Glad to read this. It is about time to benefit those of us
that do not travel to events. AK On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:52 AM M.-A. Lemburg <m...@europython.eu> wrote: > In our blog post on the COVID-19 last week, we were still hopeful that > the situation would improve in time for the event in July. The last > few days have shown us that we need to have a more realistic view on > how things will develop in the coming months: > > > https://blog.europython.eu/post/612393987829039104/europython-2020-and-covid-19 > > Right now, we are at a point in the conference organization where we > have invested a lot of time into the preparation of the conference, > but have not started ticket sales, entered sponsorship agreements or > ordered conference and marketing material. > > We also had discussions with the venue and caterer on possible options > to address the risk of not being able to hold the event in July due to > government regulations preventing indoor gatherings. > > > EuroPython 2021 > --------------- > > In our EuroPython Society Board call last night, we discussed the > situation, looked at the options and decided to take the offer of the > venue to postpone the in-person conference to next year. > > > * EuroPython 2021 will be held in Dublin, Ireland, * > * from July 26 - August 1 2021 * > > > How about a virtual EuroPython 2020 ? > ------------------------------------- > > Since we all love EuroPython, the community and good vibes coming from > such gatherings, we are now considering turning this year’s EuroPython > 2020 conference into a virtual event. > > For this, we’d like to gather some feedback and have created a form > for you to let us know what your thoughts are on such a virtual setup: > > > * EuroPython 2020 going virtual feedback form * > > https://forms.gle/dwMYXVR4RFAqvthP6 > > > If we go for the virtual setup for EuroPython 2020, the dates will > likely change a bit, so ticket sales will start a little later. For > now, we will leave the EuroPython 2020 Call for Proposals (CfP) > open. Please note that those talks will then have to be held from your > notebook/desktop without face-to-face audience contact. On the other > hand, many more people could join in, since there’s no travel > involved. We will aim to make the virtual event as interactive as > possible. > > > Code name: EuroPython Winter Edition > ------------------------------------ > > While we’re at it, we’d also like to use the form to gather some > feedback on the idea to have a winter EuroPython event, one where we > run a BarCamp/Sprint/Hackathon style setup in a smaller setting. > > > Help spread the word > -------------------- > > Please help us spread this message by sharing it on your social > networks as widely as possible. Thank you ! > > Link to the blog post: > > > https://blog.europython.eu/post/612826526375919616/europython-2020-going-virtual-europython-2021 > > Tweet: > > https://twitter.com/europython/status/1239845360694067201 > > Thanks, > -- > EuroPython 2020 Team > https://ep2020.europython.eu/ > https://www.europython-society.org/ > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
