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ConserFest continues its mission for 2020

The Block Island Times sat down — figuratively — with ConserFest co-founder Cameron Greenlee to talk about how the event will take place this year, given the current restrictions on gatherings and events. Greenlee gave us the scoop on what will happen when ConserFest kicks off on Sunday, Aug. 2:
Q: Tell us a little bit about how ConserFest came together this year? It’ll be a virtual event, so obviously, this year had challenges unlike any other.
CG: After Covid hit, the ConserFest Board began to speculate that the live event was probably not going to be an option. At that point we had two choices: Either cancel the event all together — or put on a virtual event. The board meets once per month all year-round with sub-committees of board members meeting once or twice per month to complete various tasks. We always meet virtually using apps. These apps keep us connected for meetings as well as communicating the nitty gritty in between meetings.
Once we decided that the event would be virtual, there were many decisions to be made. Livestream or recorded? What platform do we use? After a lot of research we decided on using

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