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<p>While the circumstances mentioned in this thread are trying, the
framing of this as something that could conceivably be fixed and
then we can all stop thinking about it is false.</p>
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<p>Even if travel budgets resume, and even if visas become easier to
obtain, (at least as easy to obtain as they were before COVID-19,)
the Consortium should consider remote/hybrid participation in all
future conferences and meetings of technical bodies as a mandatory
part of the planning of one.</p>
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<p>Simply put, some contributors have disabling conditions which are
likely to impede the ability to travel. One of the contributors
I'm thinking of (besides myself) is also moving out of the
California region.</p>
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</p>
<p>Physical accessibility to events should not be sacrificed, but it
is the case that there are some for whom attendance cannot be made
accessible even with reasonable accommodations. To speak for
myself, it is unpredictable when I will be in one category or
another, due to osteogenesis imperfecta being a bone disease, I
could have more or fewer broken bones impeding the ability to
travel at some times but not others.</p>
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<p>Now that COVID has forced us to adapt to hybrid meetings, we
should not lose the progress made on the accessibility front.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/16/21 14:25, Andrew Glass via
Unicode wrote:<br>
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I'm in a similar situation. I have approval from my organization
to register for the conference (which I have done). But I don't
have approval to travel. Microsoft has postponed their
back-to-the-office date once again, and travel budget is not
available to most teams.</div>
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So I'm hoping there will be some option for remote
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Thank you,</div>
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Andrew</div>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
Unicode <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:unicode-bounces@corp.unicode.org"><unicode-bounces@corp.unicode.org></a> on behalf of
Dominik Röttsches via Unicode <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org"><unicode@corp.unicode.org></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org">unicode@corp.unicode.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org"><unicode@corp.unicode.org></a>; Mike Narducci
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mike@omg.org"><mike@omg.org></a>; Carol David <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carol@omg.org"><carol@omg.org></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Roderick Sheeter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rsheeter@google.com"><rsheeter@google.com></a>; Peter
Constable <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pconstable@microsoft.com"><pconstable@microsoft.com></a>; Mark Davis
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:markdavis@google.com"><markdavis@google.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] IUC 45 remote attendance options
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Unicode Consortium IUC organizers, dear Mike
and Carol,
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<div>I would like to inquire what measures are taken for
international attendees and speakers to participate in IUC
45 if they are not able to travel to Santa Clara. </div>
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<div>Schengen area (≈ European) residents and residents from a
list of other countries (at least: China, UK, India,
Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, Iran) are still not allowed
entry into the US -
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as per US policy</a>. This means, conference participants
restricted by these travel policies are unfairly left out if
there is no option to contribute to and attend the
conference in some form of hybrid conference way. </div>
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</div>
<div>Please let me know how you plan to address this in a way
that prevents remote attendees from being at a disadvantage.</div>
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<div>Thank you in advance,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Dominik Röttsches</div>
<div>Speaker for Session 10, Vector Color Fonts</div>
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