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I feel like it may have been a better idea to move the congress to some time in the summer, because public health restrictions in the winter don't seem to go aw
by formerly_proven 4y ago
I feel like it may have been a better idea to move the congress to some time in the summer, because public health restrictions in the winter don't seem to go away.
We've had vaccines since early 2021, and the 2021 winter still had restrictions, now we're two years down the road and looking at another wave and another restricted winter.
I don't see how it's going to be substantially different for the 2023 winter unless there's some new revolutionary thing (e.g. vaccine that prevents infection and spread) or COVID kills itself through evolution.
- vault 4y agoYou mean past summer? Because next summer there's already the camp :)
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- lxgr 4y ago> COVID kills itself through evolution Doesn‘t evolution work the other way around?
- michaelt 4y agoPresumably he means "the dominant strains become more virulent but less lethal, leaving them like colds and flu"
- DocTomoe 4y agoSummer is not a good time for a Congress, for large event venues like congress centers tend to be fully booked by then. Which leaves camps - but not everyone loves the idea of camping, and then you got the weather gods to sacrifice to (I vividly remember the thunderstorm evacuation...). Given that virtually every other country in the world seems to have accepted that Covid will be here to stay, Germans will eventually have to take the plunge as well.
- fs111 4y agoIs it though? Company events and fairs are typically in Spring and Fall, when people are back from vacation.
- michaelt 4y ago> large event venues like congress centers tend to be fully booked by then Isn't that offset by university summer holidays, providing lots of idle lecture halls and student accommodation?
- DocTomoe 4y agoYou would be surprised how hard it is to convince a university to offer up buildings for something that large that will come with creative use of the space. There's a reason these kind of events, and at that size, are hosted at specialised venues or trade fair halls.
- wink 4y agoDepends on how you want to look at it. Deciding that you, as the current organizing team of a large-scale event, won't be responsible for possibly 10k people catching it on your event is also a valid choice until someone steps up who can live with that. The congress taking place is a not some sort of god-given right.
- zichy 4y agoIf you're interested in a summer congress, visit the GPN[1]. [1]: https://entropia.de/GPN https://entropia.de/GPN (German)
- raverbashing 4y agoOr, you know, just do it online
- nibbleshifter 4y agoThe last years have seen an online congress (rc3). To be honest, its been pretty shit. The meatspace part is what actually makes congress good.
- Beta-7 4y agoThe Chaos Communication Camp happens in the summer.
- lucb1e 4y agoDifferent type of event, though. Tickets are much more available for that than for Congress; it seems more people don't prefer having to camp out somewhere.