Hello Everyone,

I am writing a note with some updates. First, a simple reminder to follow the advice of our public health leaders.

Today, the full Board of the AGO met on a phone meeting for an hour and a half. All of LT was invited to join the call. We shared with trustees all the steps that have been taken – starting with the decision almost two weeks ago now to ask the volunteers to stay at home – to more recent developments such as how the state of emergency impacts our operation. We also received a report on the status of The AGO Foundation. While our investments have declined, the losses were much less than other foundations because we were in a very conservative position. A bit of good news.

The board is very supportive and asked many good questions about how are we planning for the future months.

The question of when we will reopen is not clear. While the Premier indicated yesterday that schools will not re-open on April 6, he and public health officials are not ready to be more definitive. Some things are becoming clearer because of the global disruption of travel and we are working hard to understand how our exhibition schedule might be impacted. I have been in contact with our partners and everyone is showing a lot of flexibility.

Please take care,

Stephan