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 <k...@andrew.cmu.edu>, 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
