Ah, good point. But this would be a good problem to nail down and solve. These folks have--this group has conferences all over the US so they likely have wisdom to impart in the future.
I remembered at 32C3 (read a study somewhere and then saw it in action) that lack of childcare is actually one thing keeping *women* from attending hacker conferences.
Katie
Ian Goldberg:
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:48:19PM -0500, Griffin Boyce wrote:
Kate wrote:
Hello Kate Krauss, If you are planning to use the on site childcare during the 2016 Code4lib conference, you will need to sign up by January 31st. The childcare provider we are working with has asked for ample advanced notice to ensure that we secure the right number of childcare staff for each day of the conference.
This is great to see -- and increasingly common! HOPE is doing this, various usability-related events have started doing this, and IFF/CTF has considered doing it as well. I wonder if event most organizers just don't see it as a need, or if they can't get the logistics figured out.
Having dealt with this in the past as an event organizer, one major issue is that, depending on the jurisdiction, the insurance/liability implications can range from "throw a little money at it" (i.e. easy) to "all conference organizers have to get the super-duper 'works with children' background check" (i.e. ~impossible).
- Ian
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