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No we should make conferences accessible by offering virtual/streaming/hybrid, by focusing on ventilation (measuring CO2 in rooms and moving more air), limiting
by qbasic_forever 4y ago
No we should make conferences accessible by offering virtual/streaming/hybrid, by focusing on ventilation (measuring CO2 in rooms and moving more air), limiting attendance in packed rooms, mandating vaccinations and boosters, mandating masks in public areas, etc. Basic stuff.
Think of disabled people in wheelchairs. We don't say "well we better cut back on able bodied attendees to encourage more disabled"... we build f'in wheelchair ramps and accommodate them. Same thing for COVID and mitigating air spread disabling diseases should apply.
- woodruffw 4y agoI’m in complete agreement with you, but I’ll note that FOSDEM fails even your weaker test: I personally witnessed someone in a wheelchair being unable to access a talk because the room’s entrance (a curved staircase) couldn’t accommodate their chair. ULB is certainly a fun campus to have FOSDEM on (and I don’t have any real alternatives, given its size and location), but accessibility already seems to be relatively low on the list of concerns.