Hi!

I guess we had no idea about latex allergy. It's the first time someone is actually mentioning it since I am involved with SFD.

The problem with A1 paper posters as we see it is that either they arrive folded in many parts and thus are not very nice once on the wall, or worse, damaged. Maybe we should look at different materials if going this way.

New issue for us, let's see what other teams have to add on the  topic. On our end we're fairly opened.

Thanks.

Fred

On 10/12/2013 03:38 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
Hi: In Kitchener we received the SFD swag package just in time for our
celebrations.  The organizers had inflated the balloons and put them up
inside and outside Kwartzlab, when I mentioned that one of the expected
attendees has severe latex allergies and wouldn't be able to attend with
balloons in the room. So there was a mad scramble to take them all down
and remove every trace of balloon schrapnel (many got burst). We
continued to be worried about remaining latex particles, but she arrived
later in the day and everything turned out OK.

Latex allergies are fairly common[1], so my request is to not include
latex balloons in the package next year.  Maybe replace them with a
couple of large A1 posters (1m x 1.6m). Certainly the small posters were
very decorative. Or more stickers (with non-latex adhesive). Everybody
loves stickers! Or an extra T-shirt. Everybody loves T-shirts! Or
buttons - everybody loves buttons too.

--Bob.

[1]
http://laurelrusswurm.tumblr.com/post/63598480651/balloons-can-be-dangerous-we-are-socialized-to







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