<div dir="ltr"><div>As I said yesterday, this decision cannot be made in a vacuum. <br></div><div><br></div><div>But, frankly, I don't think it's really a matter of canceling the conference or not. I think it's really a question of how to lose the least amount of money. If the contract negotiator is successful in convincing the hotel to let us reschedule for 2022, that would most likely be the best option financially. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="94"><col width="530"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:123pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img 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dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I also agree that an emergency meeting is best. As soon as we have enough info, I think we should meet. I don't think it should wait until Thursday.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've heard gossip that Trump may declare a national state of emergency later today, which may put us in a better position as well.</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><font size="1"><br></font><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="94"><col width="530"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:123pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1"><img 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stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:54 AM Goben, Anna <<a href="mailto:AGoben@library.in.gov" target="_blank">AGoben@library.in.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I had planned for the board to make an official recommendation next week at the EOB/TEP meeting as we have only had unofficial discussion so far. Do you no longer wish an
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-Anna<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,118,71)">Anna Goben<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,118,71)">Evergreen Indiana Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,118,71)">Indiana State Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,118,71)">Fax: 317-232-1925<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Board [mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org" target="_blank">board-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Terran McCanna<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2020 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:evergreen-conference@list.evergreen-ils.org" target="_blank">evergreen-conference@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>; <a href="mailto:board@list.evergreen-ils.org" target="_blank">board@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>; Donna Bacon <<a href="mailto:donna@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">donna@mobiusconsortium.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Board] Fwd: Evergreen Conference Cancellation / Renegotiation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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From: <b>Terran McCanna</b> <<a href="mailto:tmccanna@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">tmccanna@georgialibraries.org</a>><br>
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 10:35 AM<br>
Subject: Evergreen Conference Cancellation / Renegotiation<br>
To: Beverly Arnold <<a href="mailto:beverly.arnold@usg.edu" target="_blank">beverly.arnold@usg.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Sherea.Frazer@usg.edu" target="_blank">Sherea.Frazer@usg.edu</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to our duty as responsible citizens, most of the attendees of this conference are government employees who have received directives this week to cancel all non-essential travel, so even if we were to attempt to continue with
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, The Evergreen Project does not have the funds to cover the contract cancellation fee of approximately $125K (the organization has under $40K in assets). MOBIUS is the conference insurance holder (through Hartford) but have been
informed by Hartford that the pandemic does not constitute an "act of god" but rather a "communicable disease" which is not covered by the insurance. We are hopeful that the hotel will be willing to waive the cancellation costs if we agree to hold the conference
there in 2022. (We cannot schedule it for 2021, as we already have a contract to hold the 2021 conference in Missouri.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once this year's conference is cancelled, we will need to refund attendee and exhibitor fees, minus the merchant funds (which we will pay out of The Evergreen Project's funds).
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am attaching the hotel and AV contracts here for easy access. It is my understanding that we can cancel the AV contract with no fee if we cancel it prior to March 20th.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for assistance with this process,<u></u><u></u></p>
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