17 Mar
2020
17 Mar
'20
4:52 p.m.
Dear Osmocom community,
it hurts me to make this statement, but unfortunately I have to cancel
my OsmoDevCon 2020 participation in April. The borders are closing due
to COVID-19, even between my home country and Russian Federation. I
have been looking forward to see you all, but this time I won't make
it.
I've seen some ideas in the IRC about making it online, but it would
not make much sense (at least to me) since we all work online anyway.
Meeting face-to-face is what makes the event so nice.
I know that most participants are EU/Berlin based, and the event can
still be held. But would it be possible to reschedule it at a later
date? Maybe in summer or autumn the situation would get better? I will
keep my flight reservation until the end of March, so it would be
possible to change the dates.
Gesundheit!
With best regards,
Vadim Yanitskiy.
17 Mar
17 Mar
5:46 p.m.
Hi Vadim,
I also wrote to Harald commenting I'll not be able to travel from Brazil
to Germany with this crisis. Let us know any new developments with
regards to OsmoDevCon happening.
Stay safe!
Rafael
On 3/17/20 12:52 PM, Vadim Yanitskiy wrote:
Dear Osmocom community,
it hurts me to make this statement, but unfortunately I have to cancel
my OsmoDevCon 2020 participation in April. The borders are closing due
to COVID-19, even between my home country and Russian Federation. I
have been looking forward to see you all, but this time I won't make
it.
I've seen some ideas in the IRC about making it online, but it would
not make much sense (at least to me) since we all work online anyway.
Meeting face-to-face is what makes the event so nice.
I know that most participants are EU/Berlin based, and the event can
still be held. But would it be possible to reschedule it at a later
date? Maybe in summer or autumn the situation would get better? I will
keep my flight reservation until the end of March, so it would be
possible to change the dates.
Gesundheit!
With best regards,
Vadim Yanitskiy.
5:52 p.m.
On 17/03/2020 10:52, Vadim Yanitskiy wrote:
Dear Osmocom community,
Hi Vadim and all. I haven't been checking in on IRC so much due to being
on the road.
it hurts me to make this statement,
It is pain for everyone. Nobody in our generation in most countries has
gone through anything like this.
After some delay in Mexico (possibly due to the "cry-wolf" aspect of the
previous two (aviar, swine) that shut down Mexico City causing great
suffering to many, I think there's a general acceptance that there is no
place for pandemic skepticism this time.
but unfortunately I have to cancel
my OsmoDevCon 2020 participation in April.
In many places, as you well know, gatherings of even more than 3 people
are being discouraged/prohibited.
We will all be extremely happy of course if the current measures work
and this goes away like swine flu did, but the possibility of not even
being able to have the event in Berlin in April due to lockdown should
be considered?
I know that most participants are EU/Berlin based, and
the event can
still be held. But would it be possible to reschedule it at a later
date? Maybe in summer or autumn the situation would get better?
That would also be nice, - Autumn sounds good!
I already figured I can't attend in April due to being far away and on
the road for work, (not to mention now currently actually ensure if I
might get "locked"-down were I am)
Take care.
K/
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