Annnnd the air quality monitoring array has been deployed at #MatrixConf! Can you guess which room the BarCamp is starting in? 😂
Tomorrow will be the real test of the venue's ventilation, as we're expecting about 4x the attendees that we have today.
We take the #HealthAndSafety of our community seriously and are requiring masks indoors this year. The data we collect will help us calibrate our approach with this venue when we return!
An event, in Portugal, in 2024, with a COVID-19 health and safety policy? It can be done!
I just found out about https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Global_Gathering_COVID-19_Policy , the COVID-19 policy for the #digitalrights "Global Gathering 2024" event that is going to happen in September 27-29 in #Estoril and I must say I'm quite happy about it.
What's that sound? 👂
It's the engines of the #PublicHealthPledge event badging application process spooling back up!
We've thrilled to have started receiving applications from events that are going through the @chaoss DEI event badging process and will be reviewing applications on a weekly basis starting today!
#HealthAndSafety #COVID #DEI #IAQ #OpenSource #FOSS #Events #PHPledge
I am wondering if the #PHPledge crowd @phpledge has any recommendations on best practices regarding choosing meal venues.
Events often have (and sometimes are only) meals involved - whether it is a dinner party or the lunch and social couple of hours between morning and afternoon talks, etc.. Sometimes it will be catering on the event venue, and health measures are more under the organizers' control, but often enough those meals are going to happen in indoor restaurants.
So my question is, what measures should a PHPledge-conscious event take in choosing a restaurant?
You may not have the spoons to attend an event.
You may not realise there's something you can do right now to help your community be more accessible to others.
You may want to spread word of a cool event to your followers. Which is awesome.
I'm always going to check out what you're interested in, mutuals.
Although I'd like a small favour if you can. Please can you check if they have a public health policy?
If they don't could you ask them? Please?
Because I want to boost.
Kinda heartbroken.
Something I posted in 2023 @josh .
Yet again, I get the impression that FOSS doesn't really believe in equality. Especially if it's difficult to implement, or to get people to understand the issue.
Yet again, people express resentment that some of us are asking openly for some consideration of our health and safety.
Or perhaps Organisers don't like people asking them to enable that equality of access.
We are in maintenance mode because the universe has thoroughly piled on the volunteers behind the #PublicHealthPledge project – but we're still here!
We continue to advise event and community organizers who are willing to put in the work to run safer and more inclusive events.
Please, keep advocating for #HealthAndSafety precautions, tagging us in posts, and sending people our way! We are always glad to help.
Culture change is slow, but together anything is possible.
marado
Robin Riley (fka Josh)
The Public Health Pledge
Esther Payne 
Anthony