HousingWire (Phil Hall), 'Ready to go back to a live mortgage industry event? MBA, NAR, NAMB and others test the waters' (May 11, 2020)

HousingWire (Phil Hall), 'Ready to go back to a live mortgage industry event? MBA, NAR, NAMB and others test the waters' (May 11, 2020)

2020: 'The Mortgage Bankers Association cancelled its live conferences when the crisis began to spread in March and switched to online formats for the interim'; on May 11, 2020 the Annual was 'on target for a Chicago production from Oct. 18-21' subject to 'the states where we are holding conferences and the overall tone of being able to open up and travel and have large gatherings' (Ex. SEC-13-GM-016); But then, this is not a normal year.' (Ex. SEC-13-GM-108). Usual dates: Mid-to-late October (2020: Oct. 18-21, 2020 as planned; 2021: Oct. 17-20, 2021). Scale: 'MBA's biggest event' (Ex. SEC-13-GM-016); attendance not sourced. Venue orders 2020: IL-025, IL-026, IL-027, IL-028, MET-CHI-015, MET-CHI-021, MET-CHI-022. Venue orders 2021: FED-021, FED-052. Also cancelled by this notice: MBA National Secondary Market Conference & Expo 2020 (New York, NY; usual dates Mid-May; venue orders 2020: NY-003, NY-004, NY-005, MET-NYC-005, MET-NYC-006). Also cancelled by this notice: MBA Risk Management, QA & Fraud Prevention Forum 2020 (San Diego, CA; usual dates Mid-September (2020: Sept. 13-15, 2020 as planned); venue orders 2020: CA-017, MET-SAN-013, CA-016). Also cancelled by this notice: MBA Regulatory Compliance Conference 2020 (Washington, DC; usual dates Late September (2020: Sept. 23-25, 2020 as planned); venue orders 2020: DC-066, DC-065, DC-034). Also cancelled by this notice: NAMB National 2020 (mortgage brokers' national conference) (Las Vegas, NV; usual dates Early October (2020: Oct. 2-5, 2020 as planned); venue orders 2020: NV-028, NV-029, NV-003). Also cancelled by this notice: CMBA Western Secondary Market Conference 2020 (Dana Point (Orange County), CA; usual dates Early July (2020: July 8-10, 2020 as scheduled); venue orders 2020: CA-002, CA-015, CA-016, CA-010). Also cancelled by this notice: CMBA Mortgage Innovators Conference 2020 (San Diego, CA; usual dates Mid-August (2020: Aug. 16-18, 2020 as scheduled); venue orders 2020: CA-010, CA-016, MET-SAN-013). Also cancelled by this notice: HousingWire engage.marketing 2020 (mortgage marketing conference) (Irvine (Orange County), CA; usual dates June (2020); venue orders 2020: CA-002, CA-014, CA-015). Also cancelled by this notice: National Association of REALTORS Leadership Summit (Aug. 2020, Chicago) and REALTORS Conference & Expo (Nov. 2020, New Orleans), at which mortgage lenders and title companies exhibit (Chicago (Aug.); New Orleans (Nov.), IL; LA; usual dates August; mid-November; venue orders 2020: IL-019, MET-CHI-014, LA-026).