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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank you everyone for your responses! It sounds like most organizations are not requiring but recommending, which is the route we have taken as well. Our staff continue to wear masks as before, and most of our volunteers are wearing them, particularly when they are working with the public. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Many thanks for your input,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Brittany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Brittany V. Vis, MLIS (she, her)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>250-385-4222 ext. 106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#17B7B4'><a href="http://mmbc.bc.ca/"><span style='color:#17B7B4'>Maritime Museum of British Columbia</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>The Maritime Museum of BC is on the territories of the l</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>k</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>̓ʷə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>ŋ</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>n speaking peoples, specifically the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, who have respected these lands and waters for thousands of years.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=476 height=176 style='width:4.9583in;height:1.8333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D837A9.E4B3A9D0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Listserv <listserv-bounces@lists.museum.bc.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv<br><b>Sent:</b> March 14, 2022 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BCMA] To mask or not to mask?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>If folks find this helpful, Health Canada continues to recommend mask usage: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/prevention-risks/about-non-medical-masks-face-coverings.html#a1">https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/prevention-risks/about-non-medical-masks-face-coverings.html#a1</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>"Even if masks aren't required in your area or the setting you're in, wearing a mask is an added layer of protection. Whether you're vaccinated or not, you should consider wearing one in shared spaces with people from outside of your immediate household. This is especially important indoors, whether in private or public settings.<br><br>Masks are strongly recommended in any crowded setting, including settings with vaccination requirements."</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ryan Hunt</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pronouns: He/him </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222'>To learn why pronouns are important, click </span><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC'>here</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Lekwungen</span></a> peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on this territory.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>Direct: 250-884-0499 || Office: 250-356-5700 || <a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">www.museum.bc.ca</a></span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='color:#888888'><img border=0 width=96 height=54 style='width:1.0in;height:.5666in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1oh4plhu2CZl76JCTQZ0p_EdG52Ud23QA&export=download"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='color:#888888'>RoundUp Issue 282: Maintaining Momentum</span></i><span style='color:#888888'> is now online! Read the full publication on our <a href="https://museum.bc.ca/playlist/?spl=75620F4046000000" target="_blank">website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 12:10 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>At the Museum of Surrey we are encouraging mask use but not requiring it. So far today, one out of about 30 patrons has worn a mask. However, we are requiring all staff and volunteers to wear a mask.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:32 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>With the latest health mandates update today, we at the Maritime Museum of BC in Victoria are wondering about what to do with our public mask policy… Do we keep it to ensure safety for all? Or, do we simply encourage it but not require it? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Since the trucker’s convoy started in late January, we have been dealing with unmasked, un-vaccinated individuals coming into our space and harassing our young staff and senior volunteers about our policy. We’ve had to close during Saturday afternoons due to the noise level from the streets (we are right downtown). We’ve been locking our front door, even during public hours, on Saturdays and asking to see masks and vaccine passports through the windowed doors before letting visitors in to try to keep our staff/volunteers safe from the harassment we’ve been experiencing (though we still had a harasser slip through when we opened the door to let someone out). And now, we’re facing the possibility of more vehicles coming into downtown Victoria every weekday starting next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>So with these latest mandate changes, we’re feeling like we’re caught between the choice of keeping our space as safe as we can and continue requiring masks and possibly inviting more harassment, or allowing masks to be optional to try to minimize the harassment we have been dealing with while compromising our safety protocols… <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>What is everyone else planning to do about masks? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Brittany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Brittany V. Vis, MLIS (she, her)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>250-385-4222 ext. 106</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#17B7B4'><a href="http://mmbc.bc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17B7B4'>Maritime Museum of British Columbia</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>The Maritime Museum of BC is on the territories of the l</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>k</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>̓ʷə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>ŋ</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ə</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'>n speaking peoples, specifically the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, who have respected these lands and waters for thousands of years.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 width=476 height=176 style='width:4.9583in;height:1.8333in' id="gmail-m_-4040380952238166186gmail-m_-1102315980393081827Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D837A9.E4B3A9D0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Listserv mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a><br><a href="http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Lynn Adam Saffery</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>778-846-0521<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:lsaffery@gmail.com" target="_blank">lsaffery@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Listserv mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">Listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a><br><a href="http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">http://lists.museum.bc.ca/listinfo.cgi/listserv-museum.bc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>