March 14, 2020
Dear ConCarolinas Family,
Just like you, we are watching the world close down around us and are wondering what will happen with ConCarolinas. Here’s what we know at the moment: All of the closures and postponements have been for a limited time, most of them for a month or less. With ConCarolinas more than two months away, we are waiting to make a decision on whether to postpone, or to cancel, or to go on with the show. Right now it is difficult to determine what the coronavirus pandemic will look like in May. Please be patient with us as we try to make decisions that will keep all of us safe and healthy, without being premature.
We have been in close communication with the Hilton. At this time, we have plans in place for moving forward with ConCarolinas during our regularly scheduled dates of May 29-31. We will have hand sanitizer in all public areas and panel rooms, and will have signage reminding attendees to wash hands often and to limit close physical contact. In addition, the Hilton is instituting more stringent cleaning protocols and has multiple dispensers of sanitizing wipes throughout the convention space. We will post updates on the website, www.concarolinas.org, and on the facebook page, www.facebook.com/concarolinas, as information becomes available.
If you have already registered and feel uncomfortable about attending, let us know. We will roll your registration over to 2021. In the event we would need to postpone or cancel ConCarolinas 2020, all registrations will automatically roll over to the next scheduled date.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Stay safe and take care of yourselves and each other.
Sincerely,
Karen Franks
ConChair, ConCarolinas
concarolinas@concarolinas.org