{"id":"SEC-12-GM-131","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Orlando (Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria), FL","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"The Florida Bar","authority":"","instrument":"The Florida Bar, Florida Bar News, \u0022The Florida Bar\u0027s 2020 Annual Convention goes virtual\u0022 (May 8/11, 2020) (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-007): \u0022There will be no in-person events for the 2020 Florida Bar Annual Convention\u0022","title":"The Florida Bar Annual Convention 2020 (70th)","dateIssued":"2020-05-08","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-05-08","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022A considerable amount of time was spent looking at every conceivable option for Annual Convention including postponing or canceling the convention all together... In the end, it was determined that the Annual Convention will be held exclusively as a virtual or remote event\u0022; the decision \u0022was easy when measured against the necessity of protecting the health and safety of Florida lawyers and Bar staff\u0022 (President John Stewart, May 8, 2020)","enforcement":"","functions":["EV","HR","BD","CS"],"notes":"2020: Converted to \u0022a virtual only affair\u0022 (decision May 8, 2020); \u0022There will be no in-person events for the 2020 Florida Bar Annual Convention\u0022; the hotel contract \u0022cancelled under the force majeure, impossibility, and cancellation clauses\u0022; eighteen CLE seminars, committee meetings and the General Assembly held online June 15-19. 2021: not verified. Usual dates: Mid-June (2020: June 17-20, 2020; held virtually June 15-19, 2020). Scale: \u0022over 4,000 registrants\u0022 for the virtual convention (June 15, 2020). Venue orders 2020: FL-022, FL-027, FL-034, MET-ORL-006, MET-ORL-012, MET-ORL-031.","sourceUrl":"https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/the-florida-bars-2020-annual-convention-goes-virtual/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200601034925/https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/the-florida-bars-2020-annual-convention-goes-virtual/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":166104,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"The Florida Bar, Florida Bar News, \u0022The Florida Bar\u0027s 2020 Annual Convention goes virtual\u0022 (May 8/11, 2020) (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-007): \u0022There will be no in-person events for the 2020 Florida Bar Annual Convention\u0022","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-GM-131","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-GM-131","citation":"The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar, Florida Bar News, \u0022The Florida Bar\u0027s 2020 Annual Convention goes virtual\u0022 (May 8/11, 2020) (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-007): \u0022There will be no in-person events for the 2020 Florida Bar Annual Convention\u0022 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-131)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-022","FL-027","FL-034","MET-ORL-006","MET-ORL-012","MET-ORL-031","SEC-12-GM-007","SEC-12-GM-008"]}