Health and Safety Policy For COVID-19

​To our valued members and guests:
Your health and safety is our top priority. Therefore as we follow the quickly developing environment around Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are implementing new policies to help us prevent the spread of the virus and limit the impact on our community. Thank you for reading this and supporting our efforts!  

Following recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) we are implementing the following enhanced health and safety policies. 

Cleaning
We are implementing enhanced cleaning procedures in our location to protect our members and guests. These include; 

• Cleaning shared surfaces more regularly. 
• Providing hand sanitizer. 

Personal Hygiene
Please follow these important guidelines about hygiene:

• Wash your hands frequently and properly.  20 seconds is the minimum recommended to be considered effective. A guide can be found here: www.who.int/gpsc/clean_hands_protection.  We have place timers by the sinks to help users keep track of time. 
• Use your arm or sleeve when coughing or sneezing, not your hands, and use hand sanitizer regularly. Wash your hands. 
• Please dispose of tissues immediately and properly.
• Refrain from touching your nose or mouth. 

Kitchen

• We will be limiting shared kitchen services including ground coffee, refreshments and snacks
• For the time being, we will offer single use k-cups as available in the kitchen, but we apologize for any inconvenience this limited service may have.
• We ask you to put any dishes or cups in the dishwasher instead of hand washing them. The dishwasher has a sanitize cycle that is far more effective than regular hand washing.  
• Let's leave all lights on (including bathrooms). Last person to leave please turn everything off. this way there is less touching of switches. 

If You Are Sick or traveled to trouble areas. 
For the safety of our coworkers and community, we are asking members

• If you are displaying even flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough and cold to stay home. Not only is this common courtesy, it will help you recover more quickly and keep your immune system strong. 
• Please notify our staff if you are diagnosed with COVID-19 and have used our space in the past 14 days. 
• If you have recently traveled to high-risk areas (China, Italy and other areas as updated by the CDC), The government is asking you to self-quarantine for 14 days, even if you show no symptoms, and to monitor for any symptoms of illness. This may be extended to those who have traveled to other areas where COVID-19 is spreading. 
• If you suspect you may be sick with the Coronavirus, we ask you to check with your healthcare provider. Please do not plan to return to work until you’ve been cleared and are no longer sick. Let us know and we will happily pause your membership and credit your account. 

Social distancing

• We strongly encourage members to keep the recommended safe distance. If you need to move a table around, or change seats, feel free to do so. 
• Avoid handshakes and please forgive others who are doing so. 
• we have cancelled internal and external events, gatherings, guest speakers, etc. Of course your own guests are still welcome to come, however, please make sure they adhere to what is recommended. 
• Given the reduced activity, we will temporarily keep the front doors locked even during business hours. Who needs to get in has an access code.  Call us if you have trouble getting in.  

Closures
We are temporarily refusing day passes and weekly trials. While this comes at a high cost to us, we want to make sure you feel safe attending. 

Thank you for putting the health and safety of our local community first! We are closely following the recommendations by the WHO and CDC and will provide updates as needed. In the meantime, thank you for helping continue to keep our welcoming community healthy and safe!