the default 
> for
> DebConf going forward, and ideally for all Debian events.

+1 Thanks for this proposal.
> I realise I have some bias here, I myself come from a country where I
> need a visa nearly everywhere I want to travel to, but I do think that
> including visa fees by default will help making Debian easier to
> contribute to for people who come from such countries, and ultimately
> have a small role in helping us expand to more areas and improve our
> diversity.

I think that is a benefit of diversity rather than bias. Having people 
in influencial position with diverse backgrounds makes it easy to 
understand others needs and requirements.

> 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.
>
> -Jonathan