[Qgis-psc] What about postpone the meeting (and LTR release) due to Corona Virus?

Thu Mar 5 00:30:56 PST 2020

Hi all I alsonthink we are not in the medical knowledge to decide ourselves
and need to rely expert rules and suggestions. I m also available today and
tomorrow all day for a meeting.
cheers
Marco

On Thu, 5 Mar 2020, 09:20 Raymond Nijssen, <r.nijssen at terglobo.nl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for your email, Luigi. I understand your concerns and of course
> we have been discussing "Corona" in the organizing committee as well.
>
> Our plan is to take measurements, like having disinfection and soap
> available, and printed how-to-cough-and-wash-hands advises on the walls.
>
> This morning I contacted the Red Cross to ask for their advise since we
> are in their building.
>
>
> Practical considerations
>
> 1. Since I am not a doctor I cannot really decide on what to do. So I
> need to rely on other's opinions and rules. (I did contact a friend who
> is a doctor to ask for her opinion.)
>
>
> Postponing is not easy!
> - What would be the situation a month from now? Or 2? Or 3?
> - Would people who just lost their ticket and/or hotel money book new
> tickets for the postponed meeting and maybe loose their money again?
> - The Red Cross building is not available the next months, so we would
> need to find another venue.
> - We would loose some (minor) non-refundable costs
>
> So I think postponing would end up in cancellation.
>
>
> My idea is to just let the HF happen as planned as long as the
> government does not forbid it. And as we are only a group of 50 people I
> cannot imagine they will. (Cause so many companies have over 50
> employees. Would they all be closed?)
>
> People can decide for themselves whether they want to go or not, right?
>
>
> I'm available all day for an ad-hoc PSC meeting.
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Raymond
>
>
>
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>
> On 05-03-2020 08:31, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> > Hi Luigi, Dear PSC colleagues,
> >
> > I think with such decisions we should listen to the recommendations of
> > the local governments where the meeting takes place. Raymond, as the
> > local organizer should investigate with the local government if they are
> > ok with the meeting taking place. As long as they are fine with the
> > meeting, I think we should also be fine. Of course, the normal
> > recommended precautions issued by them should be taken into account. And
> > also each individual participant has a responsibility - if they had
> > contact with a person known to have the virus, they should probably not
> > participate at the meeting.
> >
> > I would assume that many if not most participants already booked their
> > train tickets and hotels. As for myself, I also booked a non-refundable
> > rate, as this is cheaper. Without the local government issuing a meeting
> > ban, I think we wouldn't get any refunds. We should also take this into
> > account. Who will pay for such losses if we decide to cancel the meeting
> > without the government asking for it?
> >
> > As an example: the german FOSSGIS conference, which should take place
> > with several hundred participants next week is also in contact with the
> > local government. They issued a warning at their website, that the
> > conference might be canceled, but as it stands now, it would take place.
> >
> > I think we should do the same. We are a much smaller group - but with
> > the increased risk that we come from diverse places.
> >
> > This is my opinion - Paolo and Raymond what do you think? Should we
> > discuss this in an ad-hoc PSC meeting?
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Andreas
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 23:07, Luigi Pirelli <luipir at gmail.com
> > <mailto:luipir at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi
> >
> >     We are in a delicate phase of the expansion of the virus, where it's
> >     not clear yet if the actions to prevent diffusion are effective or
> not.
> >
> >     Actually I'm 50% to travel to den-bosch or to remain at home
> >     avoiding risks for my parents. I'm evaluating basing on the
> >     evolution of the infection.
> >
> >     a friend (Scientist and worker in an hospital) suggest to remain at
> >     home for social responsibility to reduce the opportunity to spread
> >     the virus.
> >     Social responsibility because 50% of the infected have to be
> >     hospitalised and 10% in reanimation... Italy, for example, have only
> >     4000 reanimation places that have to be shared with "normal" cases.
> >
> >     My proposal would be to postpone at least 1 month later.
> >
> >     Luigi Pirelli
> >
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