Accessibility information #1296
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A lot of typos, enhanced wording. ... Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]>
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| ## General | ||
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| For enquiries, visit our helpdesk at registration or look for volunteers wearing | ||
| Yellow conference t-shirt when enquiring about accessibility which includes: |
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The wording sounds like an exhaustive list. Let's try to encourage people to ask any questions they might have. If you want to use bullets, we can say
You’re very welcome to ask about any accessibility needs. These may include, for example:
Without bullets,
You're very welcome to ask about any accessibility needs, such as access to lifts, accessible toilets, or dietary requirements, but these are just examples.
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@cybit , not sure if this was missed.
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| ## Sprints / Unconference Venue (Sat & Sun) | ||
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| The sprints and unconference will take place at a [different venue](/venue#where-1) than the main conference. |
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Can you add something like "Accessibility information for this venue will be provided soon."?
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Should be done now. Please check if the text is ok.
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| - Session chairs/room volunteer(s): Let folks know if there's loud, unexpected | ||
| noises, strobing/flashing visuals in speakers' presentations beforehand, |
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| - Session chairs/room volunteer(s): Let folks know if there's loud, unexpected | |
| noises, strobing/flashing visuals in speakers' presentations beforehand, | |
| - Session chairs/room volunteer(s): Let folks know in advance about any loud or unexpected | |
| noises, strobing/flashing visuals in speakers' presentations, or |
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I'd also consider dropping the Session chairs / room volunteers. Just start with "Let folks know". Because it's repetitive.
| - Able to assist and let folks know where lifts, accessible toilet facilities, | ||
| childcare, and quiet rooms are. |
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| - Able to assist and let folks know where lifts, accessible toilet facilities, | |
| childcare, and quiet rooms are. | |
| - Assist folks by providing directions to lifts, accessible toilet, | |
| childcare facilities, and quiet rooms. |
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This is still pending, I think.
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| Our goal is to make EuroPython sponsorship accessible to a wide range of organisations eager to support the community. If you're interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2025 or future editions, please get in touch with our sponsors team at [email protected]. | |||
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| <Accordion title="Any suggestions/tips as a volunteer MC or Session Chair?" id="volunteer-tips"> | |||
| - MC and volunteers to remind people to applaud. | |||
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| - MC and volunteers to remind people to applaud. | |
| - Remind people to applaud after talks. |
I am not sure why we list it here tbh. Doesn't feel like something that is worth being singled out.
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So we should remove this?
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See #1296 (comment). I suggest nuking the whole section.
| - What to do in case of fire alarms, sirens, fireworks, bells, etc. happen | ||
| during the event, and guide guest safely out of the venue as well as inform | ||
| updates on the situation |
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OK, so language wise, I'd say
- Be prepared to guide attendees safely out of the venue in case of fire alarms, sirens, fireworks, bells, or other emergencies. Keep everyone informed with updates as the situation develops.
But I don't know why people need to be out in case of sirens or bells. What are bells? So I would just drop them and say in case of fire alarms, or other emergencies.
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| Our goal is to make EuroPython sponsorship accessible to a wide range of organisations eager to support the community. If you're interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2025 or future editions, please get in touch with our sponsors team at [email protected]. | |||
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| <Accordion title="Any suggestions/tips as a volunteer MC or Session Chair?" id="volunteer-tips"> | |||
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I don't really understand why we put this up to the main FAQ. To me, if you want to include some of this information, you could just put it in the accessibility page, since there is already a section about tips for session chairs / volunteers.
Instead, I would only have a section in the main FAQ to direct people to the accessibility page.
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I moved this from the accessibility page because it does not fit there. To me this is not accessibility at all.
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I really do not like this being a main bullet point in the FAQ page. It is arbitrary and the two small list serves no purpose as far as I can see. I would remove the whole section Any suggestions/tips as a volunteer MC or Session Chair?
And in the session chair guide, folks will already include relevant details. So we keep things tidy and will not miss any information.
But I suggest we put link the accessibility info in the FAQ, something like:
`Q: Where can I find accessibility information and directions to some of the rooms?
A: You can find detailed information about accessibility and how to navigate the venues, including lifts, room locations, and other facilities, on our Accessibility page.
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Hmm, to me personally, the first place I'd look would be under Attend. Though I'm not sure how other people might think.
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I was also looking for it under Attend.
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| ## Sprints / Unconference Venue (Sat & Sun) | ||
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| The sprints and unconference will take place at a [different venue](/venue#where-1) than the main conference. |
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Should be done now. Please check if the text is ok.
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| Our goal is to make EuroPython sponsorship accessible to a wide range of organisations eager to support the community. If you're interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2025 or future editions, please get in touch with our sponsors team at [email protected]. | |||
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| <Accordion title="Any suggestions/tips as a volunteer MC or Session Chair?" id="volunteer-tips"> | |||
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I moved this from the accessibility page because it does not fit there. To me this is not accessibility at all.
