Another analogy on the Governors response, if I may:
If on board, he probably would have busied himself with re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Rolf ====================================================== Mr. Rolf N. Pedersen Cell: +1 613.698.7106 NorCanEx Associates [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> International Projects Skype: rolf.ottawa OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada ====================================================== Mr. Rolf N. Pedersen International Business Development EON Geosciences Inc. Tel: + 1 514.341.3366 4018 boul. Côte-Vertu Cell: +1 613.698.7106 ST-LAURENT, Québec [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Canada, H4R 1V4 Skype: rolf.ottawa www.EONGeosciences.com <http://www.eongeosciences.com/> ======================================================= English as seen in a foreign airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions. From: SEGMIN [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Witherly via SEGMIN Sent: 7-May-20 09:54 To: [email protected] Cc: Ken Witherly <[email protected]> Subject: [SEGMIN] Enough of confusing messages... Dear Colleagues- Yesterday a major geoscience event scheduled for next September at Whistler (https://www.segweb.org/SEG/About/SEG/About/SEG-News.aspx#20200506) was postponed to 2021 due to it seems the new BC government regulations relating to large meetings during the current pandemic. I expect well hear the Round Up and PDAC events for 2021 will be impacted as well. The BC government appears to have taken a well thought through approach to the pandemic that combines medical advice and social and economic considerations to build policies which are being clearly transmitted to the public at large. Another geoscience conference most of us are aware of, the SExG annual conference and exhibit, is currently scheduled for a month later in Houston. While the SExG suggests they are monitoring the situation, there is enormous pressure to carry on due to fiscal commitments which need to made years in advance. The venue as well, is in a state that when compared with BC, is truly the wild west when it comes to managing the pandemic; https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.ht ml The governors response is noted below; seems akin to stocking up the Alamo before Santa Anna attacks. The factors and conditions which the BC government have prudently considered are simply not part of the equation in Texas (or in many other parts of the US at either the state or federal level). I have been and remain a strong supporter of SEGMIN and the society but I cant in good conscience, support any of my employees to attend the conference in Houston next October. I look forward to the SExG to make the right call and give us the chance to build a technically excellent program in a safe venue for us all. Stay safe/Ken Texas 01,000 new coronavirus cases Order in place Reopening March 1April 1May 67-day avg. Stay at home began on April 2 and expired on April 30. Gov. Greg Abbott said allowed his stay-at-home order to lapse on April 30, a move that gave Texas, the nations second-largest state, one of the shortest such orders in the country. Mr. Abbott, a Republican, said that Texas had expanded testing and stocked up on protective equipment. All retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls were allowed to reopen May 1, with limited capacity. <https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/28/texas-reopening-restaurants-greg-ab bott/> Read more » Reopened Outdoor and recreation State parks; Outdoor sports Retail stores Retail stores, malls Food and drink Restaurant dining Entertainment Movie theaters, museums, libraries Reopening soon Personal care Salons, barbershops, nail salons and tanning salons 2019-Condors 20th Anniversary Condor Consulting, Inc St 150 2201 Kipling St Lakewood CO 80215 USA T: 303-423-8475 Condor North Consulting ULC Suite 311-409 Granville St. BC, V6C 1A3 CANADA T: 604-630-8334 E: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] C: 303-520-5732 Skype-ken.witherly1 <http://www.condorconsult.com/> www.condorconsult.com
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