Re: covid restrictions, tpac

Hey again,
only one person has answered saying they will be present here on Thursday
but the person is quite busy on Thursday so may not have time to join our
meeting, as I understand it.

Given these circumstances, and given that there still seems to be a certain
level of anxiety about covid among the meeting organizers, I think the
responsible thing for me to do is to stay at home in the hotel during all
days but Thursday and connect remotely to other sessions. On Thursday I
will be going to the venue for the first session just in case someone
should show up in person, and then go home again at 11:30 and take the
remainder of the day from the hotel room remotely. That way facial
expressions can be read better over the call.

I'm only 1.1 km from the venue and there are lots of interesting cultural
attractions here in town (which seems to have left Covid behind a long time
ago), so if anyone is in town and interested in meeting up outside of
meeting hours - let me know and I'll show up.

Otherwise, see you on Thursday on Zoom (note that it is not the normal
Jitsi link).

Johannes

On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 6:05 PM Johannes Wilm <mail@johanneswilm.org> wrote:

> Hey,
> I am wondering if anyone is actually planning to show up in person. So far
> I've only heard from remote participants. If I'm the only one taking the
> trip to Spain, then I wonder if it makes more sense to take the call from
> my hotel room and avoid the venue complete rather than to wear a mask for
> 72 hours prior to Thursday. My toddler kids and partner are coming along on
> the trip, so it's not that easy to always wear a mask. Also, the vaccine
> program in Sweden has been closed for under 50 year olds for close to a
> year now, so while I've had (very mild) covid at least once, I have not had
> access to covid boosters, etc. and it sounds like not everyone might be
> comfortable sitting next to someone effectively unvaccinated.
>
> I finance this trip completely out of my own pocket, taking a week of
> vacation time, so it's a bit disappointing if it ends up with me just
> sitting a few hundred meters away from the venue. So if anyone will be
> physically there, let me know and can go through the mask thing, or we can
> meet up somewhere else outside.
>
>
>
>

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