Thoughts on resuming in-person meetings

I started to post, and the deeper I got into the “opening strategies”, the more complex it seemed. Reminded me of President Trump quipping “who new health care was so complicated….” Anyway, we should, in my opinion, strive for a policy that does not exclude those who chose not to or are unable to get vaccinated. A valid question one could…[Read more]

My personal preference as a member:
Consider meeting in person starting in June with a clear plan in place.

Plan preferences for me:

No more than 10 people who are not vaccinated or chose not to disclose. Those who are vaccinated can show proof of their vaccination to any of those in leadership and can attend in person not counting towards the…[Read more]

Speaking as a member of this group only, not as a board member:
The Recovery Dharma group that meets on Mondays at 5pm (right before our group meeting at 7pm on Mondays) is the only group right now that is approved to meet in person. They have a very specific proposal they submitted regarding safety and it was approved by the Lotus Light Board.…[Read more]

Hey you all! I am on the Lotus Light BOD and we had a meeting this past Friday. I also sit on the board as a representative from our group. We were able to discuss what re-opening may look like. For now the BOD would like each group that meets at Lotus Light, that is interested in re-opening in the future, to submit a written proposal of what that…[Read more]

Let’s keep an eye on the vaccination numbers. The closer we get to 80% vaccination rate the better. Currently as of 4/12/21 according to NYT, it is about 31% (that might also be at least a 1 shot number). It is a concern that on Monday nights we have a group that has already been in that space for at least an hour, so we are not walking into a…[Read more]

I think that by late June or early July we should have enough people vaccinated within our group that some in-person meetings could resume. I’m not entirely sure what I think that looks like though. I am concerend that we have some sort of verification of having been vaccinated to be able to attend in person. I’m not sure that we can leave it up…[Read more]