May 6 Monthly GANYC Meeting

GANYC held its May monthly membership meeting online via Zoom. We will be holding all our monthly meetings in this format through August, with a tentative plan to return to in-person meetings at our Annual General Meeting on September 9. At last night's meeting, President Emma Guest-Consales gave her presidential report. Later she explained two changes the Board made to GANYC's by-laws (members can see our Announcements for details).

Most importantly, we featured two excellent guest speakers:

• Rafael Espinal: President/Executive Director, Freelancers Union. He discussed how COVID-19 is affecting freelancers, the types of support and aid available to freelancers, and what freelance work may look like after the pandemic.
   
• Dan Pitzer: Breaking the Chain Counseling. He discussed dealing with anxiety in the wake of COVID-19 and its impact on the tour industry.

We also had several GANYC Committee reports, and other updates including a preview of the Tour Your Own City website that will launch later this Spring.