March 19, 2019
Dear MTA Members:
The Officers of the MTA have been
carefully monitoring the health and
safety guidelines as provided by our Governor and the CDC regarding
the
coronavirus (COVID-19).
In compliance with our Governor’s
Executive Order dated March 18, 2020
banning all public gatherings more than 10 people and strongly
urging all
non-essential public-facing businesses to close their doors for the
next 2
weeks, the Officers of the MTA would
resolutely urge all trapshooting
ranges within the State of Maine to close their operations
immediately at a
minimum consistent with this order and to help mitigate the further
spread
of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
As a reference, the Executive Board of the Scarborough Fish &
Game
Association decided this morning to close their facility to members
and
guest until further notice, with certain essential exceptions.
I would
suggest that other shooting facilities in our State consider a
similar
added measure.
We certainly appreciate the consequences of these decisions, but the
health
and safety of our community is of utmost importance. Many of
our MTA and
public shooters are in the higher risk segment for this virus.
We will continue to monitor this situation very carefully and will
provide
further communication when appropriate. In the meantime,
please be sure to
spread this message both verbally and digitally to all that may be
relevant. The MTA does not have the email addresses for all
its members.
As we are seeing now in other states, COVID-19 will likely cause the
cancelled of some of our registration shoot dates. We will
keep you
informed accordingly separately of any registered shoot
cancellations.
Below, please find the website links to the CDC, Maine.gov, and the
ATA
regarding COVID-19.
Lastly, I would like to express my gratitude to Jim Montz for being
so
vigilant in keeping the MTA Officers informed
in real-time on matters
related to the ATA and Maine CDC regarding COVID-19.
Stay safe and please follow the Executive Order and CDC guidelines.
Best,
David Japhet
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/airborne/coronavirus.shtml
https://shootata.com/