10/30/2020
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MINNESOTA MAGIC UPDATE
As we all know, the annual CACI convention for 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic. The next convention/vacation is scheduled for June 20-26, 2021, in Bloomington Minnesota. Your convention coordinators have been in contact via telephone conference call with a representative of the Double Tree Hotel, located in the city of Bloomington. According to Arik, the representative, the city of Bloomington is about 12 miles from the city center of Minneapolis. The Mall of America is also in Bloomington. According to Arik, the city of Bloomington has received very little impact of negativity from Minneapolis. He indicated that the city of Bloomington has been very safe. That is great!
Regarding social distancing, the hotel is working with the State of Minnesota, CDC guidelines, and Hilton Management to protect all of its guests from the pandemic. Currently, the hotel is allowed to have only 250 guests per meeting room. Since our convention is in June, 2021, we all hope that the pandemic becomes very manageable, and does not affect the convention too much. Arik mentioned one thing that is being done at the present time: the housekeeping department , once a room has been vacated, is thoroughly cleaning that room, putting a sticker on it to indicate that the room has been so cleaned. The next time that any housekeeping individual would enter said room would be when it becomes vacant. This means, guys, that we would make our own beds. ( Just like home). Nothing has been said about towels yet, but we will work on that. Remember, our convention is 8 months away.
Janet and I are still working with the hotel regarding food prices, etc. When these become finalized, we will then work on a budget.
Regarding tours, contact has been made with the tour company. There will be some changes in the tours which were originally established. These are minor changes. The tour company still promises to have the same quality of tours which were originally proposed.
A few things that we all can do at the present time: PRAY, that this pandemic comes under control soon. Too many individuals have died or have lost their jobs. As MADAM President would say “ Y’all stay safe” More to come!
