The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Every State; Miami (import gateway); Nashville/virtual (SAF 2020); Chicago (AIFD 2020), ALL; FL; TN; IL · Tennessee
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Weddings, Events and Production Services SEC-25
Operative words
Society of American Florists (July 2020): 'the Society of American Florists' first ever all-virtual Reinvention Summit taking place July 27-31' (SAF homepage as captured July 30, 2020; Ex. SEC-25-GM-007 where retrieved). Kentucky EO 2020-968: the venue limit 'applies to indoor weddings and funerals' (Ex. KY-033).
The organizer's notice
Society of American Florists, "Full Calendar? Flexible Options Available for SAF Reinvention Summit" (July 22, 2020), as captured Aug. 6, 2020: the first all-virtual Reinvention Summit, July 27-31, 2020 (TEXT RENDERING of the capture)
Notes
2020: Closed as non-essential retail from March 19 - April 3, 2020 in the stay-home States (New Jersey EO 107, Ex. NJ-004; Pennsylvania's life-sustaining list, Ex. PA-004; New York EO 202.8/202.10, Exs. NY-004, NY-005; Michigan EO 2020-21, Ex. MI-011; Massachusetts Order 13, Ex. MA-008; Illinois, Ex. IL-005; California, Ex. CA-002); wedding and event flowers fell with C-01 to C-06; funeral flowers with the gathering caps that named funerals (Washington 'weddings and funerals,' Ex. WA-016; Alaska 'funeral events,' Ex. AK-013; Nebraska 'weddings and funerals,' Ex. NE-002; Kentucky's 25-per-room cap applied 'to indoor weddings and funerals,' Ex. KY-033; Washington's 30-person cap on funerals, Ex. WA-047); hospital and long-term-care visitation bans closed the gift-shop trade (Florida DEM Emergency Orders 20-006 to 20-009, Exs. SEC-04-040, -062, -072, -041); the Society of American Florists replaced its 2020 convention with a 'first ever all-virtual Reinvention Summit' July 27-31, 2020 (Ex. SEC-25-GM-007 where retrieved); AIFD's 2020 Symposium as retrieved (Ex. SEC-25-GM-057). 2021: Wedding and event flowers under C-07 to C-09; visitation restrictions at hospitals and senior living continued under the CMS and State orders (SEC-04 series); conventions under the 2021 caps. Usual dates: Valentine's Day; Mother's Day (May); wedding season; funerals year-round; SAF annual convention (September); AIFD Symposium (July). Scale: A Florida florist with hospital and senior-living gift shops reported a shop 'forced to close... on April 4, 2020 and... never given approval to reopen due to ongoing concerns about protecting the residents,' hospital gift-shop days cut from seven to five, 'Numerous weddings and funerals... Venue orders 2020: NJ-004, PA-004, NY-004, NY-005, MI-011, MA-008, IL-005, CA-002, WA-016, WA-047, AK-013, NE-002, KY-033, SEC-04-040, SEC-04-062, SEC-04-072, SEC-04-041, FL-010, OH-011, TX-008. Venue orders 2021: NY-108, NJ-044, SEC-25-007, HI-025, MET-NYC-017.