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🀝 We're making a pledge, committing to safer and more inclusive events:

πŸ“œ I will only participate in or organize events that have robust #HealthAndSafety policies.

✍🏽 Voice your commitment, too. Join and sign on to the #PublicHealthPledge at https://phpledge.com.

– an initiative run by @josh

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I'm proud to announce that the @chaoss Event DEI Badging Initiative now officially includes Health and Safety considerations! πŸ₯³

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

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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/

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Thank you all for the excellent feedback you've shared with us!

One small but important update today: we've replaced our Google Forms with Cryptpad Forms.

#PublicHealthPledge

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We're drafting the next version of our Event Badging Standard, a tool for helping thinking more 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

#PublicHealthPledge #HealthAndSafety #Events

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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!

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We are in maintenance mode because the universe has thoroughly piled on the volunteers behind the 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 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.

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We're grateful for the work that @chaoss does and are thrilled to have helped create the Health and Safety metric for their event DEI badging program.

Learn more about their work in the latest article by Anita Ihuman on @opensourcenet: https://opensource.net/dei-open-source-metrics/

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This week we want to give a shoutout to @SeaGL for their excellent approach to Health and Safety: https://seagl.org/health_and_safety_policy

They're one of only four events that have applied to become institutional signatories to the Public Health Pledge so far.

We recommend reviewing the linked policy as a great example of how to think and communicate about these things! πŸ‘πŸ»

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The only reason SeaGL is not listed as an institutional signatory on our website is because the lead organizer of this here pledge got laid off early this year, which was a serious set back and has delayed a number of key workstreams.

For that, we apologize to the organizers – who are also volunteers! They deserve recognition for their great work.

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Yet again, @pycon nails it with the Health & Safety policy for their 2024 event: https://us.pycon.org/2024/about/health-safety-guidelines/ πŸ‘πŸ»

Thanks for making your event safer and more inclusive!

#PyCon #PyConUS #HealthAndSafety

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If an event's Health & Safety policy boils down to only requiring what authorities require, and it doesn't involve masking, testing, vaccines, or serious efforts to address indoor air quality and ventilation ... then the event is out of step with the Public Health Pledge.

We are here to raise the bar, together, one event at a time.

Sometimes that means making sacrifices, or having uncomfortable conversations. This is to be expected.

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Every time you see an event that lets you down on Health and Safety, look for an event that hits the mark. Then, celebrate them publicly!

There are so many good examples leading the way here. Shining a spotlight on them provides positive reinforcement and illuminates the path forward for events that have work to do.

We'll link to some good examples in the replies. 🧡

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First, Monktoberfest. Monktoberfest's approach inspired a key part of the Public Health Pledge itself as they say: "we promise, for your planning purposes, that our COVID policies will not get any less restrictive than they are now; if they change, it would only be adding further requirements."

https://monktoberfest.com/attend/covid-policy/

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Next, North Bay Python (@NorthBayPython), an event whose organizing team overlaps with the people behind the Public Health Pledge itself, wrote a model policy that other events have begun adopting.

Not only that, they moved where and when the event was held in order to mitigate the risks they couldn't resolve in their old venue.

https://2023.northbaypython.org/health-and-safety-policy

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Other great examples of event Health and Safety:

@OpenInfra Summit: https://openinfra.dev/summit/vancouver-2023/summit-onsite-safety/
FOSSY: https://2023.fossy.us/attend/health-and-safety/
@FOSSBackstage: https://23.foss-backstage.de/health-safety/
@pyconau: https://2023.pycon.org.au/safety/covid/
@pycon: https://us.pycon.org/2023/about/health-safety-guidelines/
@djangocon: https://2023.djangocon.us/covid/
@bsdcan: https://www.bsdcan.org/2023/
@SeaGL: https://seagl.org/health_and_safety_policy
@kiwipycon: https://kiwipycon.nz/covid-19

Don't let anyone convince you we can't do better. We can do better at any scale of event!

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Bravo to @us_rse for requiring masks at their event!

Masks are the single most effective, by cost and impact, method of making events safer and more inclusive with respect to contagious respiratory diseases.

Some event organizers are afraid of push back on such policies. But when somebody shows up without a mask in a room full of masked people, the vast majority of people will mask up.

And the small fraction who don't? That's where your Code of Conduct comes in.

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We've just updated our website with the latest batch of signatories βœ…

Nearly 200 signatories now!

Have you been on the fence about making the commitment to safer and more inclusive events?

Stand up and join us: https://publichealthpledge.com

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Wow! We're encouraged to see an influx of new followers and signatories. We'll update our website in the next couple of days!

Culture change is a slow process, until it's not. We're making incremental progress every week.

Together, we'll make events safer and more inclusive 🀝

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Shout out to the team at @FOSSBackstage for their #HealthAndSafety policy!

We hope that they add masking to their policy, but the bottom line for now is that they have a policy and they've committed to not weakening it between now and the event.

That is head and shoulders above the status quo of events that act like it's still 2019.

Learn more about the event: https://24.foss-backstage.de/

Read their H&S policy: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/fossback24/page/health-safety/

#PHPledge #PublicHealthPledge #FOSSBackstage

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We may be biased, as the pledge author is a co-organizer of the event, but we think the @northbaypython policy is pretty great.

Two other events have already adapted the policy for themselves. Maybe it can be useful for you too!

Take a look at a model policy: https://2023.northbaypython.org/health-and-safety-policy

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tap tap yeah ok, this thing still works. We're excited to announce that as of today we're up to 170 individual signatories to the #PublicHealthPledge!

We're working on the next version of our badging standard. More to come πŸ₯³

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We've been a little quiet here, but our work is far from done!

Public Health Pledge author @josh will be presenting about event Health and Safety policies next month in Portland, Oregon.

We're building a community of practice, creating model policies, and notching a few wins.

As the puzzle pieces come together, we can make a renewed push advocating for change -- with the necessary tools ready for people to adopt.

#PHPledge #PublicHealthPledge #HealthAndSafety

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We congratulate @northbaypython on making #NBPy 2023 the second #PHPledge badged event πŸ‘

The team is doing admirable work to creatively reimagine their event in the pandemic era.

➑️ Masks: Robust Policy
➑️ Vaccines: Efforts Made
➑️ Tests: Efforts Made
➑️ Ventilation: Robust Policy
➑️ Alternatives: Efforts Made

Event: https://2023.northbaypython.org/
Health and Safety: https://2023.northbaypython.org/health-and-safety-policy
Badge Standard: https://publichealthpledge.com/badging

#Events #DEI #HealthAndSafety #OpenSource

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We are committing to safer and more inclusive . You can too.

Learn more at https://publichealthpledge.com and take the pledge:

✍️ I am committed to diversity and inclusion, including people with disabilities, chronic illness, and caregivers, therefore I pledge to only participate in or organize events that have robust Health and Safety policies.

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