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

[Alessandro Pasotti]

Hi,

I'm very sorry but I have to cancel my in-person participation, the
government has just insulated the whole Lombardy region and half of
the provinces of my region (Piedmont) and the same train I was
supposed to catch has been canceled too (the whole transportation
system is in deep troubles with delays and cancellations), so I
thought my chances to get there were dropping rapidly.

I was able to successfully cancel the hotel reservation without fees
(at least that's what I understood from their not-so-clear website).

I will try to attend remotely.

I'm really sorry because I was really looking forward to meet you all
and have some nice time together, I'm deeply convinced that our
in-person meetings play an essential role in keeping our amazing
community healthy and strong!

Safe travels!



On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:31 AM Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> 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> 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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