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Let's not forget one of Code4Lib's most inclusive practices: it is usually (always?) possible to "attend" every single Code4Lib presentation virtually via live streaming video *for free.* Sure, it's not the same as being there in person, but it's not a bad substitute if you can't travel for whatever reason -- finances, health, family obligations, not allowed to take time off work, whatever. So if you can't afford to attend in person, you can still participate! Julia On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Finances are a limiting factor on conference attendance for people of all >> demographic groups, and I would endorse plans to surmount that. >> > > Code4Lib is, of course, one of the least expensive conferences you'll > find. And the community and organizers care a lot about keeping it so -- > there are sometimes disputes in a given year about whether the organizers > could have kept it even less expensive. But it's still, every year, one of > the most affordable conferences around. > > Which is pretty darn awesome, and important. > > That's pretty much what we do try and increase financial accessibility for > people of all demographic groups. We also try to switch the regional > location around the country every year, to even out transportation costs > for for people in different parts of the country. > > If you can afford to go to any conference at all, you can afford for > Code4Lib to be that conference. Of course, there are people who can't > afford to go to any conference. Which is unfortunate. But I'm not sure > what, if anything, is being suggested we could do about that? > > If you have or can find a source of funding willing to pay registration, > hotel, and transportation for anyone who can't afford it, then please feel > free to organize it to happen. > > That's what the people who organized, and continue to organize, the > diversity scholarships did. They just organized it. > > Jonathan >