no in-person meeting, --> IRC: Re: BerkeleyLUG meetup next Sunday -- Thoughts on Cancellation?

["Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu>]

No in-person meeting - the county has mandated that choice for us.

IRC - for those who wish, see:
https://berkeleylug.com/berkeleylug/
Some of us may meet on-line during the regular time slot - but no
in-person meeting.

> From: goossbears <acohen36@gmail.com>
> Subject: BerkeleyLUG meetup next Sunday -- Thoughts on Cancellation?
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:31:33 -0700 (PDT)

> 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 ...
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 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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