Re-Opening Committee Update: Thursday July 9, 2020
ACC’s Re-opening Committee has met twice. We’ve reviewed State guidelines for Covid-19 safety measures, both broad ones for workplaces and specifics for places of worship. In addition to studying the guidelines, we’ve learned about what other organizations have been considering in their re-opening (such as the Albany Y). We agreed that a high priority for our work is keeping an open line of communication between this committee and the Congregation. Members include: Eleanor Crump, Faith Abel, Susan Russell, Nina Harmon, Linda Young, and Rev. Nate Klug. Please feel free to ask questions or share ideas.
The work is now focusing on developing ACC guidelines for small groups. These guidelines will govern both ACC small groups, and small groups that rent our spaces. We will have a comprehensive draft of these guidelines completed in about 2 weeks, and then will present to Council for approval and communication with the Congregation. When opening for small groups does begin, it will most likely be limited to outdoor spaces, and the large social hall where people can spread out. All groups using our space will be required to have a monitor who has people sign in, does temperature checks, , documents attendance, and monitors compliance with Social Distancing protocols. We are also working on the guidelines for the “behind the scenes” extra cleaning that will need to be done.