BerkeleyLUG meetup next Sunday -- Thoughts on Cancellation?

[goossbears <acohen36@gmail.com>]

Hey all,
By now most/all of you reading this have also viewed the series of mailing-list thread(s) here regarding Michael P's announcement here 'BALUG: Tu 2020-03-17 meeting CANCELLED (COVID-19)!; & other BALUG News'; http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2020q1/014612.html

Besides Rick M's keen and prolific insights regarding COVID-19 and the BALUG meeting cancellation, what do others of you who've regularly attended BerkeleyLUG's meetups think of cancelling next Sunday's BerkeleyLUG meetup at Cafe Blue Door?

Don't myself know of any pending closures or reduced hours of Cafe Blue Door (so please inform if/when things change at the Cafe), but did see today's CDC release 'Interim Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)' at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/large-events/mass-gatherings-ready-for-covid-19.html
Part of the release that might perhaps be applicable to Cafe Blue Door (as a regular hangout for Cal students) is ...
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CDC, in accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States.

Events of any size should only be continued if they can be carried out with adherence to guidelines for protecting vulnerable populations, hand hygiene, and social distancing.  When feasible, organizers could modify events to be virtual.
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Other potentially relevant links within today's CDC Interim Guidance release are
- vulnerable populations, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/high-risk-complications.html
- hand hygiene and social distancing, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html
- schools, institutes of higher learning, or businesses, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/index.html

So again, besides Rick M's keen and prolific insights regarding COVID-19 and the BALUG meeting cancellation, what do others of you who've regularly attended BerkeleyLUG's meetups think of cancelling next Sunday's BerkeleyLUG meetup at Cafe Blue Door?

Thanks for all of your input(s) on this!

-Aaron

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