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

[Jeff McKenna]

For the record I have attended a FOSS4G event and saw DanielK trying to 
bring his little girl through the talks ha.  It would be great for 
FOSS4G to have this "family program".  +1

-jeff




On 2015-06-29 6:34 AM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
> @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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