Annnnd the air quality monitoring array has been deployed at #MatrixConf! Can you guess which room the BarCamp is starting in? 
Tomorrow will be the real test of the venue's ventilation, as we're expecting about 4x the attendees that we have today.
We take the #HealthAndSafety of our community seriously and are requiring masks indoors this year. The data we collect will help us calibrate our approach with this venue when we return!
Hey long time no see :D
I am revising currently the @joinjabber
CoC listed here https://joinjabber.org/about/community/codeofconduct/
with some things that are long overdue to be added like the Public Health Pledge I saw from the excellent @onepict and also the permacomputing principles that i was introduced by @320x200
I also want to add some kind of commitment to safety and give platform to under represented groups kind of like outreachy does it. Is anybody aware of any document that i can get inspiration from or link directly like the Health Pledge? Feel free to share of course :D
#xmpp #PublicHealthPledge #joinjabber #CoC #inclusive
@pyohio @tylerdave @KeithTheEE @kattni @mpirnat @asx
Great to see another #python conference taking health and safety seriously. It can be done!
What's that sound? 
It's the engines of the #PublicHealthPledge event badging application process spooling back up!
We've thrilled to have started receiving applications from events that are going through the @chaoss DEI event badging process and will be reviewing applications on a weekly basis starting today!
I'm proud to announce that the @chaoss Event DEI Badging Initiative now officially includes Health and Safety considerations! 
Learn more here: https://chaoss.community/diversity-and-inclusion-badging/
Here's where it started: https://github.com/badging/event-diversity-and-inclusion/issues/226
Bravo to @xoxo for the excellent Health & Safety policy they've set for their upcoming event this August in Portland, Oregon!
Learn more about the event here: https://2024.xoxofest.com/
Their Health & Safety policy: https://xoxofest.com/guide/covid/
@mariatta THIS is what a responsible conference organiser looks like! 
If anyone says they can't see your smile they're lying.
Have a great conf!
@kite Agreed!
The python community has been doing an amazing job with this. As has FOSSY, run by @conservancy , @SeaGL has compulsory masking, and so does @bsdcan
We've been pushing hard for this with @phpledge - sign up if you haven't already and spread the word!
@joshbuker @FLOX_advocate Thanks Josh.
There are excellent policies from North Bay Python, SeaGL, FOSSY you can model. @phpledge is happy to advise on making a conference safer and inclusive.
Starting points are adequate ventilation and compulsory masking.
To be inclusive, the health policy MUST be in place *before* the CfP opens, and must not be weakened before the event.
https://2023.fossy.us/attend/health-and-safety/index.html
The joy of finally closing at least one open issue on a project I've not been able to dedicate enough time to
I've also finally decided to stop using "we" and "our" when it comes to the @phpledge, because it obscures the reality that it's just me* and sets the wrong expectations.
* With huge thanks to close advisors and supporters, of course!!! I'm just the only person actually writing docs, posting to social, monitoring forms, and updating the website.
Addressing indoor air quality saves lives and helps us achieve at work, in school, and in self-governance.
Brain function declines by 15% as CO2 levels hit 945ppm, and by 50% at 1400ppm.
Have you ever measured CO2 at your desk or a contentious City Council meeting? What you find might surprise you!
These scientists recommend mandating clean air in public buildings, with 800ppm as the upper limit. That's good policy: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0677
We're drafting the next version of our Event Badging Standard, a tool for helping us think clearly about event Health & Safety policies.
We are seeking to:
* add considerations we missed
* provide a more granular assessment within each category
What would you change in our badging standard? Let us know in replies or by opening an issue on GitHub.
The standard: https://publichealthpledge.com/badging
Our repository: https://github.com/phpledge/badging/issues
Shout out to @kiwipycon for their consistently excellent approach to Health & Safety.
We're grateful to the organizing team for their care and dedication, and are thrilled to recognize them as a signatory to the Public Health Pledge.
You can find their policy here: https://kiwipycon.nz/safety/health-and-safety
And you can join them this August 23-25!
Today is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay. According to the CDC, ~7% of Americans have experienced long COVID – that's ~17.6 million people. There are more people in the US with long COVID than there are with red hair.
However, many event organizers think there are so few people impacted that they don't need to implement Health & Safety measures.
If you consider the cycle of inaccessibility, you have to wonder... how much of that is self-fulfilling prophecy?
If you're a speaker at an event. Please consider asking for these policies.
The duty of care is as much on you.
If you aren't sure how or what to ask for take a look at @phpledge .
Point the organisers at it.
We aren't bullying you or badgering you. All that we ask is some consideration of the more vulnerable members of your community.
I don't think asking organisers, even volunteer organisers to consider that duty of care is too much to ask.
As a community or an event organiser you have a duty of care to your community, to your attendees.
Even if you are a volunteer. I've no time for the argument of "well it's too much to expect of a volunteer. " I've helped to run fencing competitions, unpaid as a volunteer. I had a duty of care then. You have it now if you are organising a community space.
If you can't acknowledge that responsibility you have no business running an event.
We are in maintenance mode because the universe has thoroughly piled on the volunteers behind the #PublicHealthPledge project – but we're still here!
We continue to advise event and community organizers who are willing to put in the work to run safer and more inclusive events.
Please, keep advocating for #HealthAndSafety precautions, tagging us in posts, and sending people our way! We are always glad to help.
Culture change is slow, but together anything is possible.
A trend I'm seeing with conferences is that "masks are recommended, but not required".
Of course, you'd expect that the organisers making that recommendation would set an example by doing the thing they are so "strongly recommending". Unfortunately, this rarely seems to be the case.
Do parents "strongly recommend" their children wear seatbelts while sitting in the same car without wearing theirs?
Such people make neither good parents nor event organisers.
Great to see #EMFCamp has a clear health policy for 2024 and a commitment to not weaken it before the event:
https://www.emfcamp.org/about/health
Some folks in tech are starting to catch on.
