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

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

@Arnulf,

please also request the "Insurance thing" - as we should be clear of 
what and whom might happen s.th., in case of s.th. unwanted happens....

Till



Am 2015-06-29 11:29, schrieb 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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