Re: [draft] Cancel this year's in-person Debian Developers Conference DebConf20

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

Hi.

I think there is a lack of precision in the text of your GR that I find
highly problematic.
I suspect it will be fairly easy for you to correct this and possibly
even gain my support, so I'd ask you to look for ways to do so.

You say that the WHO has declared Covid-19 to be a pandemic, and has not
lifted that declaration.
I doubt they ever will.  I think that covid-19 will always have been a
pandemic.
The interesting thing is what the WHO says about travel and minimizing
international travel.

so, I'd ask you  to

1) focus on recommendations about travel rather than focusing on whether
Covid-19 is or is not a pandemic.

2) cite specific recommendations on travel as reasons not to have a
conference.

3) If you cannot easily find specific recommendations against travel to
conferences, then do significantly more leg work justifying your
position.

Thanks,

--Sam