| 18:31 | <littledan> | hey, so what are people's thoughts about coronavirus now? |
| 18:45 | <TabAtkins> | Googlers can't travel thru at least May 31st |
| 18:45 | <TabAtkins> | (We'll probably end up cancelling the April CSSWG meeting.) |
| 18:46 | <ljharb> | to me it seems overly paranoid, but everyone's entitled to make that decision for themselve |
| 18:46 | <ljharb> | s |
| 18:46 | <ljharb> | i'd be more worried about countries closing borders and people getting stranded, than about actually catching anything |
| 18:47 | <jridgewell> | Being trapped in an airplane for multiple hours with a coughed would make anyone paranoid. |
| 18:47 | <jridgewell> | Cougher* |
| 18:48 | <ljharb> | personally it doesn't really worry me that much |
| 18:49 | <ljharb> | my wife and i are going on vacation to mexico in a week and a half. we'll wash our hands, and avoid letting people cough on our faces, and i think it'll be fine |
| 18:49 | <ljharb> | but either way the march meeting is surely going to be heavily remotely attended |
| 18:51 | <ljharb> | hopefully apple's got super beefed up AV |
| 18:52 | <rkirsling> | on the one hand, there may be enough of us who are local to justify meeting in person; on the other hand, shu pointed out to me that this could be an apt opportunity to try a remote plenary and see what works and what doesn't, which I can't deny |
| 19:01 | <ljharb> | as long as apple's willing to host, and there's locals willing to attend, i'd prefer to go to a location that's not my house or my office, with good internet, even if most people are remote |
| 19:22 | <rickbutton> | I imagine that most have already booked travel, as well. |
| 19:22 | <rickbutton> | (if their company hasn't disallowed it) |
| 20:22 | <akirose> | I'm more intrigued by what's gonna happen at the end of May |
| 20:22 | <akirose> | like, what's the trajectory here? |
| 20:22 | <akirose> | if we're in mega-pandemic land, i'll probs cancel the in-person of PayPal's Chicago meeting |
| 20:22 | <akirose> | and if it's starting to chill out, I'll look forward to seeing all your smiling faces |
| 20:33 | <shu> | rickbutton: out of all the reasons to not cancel, "saving company money" is bottom of the barrel for me |
| 20:33 | <shu> | ljharb: we probably shouldn't say things like "than actually catching anything"? |
| 20:34 | <rickbutton> | shu: 100% agree, but some pay for travel out of pocket |
| 20:34 | <shu> | rickbutton: oh yes definitely, emphasis on saving *company* money |
| 20:35 | <shu> | but so far i'm seeing twitter and microsoft recommending their entire workforce in bay area (and seattle area) to wfh until end of the month |
| 20:36 | <akirose> | agreed though to that point, paypal's current moratorium on nonessential business travel is at least in part due to a concern of employees being caught up in a quarantine or other dragnet away from home. |
| 20:37 | <shu> | i think i do agree with deferring the decision to the host as the most reasonable thing to do here |
| 20:40 | <shu> | akirose: well, 1) santa clara county is home to known cases 2) delegates presumably having very varied risk profiles for exposure |
| 20:48 | <akirose> | oh i get it |
| 20:48 | <akirose> | <-- sick person |
| 21:02 | <ljharb> | shu: oh i meant, worried for myself. people can be worried about whatever they like :-) |
| 21:10 | <ljharb> | (in case i was sending the wrong message, i think everybody's personal, financial, and employer concerns should be respected; i didn't mean to be cavalier about risk) |