Re: [tlug] July 2020 meeting

[Edward Middleton <edward.middleton@example.com>]

On 7/7/20 1:14 pm, Benjamin Kowarsch wrote:
> The primary risk of holding a TLUG meeting lies not with the meeting 
> itself but with the nomikai afterwards.
>
> If you get a large enough venue where attendees can sit down while 
> keeping good distance between each other
> and if everybody is wearing a mask at all times (no drinking, no eating 
> while at the venue), further providing
> alcohol for disinfecting hands at the entrance, then the risk is manageable.
>
> If you want to take extra precautions, you might want to have a PA 
> system at the venue and a wireless
> microphone that a volunteer will operate for Q&A because the spread of 
> aerosol is larger
> when speaking with a louder voice. The presenter should also speak 
> through a microphone
> and wear a mask during the presentation
>
> All bets are off if people then go to a bar or restaurant for a nomikai.
>
> However, for many of us, the socialising with others is one of the 
> attractions of the TLUG meetings.
>
> To manage that risk, attendees could be told to bring their own food and 
> drinks (or a short trip to a
> convenience store could be scheduled) and then have a picnic in a nearby 
> park where social
> distancing can be observed.

We approached a couple of places that had suitable venues but they said 
they weren't prepared to have meetings held there at this stage.

Edcward