WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
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07/11/20 07:28 PM
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Patrice
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*********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed on us by the City of Marshfield, the Central Wisconsin Fairgrounds and our insurance carrier, we have been forced to cancel our combined WTA/FTA convention scheduled for September 10-12, 2020. The folks in Marshfield waited as long as they could to notify us in case things got significantly better, but instead they have been experiencing a spike in cases and could not allow us to proceed as planned. We could not hold an event without abiding by every state, county and local restriction (including group size limits, physical distancing requirements and no use of buildings) which are tightening there by the day. We also found that the cost and availability of liability coverage would have been prohibitive at this time. As a result, we voted at our board meeting this afternoon to cancel.
We hope and trust that these current parameters will change drastically before our next big event, and we’ll look forward to a better year next year.
Sorry to have to report this,
Patrice, your TMan Feed Gestapo along with Arnie Groehler, WTA President
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WTA District 9 Director ... Go D9! Member: WTA, Intertel, Mensa (Trappers ain't stupid.) Life Member: NRA
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Patrice]
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07/11/20 07:44 PM
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danny clifton
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I bet if we call it a Black Lives Matter gathering it will be approved
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Patrice]
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07/11/20 07:47 PM
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Catch22
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Why not do it at someones house, a farm?
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: run]
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07/11/20 08:16 PM
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Patrice
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Run, I already PM'd Paul about it. I'm sure he'll give us some glue as soon as he sees that.
WTA District 9 Director ... Go D9! Member: WTA, Intertel, Mensa (Trappers ain't stupid.) Life Member: NRA
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Patrice]
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07/11/20 08:28 PM
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Bogmaster
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Catch,no way 2,000 trappers could be hosted at a house and at a farm,all dealers would have to set up outside,and many dealers won't do that. Having done over 100 conventions and rendezvous by setting up outside, it can be an iffy thing.More than once I have had products ruined by a quick storm. Last NTA convention in Minnesota,my entire canopy set ups were torn down by a bad storm.Some dealers stuff was found a long ways away. While I still set up at some shows out side ,I much prefer the safety of an indoor set up. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Michael Lippold]
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07/11/20 09:49 PM
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Patrice
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I'm sure with you guys on that. I'm sick of even hearing about it. We got stuck between a rock and a hard place with all the rules and insurance crap. I hope everyone knows that.
WTA District 9 Director ... Go D9! Member: WTA, Intertel, Mensa (Trappers ain't stupid.) Life Member: NRA
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: wissmiss]
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07/12/20 12:55 AM
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It’s still 2 months til the event. How do “they” know things won’t be better by then? Just curious. Thanks My thoughts exactly! Seems premature. Both organizations will be missing out on what would've been a stellar turnout of trappers anxious to get back to normal and spend some extra pocket change they've saved up not going out to eat and doing other things all summer. IMO it's the wrong decision.
Last edited by tlguy; 07/12/20 01:03 AM.
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: tlguy]
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07/12/20 07:25 AM
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Zim
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It’s still 2 months til the event. How do “they” know things won’t be better by then? Just curious. Thanks My thoughts exactly! Seems premature. Both organizations will be missing out on what would've been a stellar turnout of trappers anxious to get back to normal and spend some extra pocket change they've saved up not going out to eat and doing other things all summer. IMO it's the wrong decision. Perhaps you could provide the insurance for the event. Zim
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Zim]
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07/12/20 08:43 AM
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Patrice
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The whole thing sucks. Eight weeks out, however, is a blink of an eye when it comes to setting up a convention. There are already quite a few people who have significant time into organizing that event and the rest were in a holding pattern waiting to hear what we found out this week because they needed to move ahead on their jobs. It sucks. We were given criteria we could not meet. There wasn't much of a decision. It just sucks.
WTA District 9 Director ... Go D9! Member: WTA, Intertel, Mensa (Trappers ain't stupid.) Life Member: NRA
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Patrice]
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07/12/20 08:46 AM
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Complely understandable. It sounds like it was really out of your hands anyway.
Poor people have poor ways.
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Re: WTA/FTA Convention Cancelled
[Re: Patrice]
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07/12/20 10:06 AM
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Patrice, thanks for the effort you and other volunteers did to try make this happen. It's a bummer it had to end this way although I was expecting. I'm actually most surprised it took this long.
The reaction to this virus is insane.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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