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Dear Faculty and Staff,
To clarify the University Health and Safety guidelines, specifically about whether a speaker at an event can remove their mask when speaking to an audience indoors, the COVID Leadership discussed how an approval process for exceptions to University guidelines and processes for events could be structured.
Recommendation: The following criteria will incorporate consideration of the current campus environment, surrounding environment, and county, state, and CDC guidance. Criteria will be updated as conditions change. If the sponsor of a University event requests an exemption to the Health and Safety policy and/or current University requirements, the COVID Events Taskforce will consider these criteria during the event approval process. The Taskforce might ask the event organizer for additional information and/or pose questions to the COVID Planning and Intelligence subcommittee to gain clarity before they decide whether to approve the request for an exemption.
The criteria listed below will be considered by the COVID Events task force:
Criteria will be updated as campus COVID conditions change.
The COVID Events Task Force, with the support of COVID Leadership and Planning and Intelligence groups, can provide exceptions to the criteria described above as needed.