Re: Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[Héctor Orón Martínez]

Hey Dan,

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:12 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson  wrote:
> It turns out there are TWO lists,
>
> 
> From: debconf-team-requ...@lists.debconf.org
> Message-ID: 
>
> Welcome to the debconf-t...@lists.debconf.org mailing list!
> =
>
> From: SmartList 
> Message-Id: <20180205024640.8e830...@bendel.debian.org>
>
> You have added to the subscriber list of:
>
> debconf-team@lists.debian.org
> =
>
> Extremely frustrating.

This is probaly due to migration from debconf.org domain into debian.org domain.

> So Hector, please repost my second typhoon article, the one where I talk
> about taxis, for me also. Thanks. I only figured out the second list now
> so my post bounced.

I think it hitted the list fine:
  https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2018/02/msg9.html

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Re: Re: Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Re: Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

It turns out there are TWO lists,


From: debconf-team-requ...@lists.debconf.org
Message-ID: 

Welcome to the debconf-t...@lists.debconf.org mailing list!
=

From: SmartList 
Message-Id: <20180205024640.8e830...@bendel.debian.org>

You have added to the subscriber list of:

debconf-team@lists.debian.org
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Extremely frustrating.

So Hector, please repost my second typhoon article, the one where I talk
about taxis, for me also. Thanks. I only figured out the second list now
so my post bounced.

Re: Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[陳昌倬]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 06:31:01PM +0100, Héctor Orón Martínez wrote:
> Hello team,
> 
> I contacted Dan Jacobson, from Taiwan, sent me this useful information
> below.
> 
> == 8< =
> 
> OK. I tried to post this to debconf-t...@lists.debconf.org :
> 
> Debconf18 will be held at the height of typhoon season in typhoon alley:
> Taiwan. Therefore,
> 
> Be sure all indoor events can still be held according to schedule even
> if a national holiday is declared and all building staff are sent home,
> etc. Check with the facilities on what contingency plans and legal
> ramifications etc. Do it now and not only if a typhoon is declared.

We have one extra day as typhoon buffer. If there is a typhoon day, we
won't do anything since it might be dangerous to even walk from
accommodation to venue.

> Be sure all outdoor events have a backup plan B to become an alternative
> indoor event. And/or one indoor event day X that can be swapped with
> outdoor event day Y (separated by several days), just in case.
> 
> == 8< =

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Re: Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Yes, be very sure in your discussions with the university that of what I
might call

Type I conferences: ones that can be rescheduled to e.g., the next week
in case of typhoons.

Type II conferences: ones that have a lot of international participants
with airline tickets that have been purchased a year in advance with no
flexibility in their worldwide schedules.

95% of conferences here in Taiwan are type I and that is what facilities
staff will assume unless you make it clear to them.

Also inquire about which building sections will still be available
during a power failure, and back-up power supplies so audio-visual
presentations can still continue.

As far as transportation during any official Typhoon Declaration periods
goes, on the event website of course even all taxi spots (airport, train
station, etc.) would be listed along with other options. However make no
official endorsement "that the conference staff said to still use them
during a typhoon" (and thus are liable if accident occurs.)

In all cases it is the participant's responsibility to get him/her self
to/from the conference center, and the Committee take no responsibility
for what happens outside the complex building.

Any chauffeur/limousine services should be listed on the conference
website but all contracts should be between the participant and the
limousine service and not the Committee and the limousine service: i.e.,
we did not officially tell the participant to take any transportation
service during the official National Typhoon Declaration Period and that
a tree fell on the vehicle and injured... is not our responsibility!

Plan around activities in case typhoon happens

[Héctor Orón Martínez]

Hello team,

I contacted Dan Jacobson, from Taiwan, sent me this useful information
below.

== 8< =

OK. I tried to post this to debconf-t...@lists.debconf.org :

Debconf18 will be held at the height of typhoon season in typhoon alley:
Taiwan. Therefore,

Be sure all indoor events can still be held according to schedule even
if a national holiday is declared and all building staff are sent home,
etc. Check with the facilities on what contingency plans and legal
ramifications etc. Do it now and not only if a typhoon is declared.

Be sure all outdoor events have a backup plan B to become an alternative
indoor event. And/or one indoor event day X that can be swapped with
outdoor event day Y (separated by several days), just in case.

== 8< =