[gaia] Building Bridges Between Communities at RIPE 85

[Vesna Manojlovic <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

this autumn, RIPE meeting will happen in my birth-town: Belgrade,
24-28. October 2022   -> https://ripe85.ripe.net/

* Belgrade is an ancient crossroads of diverse cultures, where East and 
West meet
* It is situated on the confluence of two important rivers, Danube 
(connecting Alps with Black Sea) and Sava (connecting three 
South-Eastern Europe countries)
* The bridges across these rivers are practical & symbolic connections 
between regions, religions, communities

Image: https://wiki.techinc.nl/File:Bridges-belgrade-marko-milivojevic.jpeg

So I am inspired to invite you to _build the bridges_ between RIPE & 
*your* communities!

In addition to having an opportunity to learn / teach about usual topics 
such as Internet Governance, BGP, DNS, IPv6, IXPs, RPKI, IoT ...
... I'd love to have my friends join & contribute, specially about the 
"alternative" topics such as :
* Green Tech: impact of Climate Change on the Internet & vice-versa
* Low Tech: how to build/use Internet while respecting planetary limits?
* aspects of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in tech :
     what are the issues intersecting the war, poverty,
     race/gender/age inequalities, local situation... & Internet?

So, please, choose how to join:

* as a speaker : Call for Presentations is open  [1]
     (you can do it remotely, of course!)
* as a student: discounted tickets [2] & online-intro on 4.10.[3]
* as a Fellow: funding for under-represented contributors [4]
* as an author: "Win a Free Ticket" by publishing RIPE Labs article [5]
* as a parent: we offer free child-care! [6]
* volunteer to be a Working-Group co-Chair [7]
     or to serve on the Programme Committee  [8]

... and of course, as a regular participant. [9]

As part of accessibility, we offer live streaming & recordings, 
questions can be asked in chat, there is live stenography transcripts, 
we take notes & publish them quickly for people who missed some 
comments, slides are available during the event & archived.

For your emotional safety, there are Trusted  Contacts on site. We are 
in constant process of improving Code of Conduct handling, your input is 
welcome there too! [10]

I hope to see you there!

ZDRAVO,
Vesna



[1] Call for Presentations (first deadline : 21.8.)
https://ripe85.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/

[2] Discounted tickets:
* whole-week student ticket: 50 Euro
* students & speakers can request a free day-ticket (see web site)
* new LIR have 2 free tickets (see web site)

[3] Student Event: Understanding the Internet,4 October 17:00–18:30 CEST
https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/student-event/

[4] Fellowship support / funding: deadline is Wednesday, 31 August 2022
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship/ripe-fellowship
apply: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-85-fellowship/

[5] RIPE Labs competition: deadline 4.9. 
https://labs.ripe.net/competitions/the-ripe-labs-article-competition-ripe-85/

[6] Free child-care
https://ripe85.ripe.net/attend/diversity/childcare/

[7] several new Working Group chairs are selected each meeting:
https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/ripe-wg-chairs/

[8] several new Programme Committee members are selected each meeting:
https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/

[9] Registration, either online or to buy a ticket:
https://ripe85.ripe.net/attend/register/

[10] Code of Conduct & Trusted Contacts
https://ripe85.ripe.net/attend/code-of-conduct/
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/trusted-contacts



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