By TAMMY WELLBROCK

Hays Area Chamber of Commerce

Whichever cliché you use – “Monday-morning quarterbacking” or “hind-sight is 20-20,” one always wonders whether the right decision was made in the first place.

A week ago, I was faced with making a decision on whether we should postpone the Chamber’s Annual Banquet. After consulting with area experts and key personnel beginning Friday, we knew the weather was going to force the decision to the very last possible moment.

By Tuesday morning, it appeared Hays was finally going to get a break from the winter blizzard, so we made the public announcement that the Banquet would continue.

Unfortunately, life has a funny way of happening while one is making different plans. Around 2 p.m., the snow that was supposed to be finished for the day worsened, and then came city-wide electrical outages which impacted FHSU’s campus.

After much discussion and consideration, I finally made the announcement to postpone, with a frenzy of action following as we communicated to the various publics our decision.

When it comes to weather (or as I like to share, “Acts of God”), event planning becomes much more challenging. We greatly appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we based our decisions on the ever-changing outdoor conditions. We hope those who purchased banquet tickets earlier in the month can do so at our new date on Sunday, Feb. 28.

We will begin as originally planned with a Social Hour at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Neither snow nor rain will keep us from celebrating with our Chamber members!

Tammy Wellbrock is executive director of the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce.