Hi Harald, I'm definitely for it and would attend and the usual timeframe sounds good. As for the modalities. - Vaccinated : Sure. - Self Test : Although a test before departure sounds like a good idea, I'm not really sure of the need / efficacy of a day to day test. But I also have no issue taking one if people are more comfortable that way or think it's worth it. - Venue : Obvious questions is what are the alternatives :) - Ventilation : I honestly have no idea on the efficacy of that, but if you got filters for the sysmocom office, I guess you did some research and if they are movable and not obnoxiously loud, that can't hurt. - Masks : You didn't mention it in your original email, but personally I think in this context ( low number of people, but quite extended period of time, + meals / drinks ), their efficacy would be negligible. But again, if the consensus is to wear them, I have no issues with that. This is of course just my 2ct and also for my personal situation (like for instance I know I can easily have a week "buffer" before/after the event where I'll have virtually no contacts). Looking forward to hear what others think. Cheers, Sylvain

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 -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)osmocom.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)