Replying to @pwaring @flossuk
I’ve never charged simply because the conferences I’ve spoken out had no funding to pay, which is fine.
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I've accepted sponsorship in order to attend and give a talk, but said sponsorship has never covered all my costs. As Martin says, it's fine, if I want to talk, I'd rather talk somewhere it's appreciated than somewhere throwing money at the speaker problem.

Sep 5, 2018 Β· 2:21 PM UTC

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Which is why I think sponsoring speakers to attend is fine, but there shouldn't be anything much beyond covering costs.