[FOSS4G-Oceania] Childcare at FOSS4G SotM Oceania

[Greg Lauer]

I support option Three

Greg

On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 11:17 PM, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> We need to assess interest in childcare assistance at FOSS4G SotM Oceania.
> A few models are possible:
>
> - full time care (needs $$), which might suit parents of small humans who
> need to be dropped off for the day (or two) so that parents can conference
> like a boss
> - part-time care (also needs $$), for parents who want to drop little
> humans off for, say, a morning session
> - child-friendliness (less $$), means that that big humans are tolerant of
> little humans being in sessions, being breastfed, being around. It also
> means that big humans who bring little humans need to be respectful of the
> conference in general, ie exit sessions as needed to help everyone else
> enjoy the conference (this is the likely model I will use, since my small
> humans will be 8 and 9.5) and respect the limits of their small humans’
> endurance for being stuck in conference sessions.
>
> Things to consider:
>
> - legal issues. If we organise childcare, it will likely need to be done
> by paying a provider. That covers us all for any legal issues.
> - cost issues. Doing the above is expensive. We’ve got some quotes, but
> need to refine interest in using childcare and get better quotes!
> - general support. Are we happy as a unit to pause talks etc briefly to
> let parents escape if need be? Are we able as a group to look out for, and
> be tolerant of, small humans as we get around?
>
> Is that a reasonable set of stuff to discuss? Happy to hear your thoughts
>
> Adam
>
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