An email has just been sent to everyone who had booked for Spring Conference.
As you will know, the Federal Board took a decision to cancel Spring Conference earlier this week. You can find its statement setting out the reasons here: https://www.libdems.org.uk/spring-conference
We appreciate that you were looking forward to conference, as were we. Under the circumstances, we would like to offer you the following options with regards to your conference registration fee:
1. Donate your fee to the Conference Fund for the Liberal Democrats. Please note that our event insurance will not cover any of our costs for conference as it is a contagious disease which is a standard exemption from event policies
2. Obtain a complimentary four day (week pass) to Autumn Conference: 26-29 September 2020 in Brighton
3. Obtain a full refund
Please let us know your wishes by 27 March. After this date, if we have not heard from you, we will presume that you wish to donate your fee to us and we thank you for your generosity.
With regards to your hotel and travel, please contact them directly to see if a refund is possible (even if it states that your booking is non refundable). If you have travel insurance, you may be able to claim using this. Please note that we have negotiated with LNER that if you booked your train travel directly with them you can obtain a refund if you contact their Customer Services team on: 03457 225 333.
We are also delighted to announce the dates for Spring Conference 2021 in York on 19-21 March 2021. You may be able to move this year’s hotel booking to next year (please contact your hotel/ booking agent directly).
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
The Conference Office
* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.
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2 Comments
Mary,
“it is a contagious disease which is a standard exemption from event policies”. This is an issue for many businesses with business interruption insurance as this notice makes clear https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurer/7500931/axa-confirms-coronavirus-business-interruption-coverage
“If your policy provides any infectious diseases cover, the document lists and names the diseases for which financial losses are covered. “When the government added Covid-19 to the list of notifiable diseases, it did not change policy coverage.” Aviva confirmed last week that its own business interruption cover did not include losses arising from the coronavirus.
Our Parliamentarians might usefully lobby the government to immediately add Covid-19 to policy coverage. Many small businesses relying on this insurance cover will go under otherwise.
Any fringe meetings that people wanted to go to to hear and discuss. If these organisations are still wishing to debate their topics is there the possibility of LDV giving them space to discuss their issues. Or give email addresses etc out so that people can discuss things via the internet be it on video or otherwise Being in an interne rt connected world conferences do not have to end.