<div dir="ltr">Hi! I will add some comments to Simon words.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-19 12:58 GMT+00:00 Simon Wunderlich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sw@simonwunderlich.de" target="_blank">sw@simonwunderlich.de</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Philipp,<br>
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On Friday 19 February 2016 11:36:54 Philipp Borgers wrote:<br>
> May I ask why this is restricted to non-EU residents and "only" covers the<br>
> travel cost?<br>
><br>
> The EU is quite diverse and in the end the finicial situation depends on the<br>
> individual and the situation they live in.<br>
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</span>This is true, situations are different. However most of our participants are<br>
from the EU, and we want to avoid explaining/discussing why some participants<br>
may apply why others can't - we don't want to double check on people, and we<br>
don't want to create grudges between our "regular" partcipants. Drawing a line<br>
for non-EU participants minimizes organization overhead and should also avoid<br>
troubles among our EU participants.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Exactly. I would say 80%+ of the participants are from Europe, and from my point of view WBM should be as worldwide as possible, that is why we are promoting non-EU participants like in previous year. If the V10 edition would be in the US I would be happy to know they were giving preference to non-US, for instance, as going to the US usually costs over 800-1000€.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Also flight costs within Europe are much cheaper than among Europe and Non-<br>
Europe. For example, a two way flight ticket from Germany to Porto starts at 80<br>
Euro, while its 600+ Euro for India, for example.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I think it makes sense to give preference to people leaving as far as possible to the venue, where the costs are usually proportional to the distance. We could have set the call for all people, but we would still giving preference for non-EU participants based on the distance/cost to the venue. It has been like this last year, and it has been published on the V9 wiki since November. Even though, we are open for any suggestion, and it is the majority that dictates these decisions. It is a good point to discuss during the WBM itself on how to make it for the V10 edition in France. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
We think that bringing people from Non-EU will diversify and bring new and<br>
fresh ideas into Battlemesh - and spread community networks around the world<br>
which are now quite common in Europe but not so much elsewhere.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Totally agree.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
As for why it "only" covers travel costs: We want participants to cover at<br>
least a portion of the expenses, to avoid people just taking a free trip and<br>
also avoiding people not showing up (after we bought the flight tickets).<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The decision to cover the airplane ticket and not the accommodation was to avoid "no shows" - people that get the plane ticket and do not go to the event itself, meaning that they will only get the scholarship for leisure. It is also a way to make it more fair to all other participants who are paying for their accommodation. Increasing the sponsorships a little more than we have this year might mean (almost) free accommodation for every participant, which would be even better! Still, €125 or even €150 for 6 nights including breakfast is not expensive, I think. We are trying, on the other hand, to have a very affordable food package this year.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hope that helps. :)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Simon<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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