scholarship application should either ask what assistance is needed in order to attend, or state the limits of what's offered.
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Replying to @CallbackWomen
Yes. And I think scholarship should not be limited to providing ticket. Instead making it more open based on need can
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help in avoiding such cases. Specifically when they know that their conference already lacks women participation.
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Replying to @kernel_girl
sounds like the PyCon financial aid model. Well funded. Need based. Priorities are speakers, diversity. https://us.pycon.org/2016/assistance/ …
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Replying to @CallbackWomen
Hmm, PyCon's model looks more reasonable and useful. Other conferences should follow it if they really mean to increase the
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a lot of the regional pycon conferences also share its model
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we continue to advocate that confs treat D&I as budget priority. Many do now. Because quality. Prioritizing them is worthwhile.
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getting fairly common to see in the confs of JS, CSS, Python, Ruby, and Linux communities.
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I guess Linux communities still have long way to go. But a good start can be following this model: https://us.pycon.org/2016/assistance/ … :)
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CFP just closed, but for next year: Linux Conf Australia https://linux.conf.au/proposals/
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also LinuxConf North America http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2015/linuxcon-north-america/attend/diversity-scholarship … and many other Linux Foundation conferences
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