<div dir="auto">How about a google hangout session? </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu., Mar. 26, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Christopher Browne, <<a href="mailto:cbbrowne@gmail.com">cbbrowne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The ongoing COVID-19 problem has made it impossible to hold <br><div>our monthly meetings at Ryerson.</div><br>Our meetings are held at Ryerson University; the University has<br>declared [1] that, to help diminish the spread of the virus, they are<br>eliminating all discretionary activities on (and off) campus until May<br>1, 2020.  GTALUG certainly falls in the "discretionary activity"<br>category, therefore we do not have availability of that space.  It is,<br>of course, entirely likely that the May 1 date will shift as the situation<br>evolves.<br><div> </div><div>Further, the Ontario Government has banned getting together in</div><div>groups of 50 or more [2] (it would be no surprise for that to go down <br></div><div>further), and in view of the risks of the virus, it would not be at all <br></div><div>responsible for GTALUG to attempt to shift to other locations; <br></div><div>that would not fit well with the "social and physical distancing" <br></div><div>concept in use to try to diminish spread of the virus.<br></div><br>We are trying to see what we can do about alternative mechanisms, so<br>that discussions may take place online.  The mailing list remains<br>active, of course; we hope to see more ideas emerge over the next<br><div>couple of weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2020/03/president-mohamed-lachemi-announces-universitys-plans-to-deal-with-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2020/03/president-mohamed-lachemi-announces-universitys-plans-to-deal-with-covid-19/</a></div><div>[2] <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus</a></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Chris Browne<br></div></div>
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