Events

This is the letter I didn’t want to have to write. The Board of Directors has
decided it is best to reschedule the Albuquerque Grand National until a later
date. I had hoped that we would be able to hold this year’s Grand National in
Albuquerque with a few modest alterations. However, despite vaccination
opportunities improving, and an optimistic outlook for moving past this
pandemic, COVID continues to upend our plans.

While significant progress is being made in addressing the pandemic’s health
impacts, they aren’t gone. COVID related restrictions remain in place in
many parts of the country, including Albuquerque. We had anticipated that
some level of social distancing might remain in place. But current
restrictions and those likely to be in place for our dates, would adversely
impact most of our activities, tours and tour venues. We anticipated we
would not be able to have our usual buffets, banquets, bar service, or
hospitality suite. We had additional concerns about having enough
experienced judges to judge the cars. Secondarily, we felt that we could
have difficulty being able to meet our significant financial obligations to the
host hotel as well. At the time our decision was made, we could not assure
that we could hold an event of the caliber you have come to expect from
your Club.

Therefore rather than hold a severely diminished event, the Board decided
to postpone the Albuquerque Grand National to June of 2023. I know
this is very disappointing to our host Region members, who worked diligently
to hold this event in the face of this pandemic. It is also disappointing for
those who made plans to attend, especially those of you who felt we should
have held the GN last year.

After having cancelled last year’s Grand National, we were doing all we could
to try to hold this year’s event as planned. Unfortunately, the situation has
simply not improved enough to enable us to safely do so. Therefore in the
best interest of the Club and the health of our fellow members, we believe
this is the correct decision.

In the interim, the outlook is very good to have all these concerns behind us
for our Grand National in Chicago (Lombard, Illinois) June 21-25, 2022, and
a rescheduled Albuquerque Grand National June 20-24, 2023. They are both
going to be great events. I hope to see you there.

We are working on possibly holding a more casual Cadillac-Lasalle Club
gathering in the Southeast in October. I’ll keep you posted as planning for
that event evolves.

Until then, stay safe.

Glenn