[FOSS4G-Oceania] childcare/conference considerations

[Cameron Shorter]

+1. I'm really impressed with how practical and sensible this child 
friendly proposal is. I reckon it is worthy of being promoted as an 
exemplar for others to follow. Well done Adam and others who have pulled 
this together.


On 24/08/2018 12:29 PM, John Bryant wrote:
> +1 from me too. Let's not promise things we may not be able to deliver.
>
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 11:52, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au 
> <mailto:tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>     +1 for providing a document, not a service, for our scale and at
>     this time.
>
>     M>
>
>     *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of adam
>     steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com <mailto:adam.d.steer at gmail.com>>
>     *Date: *Friday, 24 August 2018 at 11:50 am
>     *To: *foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     *Subject: *[FOSS4G-Oceania] childcare/conference considerations
>
>     hey all
>
>     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.
>
>     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.
>
>     The document is here - further comments welcome:
>
>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q_S01zTDMP1TUpLQQo3O0wmnP1UmcvW3mPSORn4h9uc/edit#
>
>     Should we aim to send this out early next week?
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Adam
>
>
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