[FOSS4G-Oceania] childcare/conference considerations

[Trisha Moriarty]

+1 for child friendly doc
I think its great that the child care option was really given some serious
attention, thanks Adam

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 2:01 PM Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 publish document only
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> *From:* FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On
> Behalf Of *adam steer
> *Sent:* Friday, 24 August 2018 11:50 AM
> *To:* foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [FOSS4G-Oceania] childcare/conference considerations
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> hey all
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> I had some great feedback from PyConAu last week. They offer childcare at
> a heavily subsidised rate at their event. However, their experience is that
> while the program generates attention, take up is low (6 kids from ~700
> people last year, one or two from the same number this year). It would cost
> almost $2000 to hire two carers for 8 hours for two days; and that comes
> with a long list of things we need to provide as well - toys, craft
> materials, a microwave, other stuff.
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> Given our numbers, what do you think? I’m heavily leaning toward making my
> life easier and publishing the ‘child friendly conference’ document -
> rather than offering childcare this time.
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> The document is here - further comments welcome:
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q_S01zTDMP1TUpLQQo3O0wmnP1UmcvW3mPSORn4h9uc/edit#
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q_S01zTDMP1TUpLQQo3O0wmnP1UmcvW3mPSORn4h9uc/edit>
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> Should we aim to send this out early next week?
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> Cheers
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> Adam
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