The Irish government have closed all schools, childcare facilities, colleges, universities and other public institutions until 29 March. The current advice is not to have any gatherings of 100 people, but everyone I had planned events with for the next month has decided to cancel/postpone even at a much smaller scale.
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 10:55, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > Dear Risker, > > Many thanks for sharing - I know you're a professional in the field. This > is pretty much what we're doing as the WMF, and the affiliates surely can > follow suit. > > All universities I'm currently affiliated with (Harvard, MIT, Kozminski) > cancelled all classes and move to virtual meetings only, too. > > Best, > > DJ "pundit" > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 00:54 Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Regardless of what platforms people might want to use for virtual > meetings, > > it is my personal opinion that all movement organizations, groups (formal > > and informal) and the WMF itself immediately stop meeting in person. For > > the movement entities that have offices, work-from-home should be the > > standard (as it has been for the WMF for almost a week). Edit-a-thons > and > > similar meet-ups should be cancelled for the foreseeable future. The > broad > > movement has spent a lot of time talking about the safety and security of > > its communities, and this level of social distancing at this time is > > probably the best way to demonstrate that we really mean what we say. > > #CancelEverything is not just a cute hashtag - it's really serious, and > our > > movement can be leaders in showing how it is done. > > > > I'm speaking from my own experience (having worked in a hospital with > SARS > > patients and having participated in the development of pandemic plans for > > hospitals), so perhaps my perspective is different from other people's. > But > > given there's very little downside to this proposal, there's no reason > not > > to take these steps, at least for a few months while the world has a > better > > sense of how this will all play out. > > > > Risker/Anne > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- PhD in Digital Media Project Coordinator Wikimedia Community Ireland <http://wikimedia.ie> She/Her _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
