Re: Wineconf futures

[Aaryaman Vasishta]

+1 on the remote attendance/participation :-)

Cheers,
Aaryaman

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 12:41 AM Mandi Gagne (she/her) 
wrote:
> Excellent points, Dan.
>
> On 7/8/21 10:37 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > Yeah, bit hard to predict.  Nobody knows which way things will go, quite.
> >
> > To reduce risk of an outbreak at the conference city, better pick one
>
> with
> > a really good vaccination rate.  Africa is right out...
> >
> > Better allow remote participation, too.
> > - Dan
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:46 PM Marcus Meissner
>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 01:03:59PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > > > Hello from a longtime lurker!  I'm not planning to attend, but here
> > > > are some thoughts from my biology geek side.
> > > >
> > > > Coronavirus data for Minneapolis' surrounding county at
> > > > https://covidactnow.org/us/minnesota-mn/county/hennepin_county
> > > > shows Rt well below 1.0 and 60% full vaccination, which is pretty good.
> > > >
> > > > I figure if there is no post-july-4th surge in the next couple weeks,
> > > > it should be safe for fully vaccinated people to attend.
> > > > See
>
> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/attend/h...
> > > > for an example policy the event might want to adopt (or who knows,
> > > > might already be required to adopt, dunno about xdc governance).
> > > >
> > > > Also, rules for international travel are complex.
> > > > Being fully vaccinated is strongly recommended and a specific kind of
> > > > proof of vaccination
> > > > and a recent specific test result may also be required; see e.g.
>
> https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-dur...
> > > > https://reopen.europa.eu/
> > > > I suspect travellers may need to obey rules for both origin and
> > > > destination countries...
> > >
> > > The pandemic situation is quite fluid still, so any forecasts are risky.
> > >
> > > See UK currently with a exponential raise of numbers due to the Delta
> > > strain (and ongoing cutting of anti corona measures) ...
> > >
> > > I see also other European countries and likely also the US on an uptick
> > > in the next weeks / months again due to Delta.
> > >
> > > I fear the current pandemic situation makes planning a in person event
>
> in 2021 a bit risky.
> > > Ciao, Marcus
> > >
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