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| Our goal is to make EuroPython sponsorship accessible to a wide range of organisations eager to support the community. If you're interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2025 or future editions, please get in touch with our sponsors team at [email protected]. | |||
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So we should remove this?
| ## General | ||
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| For enquiries, visit our Info Desk at registration or look for volunteers wearing | ||
| yellow conference t-shirt when enquiring about accessibility which includes: |
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| yellow conference t-shirt when enquiring about accessibility which includes: | |
| a yellow conference t-shirt when enquiring about accessibility which includes: |
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| Free childminding is available for attendees during the main conference (Monday-Friday). You can request this free | ||
| onsite service when you register your [ticket](https://ep2025.europython.eu/tickets). If you have questions, please | ||
| contact [email protected] . |
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| contact [email protected] . | |
| contact [email protected]. |
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| If you need to use the lifts: | ||
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| The lifts in the PCC are a bit hidden and not very well signposted. We would recommend you to contact us via [email protected] or on Discord if you need help finding them. We will be happy to pick you up and show you the way. |
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| The lifts in the PCC are a bit hidden and not very well signposted. We would recommend you to contact us via [email protected] or on Discord if you need help finding them. We will be happy to pick you up and show you the way. | |
| The lifts in the PCC are a bit hidden and not very well signposted. We recommend contacting us via [email protected] or on Discord if you need help finding them. We will be happy to pick you up and show you the way. |
Less wordy is easier to ready.
| 1. Continue **straight**, passing the escalators and stairs. | ||
| 1. Walk past the staff member and **through the first set of inner doors** in front of you. | ||
| 1. On your **left** you will see doors hidden in the wall. Go **through these doors**, and you will find the lifts to your left. (The area looks and is a bit like a service area, but it is the right place to go.) | ||
| 1. **Use one of the lifts** to go to the first or second floor. (Reception and tutorials are on the first floor, conference rooms and sponsors area are on the second floor between Wednesday and Friday.) |
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It's a bit long for easy reading. Could we make it into bullets?
1. **Use one of the lifts** to go to the first or second floor.
- First floor: Registration area and tutorials
- Second floor: Conference rooms and sponsors area (Wednesday–Friday)
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| ##### Quiet Room (Meeting 2.2) | ||
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| - If you need a quiet space to do some quiet work or just rest a bit, we got you. You can find the quiet room on |
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| - If you need a quiet space to do some quiet work or just rest a bit, we got you. You can find the quiet room on | |
| If you need a quiet space to do some quiet work or just rest a bit, we got you. You can find the quiet room on |
It's a one-paragraph description. No need to make it into a bullet?
| - The room is kept empty. | ||
| - In this room, you'll find a bag with sunglasses, eye masks, and earplugs for your convenience. Please return the sunglasses and eye masks after use. The earplugs are yours to keep. | ||
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| ## Speakers' dinner (Tuesday) |
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| ## Speakers' dinner (Tuesday) | |
| ## Speakers' Dinner (Tuesday) |
to be consistent :)
| - Please use large, clear fonts in your slides. | ||
| - Please use high contrast colours in your slides. | ||
| - Please avoid using red-green colour combinations in your slides. | ||
| - Please avoid using images with text in your slides |
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I am not sure if I understand why the advice is given. Do you mean people should type out text instead? Curious to see references for this.
| - In all rooms except forum hall (the main room), try not to use the lower third of the slide | ||
| area, as this is not visible from the back of the room. |
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forum hall -> Forum Hall
But I really don't like the way it is here. Lower third is a graphical overlay that we talk about for producing videos. Speakers do not, and should not, have the knowledge. If you must put something there, I'd just say please minimise the use of the very bottom part of your slides, as it may not be visible from the back of the room.
But personally, I think this is better off in the speaker guide than here. I checked with Cristián for input.
| strobing effects. If you plan to use these effects, please give a warning beforehand. | ||
| - In all rooms except forum hall (the main room), try not to use the lower third of the slide | ||
| area, as this is not visible from the back of the room. | ||
| - Please stay close to the microphone when speaking, even if you are in a small room. |
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This is not relevant to accessibility. Let's try not to put these kind of specific AV related things here. Plus, we will have a huge problem if the speakers come in too hot (which we experienced before).
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| Our goal is to make EuroPython sponsorship accessible to a wide range of organisations eager to support the community. If you're interested in sponsoring EuroPython 2025 or future editions, please get in touch with our sponsors team at [email protected]. | |||
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I really do not like this being a main bullet point in the FAQ page. It is arbitrary and the two small list serves no purpose as far as I can see. I would remove the whole section Any suggestions/tips as a volunteer MC or Session Chair?
And in the session chair guide, folks will already include relevant details. So we keep things tidy and will not miss any information.
But I suggest we put link the accessibility info in the FAQ, something like:
`Q: Where can I find accessibility information and directions to some of the rooms?
A: You can find detailed information about accessibility and how to navigate the venues, including lifts, room locations, and other facilities, on our Accessibility page.
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| "path": "/accessibility" | ||
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I was also looking for it under Attend.
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I'm thinking here maybe we could also provide an online way just in case someone needs help and they cannot reach out to volunteers (e.g. they are in a far away room) or their accessibility needs make it hard to go to the helpdesk.
Potentially they could reachout to servicedesk or maybe they could just ping somewhere in discord and then someone can reach out to them in private. Just ideas.
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| #### Feeding your child |
Basic information about accessibility.
It would be nice if we could fill this out a bit more.