September 2021 - President’s Message
A message from Gord Kruger, Evergreen Club president
Greetings once again everyone.....it seems that it's been awhile since we last met......and it has...and it appears that we are still stuck in the same old Covid rut. We seemed to be on the right track as summer arrived. Things were certainly looking better and Janet and her team were well on their way to formulating a definitive plan of action for reopening.
I'm not going to get into those details here as Janet is updating you on all of that in her report in this newsletter. However, new trouble started as the variants began their work and I started to feel that yo-yo effect. We seemed to be up one day and down the next and some of those well thought out plans had to be adjusted to meet the ongoing changes that were taking place. We were back to being mask free for a time but suddenly that's all gone for who knows for how long. There just seems to be no end to this virus and it's variants so it may just be sometime yet until we get "FrEE". but the club is "OpEN" and we will be expanding on that as Janet will explain in her report.
So, as it stands the rules and regulations that guide our actions at this point in time will continue to work for us into September and hopefully beyond. There are still a few flies in the ointment that could cause some hick-ups however. Anti Vaxers still continue to be an issue in the big picture. I don't believe that this is an issue we have to worry about within the Evergreen but it could be a disturbance factor that could be a problem within the rules that we are working with. We all hope not. The continued favoring of conspiracy theories over Science impedes on every aspect of recovery and could be a problem....but again I don't think we suffer from any, if any, at the Evergreen. The Covid passport concept that will soon be with us seems to me to be a sensible and a reasonable addition to the rules.
It would be so nice if we could find our way back to what we had prior to Covid. Janet an her team continue to work on new approaches and these ladies are to commended for their great work. Once again, be sure to check Janet's report for what is and what will be happening at the Evergreen Club. So say safe and be kind to others.....and that's a wrap for now.
See You In The Lounge.....adios...gk