{"id":"SEC-16-GM-003","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"Baltimore, MD","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops","authority":"","instrument":"Organizer notice","title":"USCCB Fall General Assembly","dateIssued":"2020-08-28","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-08-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0027to approve the convocation of this annual November meeting in a virtual format in light of the COVID-19 pandemic\u0027","enforcement":"","functions":["EV","HR","OP","CB"],"notes":"2020: Virtual. \u0027In a vote of 219 to 5 (1 abstaining), the bishops decided to meet in a virtual format rather than the usual in person meeting.\u0027. 2021: Nov. 15-18, 2021 held in Baltimore in person (after the period), under Baltimore City\u0027s indoor mask order of Aug. 10, 2021. Usual dates: Nov. 16-17, 2020 (annual, November, Baltimore). Scale: \u0027Each November, the bishops of the United States gather for their General Assembly in Baltimore\u0027 (USCCB); vote of 219 to 5 recorded. Venue orders 2020: MD-020, MD-021, MD-049, MET-BAL-008, MET-BAL-009, MET-BAL-010. Venue orders 2021: MET-BAL-017, FED-020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.usccb.org/news/2020/us-bishops-vote-hold-november-meeting-virtually","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200924025258/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":237247,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"USCCB Fall General Assembly","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-GM-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-GM-003","citation":"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Organizer notice (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-GM-003)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-020","MD-021","MD-049","MET-BAL-008","MET-BAL-009","MET-BAL-010","MET-BAL-017","FED-020"]}