Contingency Plans

Dear Christopher, Please accept our humblest apologies for postponing this Tuesday's {name of organization here}. It is due to the pending strike at City Hall and they have cancelled all reservations. Our new date for {name of organization here} will be Tuesday July 21st at 7 p.m. at {location}. It's called....

Have you ever received one of these emails in response to a strike? The evening you had planned to network and listen to a speaker hold forth on a topic has been cancelled.

Rats!

There go your plans for an early supper, the time-honored tradition of swapping business cards, making new friends, and why?

Because of a strike. Or sometimes a flooded office, a fire, or some other event.

But wait!

Why not meet anyway?

You won’t get the people who arrive late, sit, listen and leave early.

But you will maintain your body of core attendees who come to support each other, to chat, to natter, to discuss, to make new contacts, and they’ll love you for it.

But wait!

Aren’t the facilities closed?

Sure they are, but judicious use of Google Earth will reveal coffee shops nearby.

And with the strike/flood/fire on and nearby businesses closed, they’ll be glad of the extra demands for coffee and sandwiches.

Failing that a family diner would do the trick; after all, we are all family in our organization, aren’t we?

What an opportunity to see how we all perform under adverse conditions.

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