[FOSS4G2016] FOSS4G 2016 - offer progam for partners/kids/family

[Arnulf Christl]

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On 29.06.2015 11:23, Daniel Kastl wrote:
> I like the idea of child care.
> There is this discussion about Code of Conduct and discrimination on
> the other list(s), and I think child care is a good example how you
> can support attendants with children, who otherwise might not be able
> to attend. And if it's just to brand the conference "family-friendly" ;-
> )
> 
> I think AGIT provided child care last year, so someone from the
> organizers may be able to help or answer questions.

Thanks for the pointer Daniel. I will be at AGIT next week and put this
on our agenda.

Have fun,
Arnulf

> Regards,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> On 29/06/15 11:05, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> ...in our meeting on Saturday "Child Care" was top on the list. In
>> my understanding we would like to offer this free of cost. Somebody
>> had numbers from comparable conferences, something like 10 kids per
>> 1000 attendees were cared for. This is perfectly in our budget and
>> if it makes it easier for folks to attend, maybe even women who
>> otherwise would not be able to come, then so much the better.
> 
>> Anything else like "spouse care" should probably be an add-on cost
>> (if we really want to provide that). Whether to do this could be
>> polled with/from/to(?) the community.
> 
>> Do we have a simple polling mechanism in place and which FOSS4G
>> 2016 team [1] would sign up responsible to do this?
> 
>> Cheers, Arnulf
> 
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Teams
> 
> 
>> On 29.06.2015 10:09, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>> Hello Astrid, @All,
> 
>>> I was quite sure, that we aren't the first having this idea.
>>> Thanks for the link. I am going to talk to BONN Tourismus later
>>> today and discuss that with them. I come back to the list with
>>> their thoughts,
> 
>>> Some points: The offer for FOSDEM was for free. I don't think
>>> that we get free guides, so this will cost us some money and I am
>>> not quite sure, whether particiaption should be covered through
>>> all attendees of the cconference. So I would prefer to charge
>>> this an extra point when registering. What do you think?
> 
>>> And how about expenses for our FOSS4G Kindergarten - included or 
>>> not? For this I would prefer having that included, to make
>>> things less complicated and also to help people having the
>>> sitation, that there is nobody else caring about the childs?
> 
> 
>>> Till
> 
> 
>>> Am 2015-06-29 09:59, schrieb Astrid Emde (OSGeo):
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> we were talking about offering a program for the 
>>>> partners/kids/family during the FOSS4G 2016.
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Teams [1]
>>>>
>>>> In the link you find what they offer for partners/kids/family 
>>>> during FOSDEM. Sounds good to me ;)
>>>>
>>>> "Starting in 2009, FOSDEM has hired professional guides each
>>>> year to offer free guided tours of Brussels to the
>>>> spouses/partners of FOSDEM visitors. If your partner would like
>>>> to accompany you to Brussels but is not interested in the
>>>> FOSDEM conference, this will make their stay worthwhile.
>>>> Brussels has a rich historical past and a cosmopolitan
>>>> present...."
>>>>
>>>> https://fosdem.org/2015/sightseeing/ [2]
>>>>
>>>> Astrid
> 
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