The health and well-being of the MacAdmins Community are of utmost importance to us. We have implemented various measures to ensure a safe and comfortable conference experience. This health and safety information outlines our policies on masking, vaccine, and testing recommendations, hygiene, ventilation, meals and events, reporting, and illness. We encourage all attendees to take these guidelines seriously and help us create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.
Masking, Vaccine and Testing recommendations:
The MacAdmins Conference encourages anyone who wishes to wear a mask indoors to continue to do so.
The conference will follow in accordance with Penn State’s recommendations on masking, vaccine, and testing requirements. Read more at Penn State’s Coronavirus Information website.
Remember that discrimination based on mask-wearing violates the MacAdmins Code of Conduct by creating a hostile and exclusionary environment that goes against the principles of equity, inclusivity, and respect for individual choices and beliefs.
Hygiene:
Attendees are encouraged to wash or sanitize their hands frequently. Hand sanitization stations are provided in various locations by the Penn Stater Conference Center.
Gloves are available to use while going through the buffet.
The Penn Stater housekeeping crew also sanitizes public spaces nightly and guest spaces after departures.
Ventilation:
The conference center uses Merv8 filters in the HVAC system, which helps to capture and filter out airborne particles.
Each event space will be checked frequently throughout the day to ensure the HVAC system is operating and providing adequate ventilation.
We also encourage attendees to take advantage of the outdoor seating areas during breaks and meals to get fresh air.
Meals and Events:
In addition to our indoor banquet seating, outdoor seating is available for meals and breaks. Tents will provided for shade/rain protection.
Disposable containers and flatware will be provided for those who eat outside of the banquet room.
Off-site evening events will be held outdoors.
Reporting:
The MacAdmins Conference maintains a list of attendees and event guests for contact tracing if necessary.
We request that attendees notify us at macadmins-conf@psu.edu if they test positive during the event or within ten days of the post event.
Illness:
If an attendee feels unwell, we ask them to refrain from attending the event.
Any person with paid registration who is unable to attend because they fall ill will receive a full refund of the registration fee. A pro-rata refund may be provided when appropriate, such as if the person is to leave part way through the event due to illness. Request a refund by email us at macadmins-conf@psu.edu
Resources:
The following is a list of COVID resources at Penn State and the local area: