The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Las Vegas (The Mirage); Nashville and Dallas in ordinary years (Imaging USA); Chicago (AIFD 2020 as scheduled), NV; TN; IL · Tennessee
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-12-02 Dec. 2, 2020
- In force
- Dec. 2, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Weddings, Events and Production Services SEC-25
Operative words
'the health and safety of our communities, customers, and team members is of the [utmost importance]... in accordance the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and World Health Organizations (WHO)... Emerald had made the decision to postpone and/or cancel our shows taking place through the end of 2020' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-070)
The organizer's notice
WPPI press-release page as captured Dec. 2, 2020: 'WPPI 2021 will be held from March 7-11, 2021 at Mirage in Las Vegas' (release of May 7, 2020)
Notes
2020: Emerald, WPPI's owner, stated by December 2, 2020: 'Emerald had made the decision to postpone and/or cancel our shows taking place through the end of 2020. Please check with your specific event website for more information' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-070); WPPI's site carried a 'WPPI COVID-19 UPDATE' banner (Ex. SEC-25-GM-013) and its May 7, 2020 release setting 'WPPI 2021... March 7-11, 2021 at Mirage in Las Vegas' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-014); PPA's site as captured Nov. 1, 2020 carried 'COVID-19 Resources' and the Imaging USA Conference page (Ex. SEC-25-GM-054); AIFD's site as captured May 11, 2020 listed the '2020 Symposium Vision' (Ex. SEC-25-GM-057). 2021: WPPI did not run on March 7-11, 2021 at the Mirage (Nevada Directive 037's caps and Directive 041's 250-or-50-percent rule governed those dates, Exs. NV-032, NV-036); Usual dates: WPPI late February - early March (set for March 7-11, 2021); Imaging USA January; AIFD Symposium July. Scale: Not sourced in the exhibits retrieved. Venue orders 2020: NV-017, NV-028, NV-030. Venue orders 2021: NV-030, NV-032, NV-036, NV-038, NV-041. Also cancelled by this notice: Photography and videography: portrait studios, school and sports photography, event coverage and photography conventions (Every State; Las Vegas (WPPI); Nashville then virtual (Imaging USA 2021), ALL; NV; TN; usual dates Year-round; school portrait season (August - October); wedding season; WPPI (February - March); Imaging USA (January); venue orders 2020: NV-004, NV-012, NV-016, CT-004, CT-010, NY-004, NY-005, DC-029, NJ-004, PA-004, MI-011, CA-002, IL-005, MA-008, NY-011, MI-015, MA-014, GA-009; venue orders 2021: NV-036, NV-038, NV-041, NV-044, MET-HOU-038, MET-BNA-077, MET-NYC-044).