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Change in lift filming plans for the semester

 At this point, we are two weeks into the semester & heading into our third week. Based upon my current workload from all my courses, I am sorry to say that I unfortunately will not be able to stick with the tentative lift filming plan I proposed last month. I apologize for the inconvenience. The January virtual showdown was moved to March 26 at 6:30 PM. 

OMICRON CASES ARE STARTING TO TREND DOWNWARD CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. HENCE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT BY THE TIME THE SEMESTER ENDS I WILL BE IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN BE CONFIDENT TO RESUME IP LIFT FILMING AGAIN. ONLY EVIDENCE WILL TELL.

ADDITIONALLY, ALL SOLO OVERNIGHT LIFT FILMING PLANS HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF 2022 & WILL BE MOVED TO 2023. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FLORIDA TRIP IN JULY 2023 WILL BE MOVED TO DECEMBER 2023 TO REDUCE THE RISK OF WASP OR HORNET ATTACKS & TO INCREASE THE TIME TO SECURE THE BUDGET REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THE ENTIRE SPAN OF THE EXCURSION.

Tentative IP Lift Filming Plans for the summer:

  • May 20 - Quaker Bridge Mall
  • June 10 - Westfield Garden State Plaza & 747 New Jersey 17
  • July 15 (IF ATLANTIC CITY "SIS"): Secaucus & East Rutherford
  • July 22 (IF ATLANTIC CITY IS NOT "SIS"): Freehold Raceway Mall & random office buildings in Freehold
  • Tentative Atlantic City date: August 6-9: One of four options:
    • Ocean Resort Atlantic City
    • Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
    • Caesar's OR Bally's Atlantic City
    • WILDCARD (Any other hotel in Atlantic City with the exception of the Borgata)
  • Tentative Atlantic City backup date: August 11: Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, NY OR Roosevelt Field in Garden City, NY (ONLY IF WE DO NOT GO TO ATLANTIC CITY OR WE DO GO TO ATLANTIC CITY BUT WE STAY AT THE BORGATA, OTHERWISE THIS TRIP WILL BE MOVED TO THE LAST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER OR THE FIRST FRIDAY OF NOVEMBER DEPENDING ON WHICH DAY THE LAST MIDTERM EXAM FOR THE SEMESTER TAKES PLACE)
  • September 2: Modern lift showdown - Kean University (LIFTS INSTALLED OR MOST RECENTLY FULLY REPLACED AFTER 1990 ONLY)

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