[Organizers] Re: Is it time to end COVID restrictions at most contra dances?

2023-01-05 Thread Donald Perley via Organizers
"Our dance organizing team — for the Montpelier, VT, contra series — will be revisiting the issue of COVID protocols at our February meeting, so this thread is well timed. Our attendance has actually gone UP compared to pre-pandemic levels, including an influx of young and largely queer dancers,

[Organizers] Re: Performer "Testing to Unmask" Policy Timing

2022-12-22 Thread Donald Perley via Organizers
Re: "1 to 2 days before testing" transmission. For what it's worth, when I got it I had symptoms for ~9 days and 3 negative tests including PCR before I tested positive. (I was staying home that whole time, because it was "something" even if not COVID.) I've read it tends to take longer to test

[Organizers] Re: Some examples of COVID policies

2022-10-04 Thread Donald Perley via Organizers
gt; preferences around covid in their communities is also good fit for this > list. > > General "how seriously should you take covid at this point" discussion is > not a good fit: there are lots of other places to have that debate. > > Jeff > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 1:

[Organizers] Re: Some examples of COVID policies

2022-10-04 Thread Donald Perley via Organizers
Re COVID in general in the US, we are still seeing around 500 deaths per day. On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM John Sweeney via Organizers wrote: > > Hi all, > Is COVID still that much of a problem in the USA? > > Our current policy is: > "Vaccinations and LFTs are appreciated, but

[Organizers] Re: photography policy?

2021-03-20 Thread Donald Perley via Organizers
Aside from whether "public invited" counts in privately owned space, lots, maybe most, dances are in public spaces like schools, town halls, even national parks (Glen Echo) On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 9:48 AM Ron Blechner via Organizers wrote: > > It's my understanding that most dances are held in