[vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2020 Update

[Jameel Akari]

I read the NJ recommendation, and went and looked at what my hotel 
cancellation policy was...

But now, I read that New York State is banning gatherings > 500 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html
Not just "recommending," but shutting things down starting at 5pm tonight.

It's true that VCF East is still 6 weeks away and things can and will 
change.  However, I would hazard a guess that attendance will be severely 
reduced even if we go ahead.

VCF has become one of my favorite things and I say that without 
hesitation.  So I'm not hitting Cancel on my room yet, but I'm keeping 
that tab open...

-- 
Jameel Akari



On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

> Here's one I just came across that talks about the number of confirmed cases 
> vs actual cases and the silent exponential spread.
> https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
>
> Sorry, but East should be cancelled just like PNW.
>
> --Jason
>
> On 3/12/20 1:12 PM, Eric Rucker via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>  Additionally, it looks like there's been five cases in Monmouth County
>>  alone so far:
>>  https://patch.com/new-jersey/manalapan/manalapan-man-becomes-monmouths-fifth-coronavirus-patient
>>
>>  In light of all of this, even if the event does go on on the scheduled
>>  date, I will not be attending. I'm personally not overly concerned, but I
>>  don't want to be responsible for community spread either at the event, or
>>  if I bring it home to my userbase.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
>>     Original Message
>> 
>>
>>  From: vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org
>>  Sent: March 12, 2020 15:40
>>  To: vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org
>>  Reply-to: vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org
>>  Cc: perkins.jason at gmail.com
>>  Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2020 Update
>> 
>>
>>  Looks like NJ is recommending all gatherings of >250 be cancelled.
>>
>>  https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562020/approved/20200312a.shtml
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:12 PM Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic <
>>  vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>> >  Google “project cautery”
>> > 
>> > >  On Mar 12, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <
>> >  vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> > > >  On 3/12/20 1:31 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> > > >  Has anyone seen the movie "Contagion" ?
>> > > > 
>> > > >  May seem a little far-fetched but not too far from the truth.
>> > >  ... so they're gonna drop a bomb on us?
>> > > 
>> > >  Great, now we're moving into (out?) to a Billy Joel song ... never 
>> > >  could
>> >  understand
>> > >  why they blew the Bronx away ... ;-)
>> > > 
>> > >  --
>> > >  Linux Home Automation         Neil Cherry       ncherry at linuxha.com
>> > > http: //www.linuxha.com/                         Main site
>> > > http: //linuxha.blogspot.com/                    My HA Blog
>> > >  Author of:        Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
>> > > 
>> >
>>  --
>>  Jason Perkins
>>  313 355 0085
>

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Jameel Akari