ChiPy,
The ChiPy Board and Organizers have been monitoring the spread of COVID-19
in Chicago and abroad. We are not alone; every conference and user group is
taking risks to our community very seriously. PyCon, UIC, UChicago,
Northwestern, and higher exposure (currently) communities like PyBay and
PuPPy are actively watching the situation as well.
ChiPy intends to continue to keep our community safe and we, along with our
hosts, felt that the best course of action would be to cancel the following
in-person meetups:
Cancelled - As Planned - __main__ Thursday 3/12 meeting at Echo Global
logistics
Cancelled - Data SIG 3/18 at CTC
Cancelled - Project Night 3/19 at Braintree
We obviously regret making this decision, but it's the right call, for now,
to ensure that everyone remains safe and healthy. We will be exploring
other options for engaging with the ChiPy community remotely in the near
term, so please stay tuned.
At times like this, we really value the strength of our online community
through Slack, Github, and the mailing list. Regardless of whether we will
meet in-person as frequently, the community stays active on Slack and helps
provides the peer-to-peer support we love so much about the Python
community.
Stay healthy,
ChiPy Board
