[Badge Submission] BSDCan 2023

[bluesomewhere]

Event Name: BSDCan
Link to the Event Website: https://bsdcan.org
Point of Contact: Peter N. M. Hansteen @pitrh

Signing the Pledge: Yes
Links to Key Pages: https://bsdcan.org/2023/

Masking: Robust Policy
Vaccines: Efforts Made
Tests: Efforts Made
Ventilation: Efforts Made
Alternatives: Robust Policy

Reviewing against badging standard v2023-01

[chrisjrn]

Having read the policy on the website:

• Masking: Robust, note that the "nobody likes masks" line is somewhat aggressive, and may be read by someone skimming the policy as not requiring masks. Consider revising this language.
• Vaccines: No identifiable policy; for "efforts made", consider encouraging attendees to be up-to-date on vaccines including current formulation of boosters, including the bivalent booster that became available in September 2022 in the US
• Tests: No identifiable policy; for "efforts made", consider encouraging attendees to test before departing to Ottawa, before attending the event, 5 days after the event, and providing rapid antigen tests to people with financial need
• Ventilation: No identifiable policy, except for the social event
• Alternatives: Robust per our policy, but probably shouldn't be -- Streaming offered to the public, however that there is no requirement that attendees exhibiting COVID/flu-like symptoms in ways that are unusual to them not attend the event

Note that we're disagreeing with their self-assessment for vaccines, tests, and ventilation: this was entirely down to documentation not being readily available on the BSDCan website. With appropriate documentation of the form suggested, these should all be upgraded to "efforts made".

[dlangille]

Ironically, the conference started today. We can't take any action today, but will keep this in mind for 2024.

[bluesomewhere]

@dlangille I'm so sorry my delay in processing this application! I hope y'all have a fabulous event. We'll go through the motions of our process here, add BSDCan as a signatory, and make sure to celebrate y'all's success.