[Rhonda B Smith]

Hi Laurel.  I would like to throw out a suggestion.  Is there any way that we could start a campaign to have the AAOS membership contact whoever is making these decisions?  I know that there isn’t a resident that has been through our program that would not contact the AAOS on our behalf out of respect for Dr. Meyer.  They all know how hard Dr. Meyer worked to get ARCOS off the ground because he always did the same for them.  I’m just having a hard time trying to wrap my head around the fact that they do not respect our organization and the effort we put in to do our jobs.  How many program directors would not contact AAOS on our behalf?  How many of our residents wouldn’t be willing to do the same?  While we may be a small group in their eyes, if we rally the troops I think we would have a pretty loud voice.  Just my two cents.

[Rhonda B Smith]

My hotel is giving me the run around as well so I thought I would try the email address that someone else posted for the AAOS housing. They promptly replied as follows (notice the “please don’t contact us in the last line!):

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us about the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon’s 2020 Annual Meeting. As you’re aware, the Academy Board of Directors made the difficult decision to cancel the
2020 Annual Meeting scheduled for March 24-28, 2020 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.
Our team, like many of you, had been eagerly anticipating and preparing for this year’s meeting. But, the ongoing spread of coronavirus has been a serious concern for us all, and its implications have substantially affected the logistics of the meeting.
We are working with the Academy’s Annual Meeting hotel partners to cancel each AAOS reservation.
Within the next two weeks, you will receive a refund for your deposit.
Please know that it may take your
financial institute three to five business days to post the refund to your account.
The good news is that there is no further action on your part. We thank you for your commitment to AAOS and look forward to seeing you at AAOS 2021! Please visit http://www.AAOS.org/annualmeeting for regular updates.
If you have further questions or concerns, please don’t contact us Our operation hours are Monday- Friday 8am-5pm CST.

[Rhonda B Smith]

On the AAOS website….

Annual Meeting News

After much consideration and discussion, the Academy Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Annual Meeting scheduled for March 24-28, 2020 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC).

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