COVID-19 Policy

Here are the Spring 2024 East Coast Jam COVID policies. Please read and make sure you understand and agree to abide by the policies prior to registering.

Cancellations

• Anyone who is registered can cancel due to COVID with no penalty until April 20. No penalty means refund of the deposit along with any principal payment. Cancellations after April 20th due to contracting COVID will be refunded for lodging and half the cost of meals.

• Cancellations not related to COVID concerns or illness are fully refundable (including deposit) until April 15. From April 16 to April 20 the $50 deposit is not refundable but the balance paid is refundable.

Everyone attending the jam: 

• Agrees to take a Covid test within 24 hours PRIOR TO arrival to the ECJ. We strongly suggest that you test the morning of the day that you travel, BEFORE you travel, so if it is positive you would not make the trip unnecessarily. If this test is positive, please notify the organizers immediately and do not travel to the jam.

• Agrees to bring at least TWO extra rapid COVID test to the jam, one to take on the SECOND day after arrival ( ~48 hours after your first test) and another to take if you become symptomatic or there is an exposure at the jam.  For example, if you are arriving Wednesday you will test Wednesday before you arrive, and again on Friday.

• Agrees to bring a high quality mask (N95 or KN95) to the Jam.  While Claymont is not currently requiring wearing masks indoors, this could change if we were to have someone test positive after arrival.

• Should have a plan for getting home if you need to leave early.  Consider contingency options with any travel-mates prior to the jam. 

We hope that all will stay healthy and well while at the jam, but we can't be sure of that.  Please be extra careful about potential exposures the week before the jam!

Everyone attending the jam agrees to abide by the current COVID policies.  Any changes to the policy will only be with the consent of all who are registered and in accordance with any guidelines within which the venue, Claymont Seminars, has to operate. 

Should someone develop possible COVID symptoms while at the jam:

• Anyone who is symptomatic should notify the organizers immediately and self-isolate and test

• If a jammer tests positive or is getting sick they need to keep apart from the rest of the group.

  • If for some reason the sick jammer is unable to leave immediately, the sick jammer will isolate in a mansion room or outdoors at a distance from others. If they are unable to depart before the next meal, the meal will be brought to them. The organizers will continue to coordinate with them to help facilitate their isolation and departure.

• All jammers who have had any close contact with the sick jammer should test themselves with a rapid Covid test kit.

• Depending on the circumstances, those remaining at the jam may need to self-test and additionally wear a mask.

• If the organizers feel that such an incident warrants, they may shut down the jam without possibility of refunds.