{"id":4461,"date":"2020-03-20T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2020-03-20T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:00:37","slug":"how-is-iaru-adjusting-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/how-is-iaru-adjusting-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"How is <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> adjusting to <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span>?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some notes about how the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> is dealing, as of March 19, with the restrictions now in place to slow the spread of <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">ITU<\/span> has cancelled some meetings, postponed others, and converted still others into E\u2011meetings with no in-person dimension. <span class=\"caps\">ITU<\/span> Headquarters in Geneva is not accessible to visitors until April 17 \u201cat the earliest.\u201d <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> representatives are adjusting their plans accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The largest amateur radio gathering in Europe, Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany, is still scheduled for June 26\u2009\u2013\u200928 and plans are going forward for a&nbsp;two-part <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> stand, including a&nbsp;dedicated one for youth. Whether the event will take place is unknown at this&nbsp;time.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 1&nbsp;Executive Committee was scheduled to meet April 26\u2009\u2013\u200928. Instead, a&nbsp;series of virtual meetings will be&nbsp;held.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;was planning workshops on Emergency Communications and Satellite Communications in Trinidad <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>&nbsp;Tobago, May 30\u2009\u2013\u200931, but has announced that the workshops will be held online instead. Interest and registrations have surged since the announcement. These workshops will be held in English but preparations are underway for workshops in Spanish to be held&nbsp;later.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 3&nbsp;has cancelled its first Youngsters on the Air (<span class=\"caps\">YOTA<\/span>) Camp that had been planned for Rayong, Thailand, in early October.<\/p>\n<p>Reminder: World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, is just a&nbsp;few weeks away! Help us celebrate amateur radio\u2019s contributions to society, the 95<sup class=\"ordinal\">th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>, and that amateur radio is the best way to practice social distancing!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> International Secretariat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some notes about how the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> is dealing, as of March 19, with the restrictions now in place to slow the spread of <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span>. The <span class=\"caps\">ITU<\/span> has cancelled some meetings, postponed others, and converted still others into E\u2011meetings with no in-person dimension. <span class=\"caps\">ITU<\/span> Headquarters in Geneva is not accessible to visitors until&nbsp;April&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}