Dear fellow Osmocom developers,
as you all know, we've sadly had to skip OsmoDevCon 2020 and 2021, trying to compensate it at least to some extent with our OsmoDevCall every two weeks.
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and we don't know what the upcoming winter season will bring.
Nevertheless, I think it would be a good idea to start a discussion of whether we should plan for an OsmoDevCon in 2022.
I personally would say let's plan for the usual late April 2022 time frame, and if the pandemic situation deteriorates, we can still cancel it with something like one month lead time.
I would also personally suggest to limit attendance to people who are fully vaccinated, and in addition do a self-test for all participants every morning.
In terms of venue, we might also consider to move to a venue that allows better ventilation. Irrespective of the above we can also bring the air filters from the sysmocom office.
So with that as an input statement, I would like to hear your opinion on the above proposals. Who would want to attend? Any complaints against the "vaccinated only plus daily self-tests in the morning" approach?
Regards, Harald
Hi Kevin,
On Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 02:18:14PM +0100, Kévin Redon wrote:
I'm also happy to help with the recording and streaming of the public talks for those not able to join on site.
thanks for that, as usual.
Dear fellow developers,
given the rather unfortunate development of the pandemic both globally with Omicron, as well as particularly locally in Berlin, I decided to further postpone an on-site OsmoDevCon. At least the late April / early May time frame seemed unrealistic.
Shifting the event further towards or into summer seems more realistic from a pandemic point of view, as experience over the past years has shown much lower infection rates then. However, there are of course holiday plans, etc. that might more likely conflict with OsmoDevCon at such a time.
I have started a poll at https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/TrmQAhYOWA/ in order to understand whether there's a preference for a specific month, and I'd like to invite everyone to state their preference in this poll (can also be done anonymously).
The venue and format can of course also still be discussed. I would think that having everyone in the same hotel would reduce the amount of contacts, as not every participant meets different hotel staff, has to commute through a city spending time with hundreds of other different people every day in public transport or the like. This might of course increase cost, but I'm sure we can find a solution for that.
One of the random thoughts I had was to use https://www.linuxhotel.de/ - a hotel + conference venue specifically dedicated to FOSS with plenty of outdoor space. However, it's at least a 35min cab ride from the closest airports (DUS, DTM) and about an hour from CGN. For people arriving long distance by car or train there's probably little difference compared to Berlin.
Regards, Harald
Dear fellow Osmocom developers,
more than a month later and the world is a completely different place once again.
Given that the number of daily infections and deaths are again rising in Germany, I am rather happy that we didn't settle for a spring date in / around our usual April time frame.
On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 08:28:41AM +0100, Harald Welte wrote:
I have started a poll at https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/TrmQAhYOWA/ in order to understand whether there's a preference for a specific month, and I'd like to invite everyone to state their preference in this poll (can also be done anonymously).
the poll has shown a clear preference for September. So if we are to hold an OsmoDevCon this year, it will definitely be in September.
The venue and format can of course also still be discussed. I would think that having everyone in the same hotel would reduce the amount of contacts, as not every participant meets different hotel staff, has to commute through a city spending time with hundreds of other different people every day in public transport or the like. This might of course increase cost, but I'm sure we can find a solution for that.
I haven't really seen much feedback on that topic. I still like that idea, and the limited feedback I've seen was positive / neutral, so I think I'll continue to explore in that direction.
Regards, Harald
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Harald Welte