Click [[Membership#Impact_of_COVID-19_Moratorium_on_NASPA_Membership |here]] to see how the moratorium affects your NASPA membership.
This moratorium is being was lifted in two phases. First, as of 2021-06-01, the addition of the new
[[#Cyan_Play|<span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Safety Level]]
permits allowed groups of fully vaccinated players to gather to play normally. Second, as of 2021-09-01, the color-coded guidance will be was phased out
in favour of a general requirement that events conform to all levels of official guidance.
== <span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Play ==
Players may meet for traditional face-to-face competitive Scrabble using regular playing equipment, subject to the following conditions:
* For all participants (players, directors, and anyone else attending a gathering)
** All participants must have completed a government-authorized course of vaccination against COVID-19, and waited the recommended duration for it to take full effect. (For example, a participant who has received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, and then waited at least two weeks, would be eligible to participate.)
** No one who has a probable or confirmed case of any infectious disease may attend.
** No one who has had a positive COVID-19 test within the past 10 days, or who currently has any symptoms of COVID-19, may attend.
** All participants must conform with all governmental guidance concerning meetings and travel.
* For directors
** Between June 1 and June 20, the total number of participants, including staff, could not exceed 12. On or after June 21, there is no cap on the number of participants. (If governmental guidance restricts the size of gatherings, this rule should not be understood as permitting such a limit to be exceeded.)
** The location should be accessible to only the participants as much as possible - for example, a private room in a restaurant but not the main dining room.
** Directors should be careful to conform to any local public health guidance, and refrain from holding events where distancing or other guidance would not permit them to be held.
** Directors may impose stricter rules about the use of masks and face coverings, hand washing, etc. A copy of the <span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Play rules, along with any STRICTER LOCAL modifications, must be made available to players both before registration and at the playing site.
** The director must keep a list of participants, together with their current contact information, and ask them to certify in writing on arrival that they meet all the necessary criteria for play under these rules. A sample screening form can be downloaded [[Sample COVID-19 Screening Form |here]].
== Resumption of Normal Operations ==
'''Directors may impose stricter rules''' about the need for vaccination, the use of masks and face coverings, hand washing, etc. Those restrictions must be made available to players both before registration and at the playing site.
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