Hi all,

As vaccines are becoming more available, some people are starting to think about resuming ringing in some capacity.

Since risk assessments and risk tolerances vary based on individual situations, we are sending out a survey to gauge the level of interest for in-person ringing. These are intentionally very open-ended questions, since there are so many variables out there. I fully expect these answers to change over time as we learn more about vax rates and cases, and so nothing here is binding.

Here is a survey link for responses, but there is likely value in email discussion on this thread as well, if there's ideas you want to float or hash out in a border forum.

Here are some thoughts to get the brain-juices flowing:

- CDC guidelines currently suggest precautions be used for small indoor gatherings from multiple households.

- Despite being in a public building, I think of our ringing room more as a private venue. Boston's limit on private indoor events is 10 people, though that will be (tentatively) raised to 200 on June 19.

- Ed has been using a CO2 monitor in Raleigh as a proxy for airflow. They ring for 15 min and then exit the tower for 4min to keep levels low. Being a ground floor ring helps them with that plan, but we could conceivably borrow or purchase such a monitor for our towers to assess ventilation.

Best,

Austin