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Posted Jan 30, 2025 10:41 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: I feel entitlement-vibes by nix
Parent article: FOSDEM keynote causes concerns

I'm pretty sure that a "wear a mask" policy would be at least controversial as the lack of disease policy... I'm afraid catching a cold in winter is practically inevitable if someone goes to crowded spaces (public transport, school, etc.). In a previous decade I was single and rarely used public transport to commute - but nearly every time I did take the tram and underground, I caught cold. Now this problem is solved, the kids bring home all new germs from kindergarten/school, so I don't even need to leave home :-)

One can make precautions like getting vaccinated, wearing a mask or avoiding such places. Maybe the conference could be moved to spring.

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I feel entitlement-vibes

Posted Jan 30, 2025 18:07 UTC (Thu) by laurent.pinchart (subscriber, #71290) [Link]

As far as I understand, one of the key reasons why the FOSDEM takes place on the first weekend of February is because the ULB campus is free of classes on the week before, as students are on a break after an intensive period of exams. This gives the organizers time to setup everything for the conference. Moving it to spring would be quite difficult, if not impossible (assuming of course it stays organized at the ULB, moving to a different venue would be an entirely different question).