[EuroPython] Diversity of attendees

[Carina.Haupt at dlr.de]

Hi,

even if I respond to an older mail, I wanted to address some questions here.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: EuroPython [mailto:europython-
> bounces+carina.haupt=dlr.de at python.org] Im Auftrag von Filip Klebczyk
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. April 2014 11:56
> An: europython lists
> Betreff: [EuroPython] Diversity of attendees
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have two points:
> 1. I'm curious what are stats regarding nationality/country of attendees.

This information were not collected in the CfP I think. Also not the gender.

> 2. I've noticed that together with this year edition there are 13 EuroPythons,
> where:
> * 2 of them were located in former Eastern Bloc countries
> * 11 of them were located in Western Countries
> 
> Having in mind that there is gap disproportion between wealth level of
> Western and Eastern Europe I'm curious if EPS or anybody feeling
> responsible for EuroPython thinks about addressing that problem in future?
> 
> In my opinion the conference that calls itself EuroPython (and for example
> not WestEuroPython) should take that into account.

This is taken into account by the financial assistance program. Next to supporting especially, women, students, speakers and contributors of the Python community, we also take into account the origin country, even if this is not as explicitly stated as the other attributes. 
Thereby we actively consider that EuroPythons main target audience should be European citizens, not just West-European citizens, especially since the alternatives there are less (just as you stated). We do this exactly due to the reason that we want diversity in the conference.

I hope I therewith could clarify that we already address the problem and do not start a big discussion about financial aid. ;)

Best regards
Carina

> Regards,
> Filip
> 
> PS. HINT: organizing conference in less wealthy countries usually (but not
> always) also results in lower conference costs, in result making it more
> accessible to those with "small pockets".
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