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I think that we should bring Jenn from Concentra into this discussion. She is dealing with this for other conferences. Thanks, Cary On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:09 AM Peter Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wow...this is a big question, isn't it? We're trying to speculate now > whether large, in-person meetings will be possible in Spring 2021. I'm an > optimistic person by nature; that said, I'm not confident that face-to-face > meetings of more than 20 people are going to be possible. And if a > face-to-face meeting were to happen, it would probably still have > significant social distancing requirements and perhaps health screening > needs. Would organizations allow people to travel? There would probably be > a significant percentage of remote participation. (We handled that well in > March, but this is at another new scale.) > > I see that the ballot has an online option (although the Buffalo proposal > site doesn't have a description of this). Might we discuss a hybrid option > where there are local sites of less than 15 people (as well as single > remote users, of course) that are coordinated and em cee'd out of a Buffalo > "head end"? > > Should we discuss this on the list some more before voting? Or see how > this round of voting pans out? > > Peter > On May 8, 2020, 12:35 PM -0400, Kenneth L Rose <[log in to unmask]>, > wrote: > > Dear Code4Lib Community, > > > > We are mindful that these are unprecedent and uncertain times as we all > try to navigate the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. With that > being said, the 2020 planning committee bears the responsibility of passing > the torch to the next Local Planning Committee. Please see the link below > for the survey for 2021 hosting options. The University of Buffalo, > University Libraries is the only group that has submitted a proposal for > Code4Lib 2021. They have submitted 4 options and we added a virtual only > option. > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqi-x5c9_4IAdAqCHmJG73pAmn2IYXpWS9eRx8-lTiWq1d6A/viewform?usp=sf_link > > > > We appreciate your feedback. > > > > Code4Lib 2020 planning Committee > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com