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COVID updates for March retreat in Auburn, NY

1/19/2021

Please read here about what the March 18-21 retreat in Auburn will look like due to COVID restrictions. Please understand that things could change at any time, but that I will post updates as things change.

Upon arrival at the retreat, you will need to fill out a health screening form. Information on the screening form will be sent to you via email. Please do not attend if you have had a positive COVID test in the past 10 days, if you have any COVID symptoms (unless you have a current negative test), or have been exposed to COVID in the last 10 days.

My priority is to keep everyone safe and healthy, while still being able to gather together to share our passion for scrapbooking and other crafts. Here are some details about the weekend:

The March retreat will be capped at 50, unless restrictions are lifted prior to the retreat.
Due to hotel policy, everyone is required to wear a mask at all times unless you are in your hotel room or in your seat in the crop room/ballroom. You will need to wear a mask while moving around the ballroom.
Social distancing of 6' will be practiced. As always, each person gets 6' of table space. Also, aisles will be wider to meet these requirements.
No visitors will be permitted in the crop rooms. Visitors would put us over the 50 person limit.
We will not be able to set up the die cut center, as I would not be able to adequately disinfect it between each person using the dies and die cut machines.
I have decided that it would be best not to hold the page contest and charity raffle to avoid congregating in the hallway for those activities. I will be bringing those back to future retreats, though, just as soon as it is safe to do so.
There will be lots of disinfecting happening in the hotel and in the ballroom. Hand sanitizing stations will be set up around the ballroom as well.

All of this good stuff will still be happening!

Goodie bag items for each cropper
Bingo prize for each cropper
Door prize raffled off on Saturday
Milestone gifts
On site shopping with lots of new product lines
A great group of friendly and helpful crafters
Plenty of inspiration to go around
Uninterrupted time to work on your crafts and chat with friends, new and old
24x7 access to the crop room
Collecting of new and used crafting supplies that will be donated to local organizations to use in community classes and programs

Food and Drinks
No outside food will be allowed in the ballroom at this time. What this means is that meals cannot be eaten in the ballroom. If you order out, or bring food, it will need to be eaten in the lobby or in your hotel room. Keep in mind that each hotel room has a refrigerator and microwave. The lobby will be set up with socially distanced tables for eating. Please do not move any of the tables or chairs around in the lobby.

When ordering food for delivery, please ask the delivery person to deliver to the main lobby and to call you to come meet them. No food deliveries will be permitted in the crop rooms/ballroom. Again, this has to do with me not exceeding our limit of how many people are permitted in the room.

As far as snacks in the ballroom, if you have individual snacks or candy, you may eat that at your seat. However, there cannot be any shared snacks or other food in the ballroom. Please do not eat while walking around the ballroom or around public areas of the hotel.

Cancellation policy

If I cancel an event altogether, you will receive a full refund, less any PayPal fees. If you choose to cancel, normal cancellation fees will apply. The cancellation policy can be found here:

https://www.scrapbookcreationsny.com/policies.html

I will continue to monitor COVID guidelines/restrictions and will continue to be in touch with the hotel. I will provide updates with any new developments or changes.

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1/9/2021

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As you may remember, when registration for the Spring 2021 retreats opened, I asked that everyone limit themselves to registering for only one retreat weekend. The reason for this is because I am capping the size of each retreat at 50 people, in anticipation of what the gathering size limits may be in March and April, and I wanted to be sure that everyone who wanted to could attend at least one retreat. For the time being, I am leaving the size at 50 people each. I will open all remaining seats if the gathering size limits are lifted prior to the retreats.

Now that registration has been open for several months and everyone has had the opportunity to register, I am opening it up so that you may register for additional retreats if you desire. Here is the current status of the spring retreats:

March 18-22 in Auburn, NY: 1 seat open

April 8-11 in East Aurora, NY: plenty of seats open

April 29-May 2 in East Aurora, NY: Sold out

If an event is currently sold out, I encourage you to get on the waiting list. With so many things changing so often due to COVID and all the ripple effects of COVID, cancellations do happen and seats do become available. Additionally, I remain hopeful that we may be able to opening the remaining 16-18 seats for one or more of the Spring retreats, if restrictions are lifted.

To be added to the waiting list for an event, simply email me at [email protected], message me on FB, or text me at 585-509-0276.

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