any brave souls still going to Hawaii?

[Ronald Mitchell]

My apologies for an “unusual but for the circumstances” email.  If you are not going to Hawaii for ISA, you need not read further. If you can’t get an airline refund and are going to go anyway, please read on.

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I assume most people are frantically canceling hotel reservations for ISA in Honolulu. 

But if anyone has decided that they are still going to Hawaii BUT would prefer to NOT stay in a hotel, I might have an option for you. I rented a house for March 24 through March 30 in Kailua (my hometown), which is a half-hour from Honolulu – map HERE. The rental is almost directly on the beach (a beach park is in front) and the town is a nice little town. You would need to rent a car.  The specific house, with pictures, is here: https://patskailua.com/wp/property-9.php

Rent is $250 per night plus tax for 2 adults and 2 teens. I would welcome anyone taking any or all days of this off my hands (I am on the hook for any days they can’t re-rent).

If you are interested in canceling your hotel and taking this rental instead, shoot me an email and we can sort this out.

Ron

 

 

 

From: International Studies Association [mailto:i...@isanet.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:17 PM
To: Ronald Mitchell <rmit...@uoregon.edu>
Subject: Cancellation of ISA 2020 Annual Convention

 

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.           Dear Colleagues,   It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of ISA2020 in Honolulu. As we’re sure everyone knows, the challenges presented by the growing COVID-19 health crisis adversely impacted attendance and sponsorships, severely impacted travel and degraded the ability to hold a large conference for the foreseeable future. As a result, and in consultation with ISA’s Executive Committee, we feel compelled to make the very difficult decision to cancel this year’s convention.   In getting to this decision point, we considered the health and welfare of ISA members as the primary factor in making this decision, while relying on the guidance provided by local, federal global health, and policy officials. A second major factor in our decision was the accelerating rate at which governments and universities have imposed travel restrictions over the past week. These restrictions have led to a large number of withdrawals from ISA2020 in just the past few days. These restrictions not only impact attendance, but also prevent ISA from hosting the conference. Earlier this week, the Governor of the state of Connecticut, where ISA is headquartered at the University of Connecticut, imposed a travel ban for all state employees. This travel ban by our state government renders ISA unable to bring its staff to Hawaii for the convention, making it impossible to run a convention.   We also fully recognize that this decision will affect ISA members in a wide variety of ways. As we now shift from convention preparation to cancellation management, that brings an entirely new set of challenges for ISA and its members. Many of you have already withdrawn from the convention and are awaiting further answers from HQ. Across the board, ISA will be developing processes for handling these issues in the coming days. We ask for your patience as that process develops and we announce how things will work. We will also provide guidance on a range of other questions and issues as soon as we possibly can.   Please take immediate steps to cancel your hotel reservations directly to ensure you will not be charged. We also encourage you to contact your airline to determine whether they will provide you with a refund or travel credit.   We will hold a virtual Governing Council meeting in the near future to keep the business of ISA moving forward. That will be scheduled soon and the relevant materials will follow.     In sum, this is a decision that none of us in ISA leadership wanted to make. The decision does entail significant costs that will impact the way we do our work for several years to come. But after assessing all the factors in front of us and listening to input from ISA members over the past several weeks, we strongly believe that this is the best option for ISA at this time.   Thanks for your understanding and for being involved with and supporting ISA.   Sincerely,   Cameron Thies, President Helen Milner, President-Elect Patrick James, Past President Mark A. Boyer, Executive Director       You are receiving this message because you are associated with the ISA 2020 Annual Convention. If you believe that this is in error, please contact us at i...@isanet.org.       Unsubscribe | Update Preferences International Studies Association 362 Fairfield Way, Unit 4013 Storrs, CT 06269

[Roberts, J. Timmons]

Ron and all,

Crap-ola and sorry to all who were planning on going. Being on a carbon diet (not a carbon starvation diet) and honestly conference weary, I was not planning to go. I do really appreciate people’s offers to serve on panels. 

What I find bizarre about this notification is the lack of a single word about any effort to hold the conference online.  If this were being treated as the climate emergency it is, this would have been the plan or at least an option from the start. 

Given the viral emergency, they could at least pay Zoom for access and sessions could be held and conference registered people could beam in. The ISA could circulate zoom links for each session. Right?

We have to adapt. We can. If we work on this, the learning we all do to keep our classes going remotely and meeting and keeping our organizations functioning through these times could be transformational.  

Looking for a pony in here, 

Timmons 

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Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology

Director, the Climate and Development Lab www.climatedevlab.brown.edu

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Department of Sociology https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/

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