[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

[Rouben]

Hi,

Long-time lurker here.

I’d be happy to provide virtual hosting for GTA LUG proceedings and
meetings via Zoom or MS Teams. I work at UofT and I believe I can get GTA
LUG meetings hosted on our infrastructure.

Alternatively, if we can get sponsored (or have other means/resources
available) we could organize a free/libre based solution to hold virtual
meetings.

Thoughts?

Rouben

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 14:23 Christopher Browne <cbbrowne at gmail.com> wrote:

> The ongoing COVID-19 problem has made it impossible to hold
> our monthly meetings at Ryerson.
>
> Our meetings are held at Ryerson University; the University has
> declared [1] that, to help diminish the spread of the virus, they are
> eliminating all discretionary activities on (and off) campus until May
> 1, 2020.  GTALUG certainly falls in the "discretionary activity"
> category, therefore we do not have availability of that space.  It is,
> of course, entirely likely that the May 1 date will shift as the situation
> evolves.
>
> Further, the Ontario Government has banned getting together in
> groups of 50 or more [2] (it would be no surprise for that to go down
> further), and in view of the risks of the virus, it would not be at all
> responsible for GTALUG to attempt to shift to other locations;
> that would not fit well with the "social and physical distancing"
> concept in use to try to diminish spread of the virus.
>
> We are trying to see what we can do about alternative mechanisms, so
> that discussions may take place online.  The mailing list remains
> active, of course; we hope to see more ideas emerge over the next
> couple of weeks.
>
> [1]
> https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2020/03/president-mohamed-lachemi-announces-universitys-plans-to-deal-with-covid-19/
> [2] https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus
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Rouben
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