Re: In-person ringing in the next few months

[Ed Futcher <efutcher yahoo com>]

It's also faster to exchange the air ...

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  On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 8:34 PM, Emily Russell<linninniach gmail com> 
wrote:   Raleigh is, as I recall, a much smaller ringing room than either 
of ours,
so with more air volume, we probably have a little more time than they
before CO2 levels rise as much, especially if we have windows open.


On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 11:12 PM <lauradi rcn com> wrote:

>      Ed offered to loan us the CO2 monitor. I haven't arranged it, but
> this is a good reminder for me to do so.
> Laura Dickerson
>
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> From: Austin Paul &lt;austinjpaul gmail com&gt;
> To: Andrew Tyler via Boston-change-ringers &
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> Sent: Mon, 03 May 2021 22:47:32 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: In-person ringing in the next few months
>
> 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.
> https://forms.gle/19Vgndb8bh8z3rRcA
>
> Here are some thoughts to get the brain-juices flowing:
> - CDC guidelines
> &lt;
> https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/pdfs/choosingSaferActivities.pdf>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
> &lt;
> https://www.boston.gov/health-and-human-services/covid-19-reopening-city-boston>
> ;
> 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
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