Dear EBC Colleague:
It is with heavy hearts that the Section has decided to postpone the 2022 Employee Benefits Committee Meeting until February 2023. As you know, our Midwinter Meeting has been scheduled for nearly a year to take place in New Orleans from February 2-5, 2022. New Orleans is currently experiencing the greatest surge in COVID cases it has ever seen, with nearly a 30% positivity test rate. The four co-chairs unanimously recommended to our LEL Section liaisons and Section leadership that the meeting be postponed. These Section leaders quickly jumped into action, considered a variety of factors and statistics, and aligned with the recommendation of the EBC co-chairs.
One of the things that makes EBC and the Section of LEL so unique is the commitment to the consensus model across constituencies, and the only silver lining to the cancelation was to watch how unanimous dedication to acting in the best interest of our members played out. We are grateful for the support of all constituencies of LEL leadership, as well as the LEL staff, who sprung into immediate action.
The ABA will refund registration fees to those who have already registered, to take care of those who have already pledged sponsorships, and to reschedule our meeting in New Orleans for 2023.
We sincerely wish health and wellness to you and yours.
Sincerely from your EBC Co-Chairs,
Cassie Springer Ayeni
Stacey Cerrone
John Harney
Bruce Perlin
Refunds: Cancellations for the Employee Benefits Committee Midwinter Meeting will automatically be processed, and refunds will be credited to you within the next two weeks using your original form of payment.
Hotel: If you reserved a room within the ABA room block, your reservation will be automatically cancelled. No cancellation fee will apply for rooms booked within the ABA room block.
Airlines: Please note that flight reservations must be cancelled by the individual who booked the reservation. It is up to the individual airlines if they will waive change fees or issue credits for the entirety of tickets.