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 <[email protected]> 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 > -- > Chris Browne > --- > GTALUG Announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce -- Rouben
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